Ben Ari Fish Saban & Komissar

The Law Firm of Ben-Ari, Fish, Saban & Commissar, has about 40 lawyers and is a merger between two old and reputable Haifa law firms. The law firm Ben Ari Fish Saban & Co. has been around for 90 years, and the firm Commissar has been around for 70 years. The firm has a branch in Haifa and an office in the Moshe Aviv Tower.

The firm is consistently among the leading firms in Israel in the professional rankings (DUNS 100 and BDI Coface) in the various areas of law.

Local and international commercial law - handling mergers and acquisitions while integrating experts in the fields of contracts, corporations, intellectual property, taxes, real estate, and labor law. Providing ongoing support for private, public, government, and family companies. Civil and commercial litigation - representation of public and private entities, corporations, and individuals, in complex legal proceedings in all areas of civil and commercial law.
Construction and infrastructure - representation of construction and infrastructure companies in projects such as power plants, desalination facilities, public buildings, office complexes, purification centers, military facilities, bridges, and tunneling. Accompanying the submission of a public tender/private order, cooperation agreements, and the establishment of designated corporations, financing, planning, execution, operation, and ongoing legal advice. Energy - representation of commercial entities in the design, construction, and operation of electricity generation facilities in solar energy and the design and implementation of energy conservation systems. Public and Administrative Law - the firm specializes in litigation and provides ongoing legal advice to local authorities, public bodies, and private clients, in the areas of tenders, the environment, freedom of information, business licensing, budgeting, and any issue related to the exercise of powers under the law.
Tender Law - providing advice and representation in legal proceedings of public bodies, commercial and private clients, government companies, and local authorities in the field of tender law, including accompanying tenders and membership in tender committees. Education and Higher Education - the firm has many years of expertise in all legal aspects related to the higher education system in Israel and specializes in litigation and legal advice to educational institutions and leading institutions of higher education. Planning and construction - consulting and accompaniment in the field of planning and construction, including assistance with planning and licensing procedures and representation before planning institutions and in petitions in the field of planning and construction, accompaniment of planning projects of contracting companies, local authorities, and private projects. Legal and planning advice to local committees and planning teams, as well as accompaniment and representation for transactions to be undertaken under NOP 38 and Pinui Binui projects. Local authorities, municipal taxation, financing, infrastructure, and water and sewage corporations - consulting and representation of local authorities, water corporations, and taxpayers in the areas of municipal taxation, fees and development levies, financing municipal infrastructure, and water law. Labor Law - litigation and ongoing legal advice to employers and employees on issues of collective and individual law, including accompaniment and representation in privatization and recovery proceedings, drafting collective agreements and representation in collective disputes, hiring and termination of employees, labor tender laws, restriction of employment and professional secrets, prevention of sexual harassment, disciplinary proceedings, employment of foreign workers, agreements with staffing contractors and class actions. Environment - handling class actions, and civil and criminal lawsuits in the field of the environment, as well as representing entrepreneurs and associations in the area. Criminal and disciplinary law - representation of suspects and defendants in white-collar offenses, environmental law, involuntary manslaughter, providing advice to corporate governance, on the issue of workplace safety in a criminal aspect, assistance with the preparation of enforcement plans, representation in planning and construction offenses, and business licensing. Class Actions - representation of business, public, and private clients, both as plaintiffs and as defendants, in class actions in various areas. Non-profit corporations - providing ongoing legal advice in all aspects related to the registration and management of non-profit corporations (associations, etc.). Real Estate - representation of private clients and corporations in all types of real estate transactions, including NOP 38 projects and Pinui Binui transactions. Inheritances, wills, inheritance disputes, intergenerational transfer, and family capital management - drafting complex wills, continuing power of attorney, agreements between heirs, and managing estates. Handling proceedings before the Registrar of Inheritance Matters as well as representation in legal proceedings, including in complex inheritance disputes. Defamation - representing business, public and private clients, both in ongoing consulting and in legal proceedings, for all types of advertising and on all platforms. Privacy Protection Law and GDPR - Providing legal advice on privacy protection law, and assistance in preparing for the implementation of information security regulations and GDPR, negotiating and drafting agreements for data transfer and processing, and presenting cases before the Privacy Protection Authority/the Registrar of Databases. Arbitration and Mediation - the firm’s senior lawyers serve as mediators and arbitrators in legal disputes. Activities for the community - handling cases of public interest and precedent-setting nature on a pro bono basis.