Doron, Tikotzky, Kantor, Gutman, Amit Gross & Co.

Doron, Tikotzky, Kantor, Gutman, Amit Gross & Co. is one of Israel’s leading commercial law firms. Among the firm’s 110 attorneys are CPAs, economists, and veterans of the Justice Department, government ministries, and tax authorities. With branches in France, Austria, Romania, and Cyprus, the firm has positioned itself as a leading international firm.

Practice Areas

Tax Law: Our tax department is one of the most professional and leading in Israel. The firm specializes in civil, criminal, and international taxation, offering a wide range of creative solutions. Its services include tax planning and consulting on income taxes, VAT, Bituach Leumi, indirect taxes, customs duties, real estate transactions, civil tax litigation, international tax planning, and criminal tax and white-collar offenses for corporations, private clients, and non-profit organizations.
Real Estate: The firm specializes in real estate and has been involved in large-scale projects in the fields of residential, commercial, employment, and hospitality real estate for over 20 years. Clients of the firm can expect comprehensive legal services including finance, planning, zoning, taxation, acquisitions, and sales. Additionally, the firm specializes in facilitating urban renewal projects, including Pinui-Binui and NOP 38 projects. Also, the firm represents Israeli entities and developers in real estate transactions abroad, including in the United States, Europe, Africa, and South America.
Insolvency and Financial Rehabilitation: A known and experienced team that has been involved in many of the high-profile insolvency cases in Israel. It specializes in escrow and management of companies in distress, receivership, liquidation, and freezing of proceedings, as well as in planning, counseling, and support for credit settlement and debt settlement processes. Lawyers in the firm are frequently appointed by the courts, either at the discretion of the court or in response to a request from creditors, as trustees for companies in insolvency proceedings. Among the firm’s clients are public companies, retail chains, construction and infrastructure companies, commercial companies, industrial facilities, and more. Under special appointment by the courts, the department’s staff conducts special investigations and legal accounting audits.
Litigation: The firm represents a wide range of clients in civil and commercial litigation, arbitration, and mediation proceedings. The firm handles complex litigation cases in a wide variety of areas, including commercial and contractual lawsuits, monetary and administrative lawsuits, class actions, D&O liability, capital markets and securities, antitrust, employment, IP, public tenders, banking and collection, real estate, family law, inheritance and wills, defamation, torts and more. The firm’s clientele includes Israeli and international companies as well as private individuals.
Capital Markets and Securities: The firm assists companies in listing procedures in Israel (TASE), U.S. (NYSE and NASDAQ), UK (Official List), Canada (TSX and TSX-V), and Australia (ASX). The firm represents both issuers and underwriters on a wide range of debt and equity issuances as well as corporate governance, enforcement, buyouts, and delisting. The firm’s team has extensive experience representing Israeli and dual-listed companies before the Securities Authorities.
Corporate and M&A: The firm advises boards and senior executives on mergers and acquisitions, creating innovative structures and frameworks to execute transactions. Taxation, finance, competition, capital markets, intellectual property, regulation, and employment are among the areas in which the firm offers comprehensive legal services. Services the department provides include, inter alia, negotiations and preparation of transaction documents, due diligence, disclosure documents, corporate governance, and other matters necessary for closing the transaction, including obtaining permits, finance agreements, debt issuances, and planning and counsel for post-merger integration.
Hi-Tech and VC: The firm provides comprehensive legal guidance on matters of financing and capital raising, including private equity, venture capital, complex loans, and other financial transactions to entrepreneurs, investors, and companies. Among the firm’s diverse hi-tech and biotech clients are Israeli startups, NASDAQ-listed technology companies, private equity funds, venture capital firms, and others.
Employment: The firm provides ongoing legal counsel to hundreds of local and international employers, including representation in disputes concerning commercial agreements, employment practice, and immigration. The department represents clients from a multitude of sectors, including many clients from the food and hospitality industries, in employment processes, as well as in facilitating and implementing labor procedures. Team members at the firm specialize in reducing employers’ exposure to administrative actions, as well as accompanying administrative and criminal investigations in the field of labor law, and representing clients in proceedings before the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Population and Immigration Authority.
Immigration and Relocation: The firm provides legal services to companies that employ foreign employees or need help relocating foreign experts to Israel. The department’s clientele includes industrial and hi-tech companies, sports associations, construction companies, agriculture companies, restaurants, food chains, and others.
Third Sector and NGOs: The firm provides counsel and support to NPOs, Amutot, PBCs, NGOs, and foundations. Generally, legal assistance is provided from the establishment stage, including drafting contracts, handling property, regulations, contracts, and public tenders, and representing before the authorities and during audits.
Private Clients: The firm provides legal services to its private clients and their families in matters related to family wealth management, intergenerational transfers, drafting family contracts and treaties, marital agreements and wills, establishing trusts, and managing estates. It also assists clients in tax planning, as well as litigation and dispute resolution processes as necessary.
Additional services provided by the firm include escorting services to the ultraorthodox sector and commercial collections and debt enforcement services to banks, businesses, and individuals.