S. Horowitz & Co.

S. Horowitz & Co.
Advocates, Notaries and Patent Attorneys
Partnership (Israel)
Industry Law
Founded Jerusalem, Palestine (1921)
Headquarters Tel Aviv, Israel
Key people
 Senior Partners — Tal Band, Alex Hertman, Yehoshua Horesh, Ruth Oren, Asgad Stern.
Products Legal advice
Revenue Unknown
Number of employees
 210
Website www.s-horowitz.com

S. Horowitz & Co. is one of Israel’s largest law firms, with over 140 fee-earners, many of whom are multilingual and have qualified and practised as lawyers in the US, England and South Africa.[1] Its offices are in Tel Aviv. The firm specializes in high end corporate and commercial legal practices. It was ranked as Israel's overall leading law firm by the Practical Law Company "Which Lawyer? - 2005" guidebook.[2] Chambers Global describes S. Horowitz & Co as being ‘in a class of its own’ for domestic and cross-border banking and finance, and as ‘without doubt, the best commercial litigation law firm in Israel’.[3] The EMEA Legal 500 has described the firm’s corporate and M&A practice as being ‘simply outstanding.’

S. Horowitz & Co. is the Israeli member of Lex Mundi, one of the world's largest network of independent law firms based in 165 countries, states and provinces.[4]

S. Horowitz offices in Tel Aviv

History

Founded in 1921,[5] S. Horowitz & Co. is the oldest and longest-established law firm in Israel.

Cambridge-educated barrister Shalom Horowitz (1880-1956) arrived in Jerusalem in 1922 and immediately joined the law firm of British barrister Harry Sacher, which had been established a year earlier. In 1933, Abraham Levin joined as a partner, and the firm became S. Horowitz & Co.

Many of S. Horowitz & Co.’s first clients were British companies engaged in business activities in the British Mandate. However, the firm, whose office was located next to the old courthouse in the Russian Compound, quickly became involved in the process of nation-building. Shalom Horowitz advised on the establishment of Israel’s most prominent institutions, including the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Hadassah Medical Center, the Weizmann Institute of Science, the Israel Electric Corporation, the Israel Lands Authority and the Jewish Agency. In the 1940s, the firm opened its first Tel Aviv office.

In 1986, the firm moved to its own building, S. Horowitz House, where it remains to this day. Situated in the picturesque part of historic Tel Aviv directly across the street from the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, 31 Ahad Ha’am is a nationally preserved landmark.

Notable attorneys

In addition to numerous professors and partners, both at S. Horowitz and other firms, some of the more notable former S. Horowitz attorneys include:[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.legal500.com/firms/12300-s-horowitz-co/offices/13930-tel-aviv/profile, retrieved on December 6, 2012
  2. ↑ Oledimmah, Laurena (2005-11-16). "Which lawyer? Israel". Practical Law Company. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
  3. ↑ http://www.legal500.com/firms/12300-s-horowitz-co/offices/13930-tel-aviv/profile, retrieved on December 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ Company profile, Lex Mundi website, retrieved on January 16, 2007.
  5. ↑ , at S. Horowitz & Co. website
  6. ↑ http://www.themarker.com/law/1.653805
  7. ↑ http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1000430320

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