Cassouto & Co. Law Office

Cassouto & Co. is a prominent boutique law firm focusing on intricate and highly complex civil, commercial and administrative litigation, dedicated to top-tier dispute resolution, where legal or other dispute resolution proceedings carry significant financial, managerial and personal implications or have broad impact beyond the individual case or client.

Work Undertaken

The firm represents shareholders and corporate control disputes, financial litigation, international litigation, administrative petitions, high-stakes class actions, regulatory enforcement, insolvency proceedings, and complex arbitrations and mediations.
Many matters the firm handles involve exceptionally high monetary values, novel legal questions, or precedent-setting potential.

Mastery of litigation strategy

The firm is guided by a view of litigation as a strategic tool, where legal strategy directly affects business outcomes; Approaching disputes with a focus on designing a legal course of action that shapes the desired outcome as an integral part of the broader business context, whilst exercising strategic case management in sensitive and publicly visible matters.

Practice Areas

Complex commercial litigation, shareholder and corporate control disputes, financial litigation, international litigation, administrative petitions, high-stakes class actions, regulatory enforcement, insolvency proceedings, as well as complex arbitrations and mediations; Appearing before various forums and involved in cases where the intersection of law, business and strategy is critical.

Clients

The firm’s clients include the top echelon of Israeli and international business entities, local and foreign public companies, high net worth individuals, tech entrepreneurs and decision makers. When the stakes are high, or the dispute is a defining event, clients turn to the firm with the confidence of being handled by an outcome driven team.

Differentiation

The firm’s differentiation rests on strategic thinking and the direct involvement of senior partners throughout the lifecycle of each matter. The firm does not disperse across adjacent practice areas and dedicates all its resources to dispute resolution, reflecting a commitment to deep specialization.

Shmulik Cassouto

Overview
Shmulik Cassouto is the firm’s founder and the central figure behind its dispute resolution philosophy.
“The Mike Tyson of the legal world… the rottweiler of lawyers” is how a fictional character, based closely on Shmulik Cassouto, is described by a client in his book ‘Confessions of Unicorn Founder’, after having been successfully represented by Cassouto. The fictional character based on Shmulik’s professional persona is said to “represent all kinds of tycoons in their disputes... has no god,” that “… once the other side knows he represents you; settlement offers start coming in.”
Shmulik is recognized for his sharp strategic thinking, in-depth analytical ability and a strong presence in the management of complex disputes.
Role in Matters
Shmulik typically takes a lead role in shaping case strategy and key decisions. He is involved from the early phases through resolution of the dispute in or outside the courtroom. He is known for his ability to identify pressure points, anticipate opposing moves and reframe disputes to serve the client.
Typical Clients
Clients include the top echelon of Israeli and international business entities, local and international public companies, tech entrepreneurs, controlling shareholders, senior executives and high net worth individuals, who turn to him in situations where the dispute reshapes their business or personal future. When Shmulik gets involved, the balance of power and the dynamics of negotiations of the case change.
Positioning
Cassouto handles matters where complex, precise, confident and well considered decision making under immense pressure are required. He is regarded as a natural choice where the dispute itself is a pivotal turning point.

Tal Gutmer – Partner

Tal Gutmer is a partner focusing on complex civil and commercial disputes across a broad range of legal fields, including contract and corporate litigation. She is known for her outstanding mastery of huge amounts of factual material with legal accuracy and professional judgement, preparing witnesses for trial, and her hands-on approach.
She is regarded as a highly seasoned and reliable litigator where no margin for error exists.

Ronen Buch – Partner

Ronen Buch is a partner , focusing on large-scale, complex civil-commercial litigation.
He manages some of the firm’s most demanding disputes, spanning corporate and contract law, shareholder conflicts, bankruptcies and liquidations in court proceedings and arbitrations. Ronen is highly skilled and known for his mastery of intricate multi-disciplinary legal cases and complex insolvency proceedings. He also has vast experience in international matters, working closely with leading foreign law firms.

Mirit Shalev – Partner

Mirit Shalev is a partner focusing on civil-commercial and administrative litigation. She further serves as the chief legal counsel to the Israel Bar Association for which she outlines the legal boundaries of its operations and represents it in most legal proceedings involving the Bar.
She masters contractual and corporate disputes, class actions, and administrative proceedings. Mirit is widely regarded as a first-rate litigator, bringing exceptional legal depth, disciplined analysis and uncompromising professionalism to her work.

Bella Peled – Partner

Bella Peled is a partner in the firm’s commercial litigation practice, focusing on complex civil and commercial litigation, including corporate law, shareholder disputes, insolvency proceedings, substantial monetary claims, banking and administrative proceedings. She is known for her exceptional thoroughness, sharp legal mind and unwavering seriousness in handling complex matters. Her command of Russian and English has made her a key figure for the firm’s with prominent international business clients.

Shahar Capusha – Partner

Shahar Capusha is a partner heading the firm’s class actions and derivative claims practice, specializing in complex commercial, corporate and shareholder disputes, class and derivative actions, often with cross-border aspects. He is recognized as an outstanding litigator with exceptional analytical abilities, bringing steady judgement to urgent, high-stakes situations.
His work reflects originality of thought, intellectual depth, strategic clarity and the ability to carefully assess legal risk throughout the life of a dispute, shaped in part by his academic background in philosophy and his U.K. solicitor qualification.