Dr. Yael Aridor Bar-Ilan Law Offices

Dr. Yael Aridor Bar-Ilan Law Offices is one of Israel’s most prominent boutique law firms specializing in commercial and corporate litigation.
The firm has extensive experience and a proven track record in successfully representing in complex litigation matters. The firm gained robust legal knowledge and broad experience which allows it to effectively succeed in handling matters raising precedential issues and complex legal, factual and business issues. The firm’s team represents and assists clients in matters which directly impact their business and central commercial interests.
The firm was established in 2016 by Dr. Aridor Bar-Ilan after years of experience as a partner in leading Israeli law firms. Dr. Aridor Bar-Ilan founded the firm with the vision of offering her clients personal, tailored and dedicated legal services. The firm, led by Dr. Aridor Bar-Ilan, is driven by its core values of creativity, integrity and excellence.
The handling of each matter is premised on years of experience in handling complex litigation matters before all tribunals, through a meticulous analysis of facts, in-depth legal research and an uncompromising determination to reach the client’s goals. All of the firm’s clients benefit from the personal services rendered by Dr. Aridor Bar-Ilan who leads the entire process and is involved in every stage, with the collaboration of the firm’s top-notch and devoted legal team. This combination ensures focused, precise and effective representation.
The firm combines litigatory expertise with broad perspective of the diverse commercial fields, with in depth ability to analyze legal issues with innovative out-of-the-box thinking. The firm’s roster comprises public companies, leading commercial companies, international corporations, financial institutions, public entities and private clients. The firm handles complex commercial disputes, disputes between shareholders, defends against requests to approve class action lawsuits and derivative actions and represents in appeals to the Israeli Supreme Court.

Dr. Yael Aridor Bar-Ilan, Founder and Owner

Dr. Yael Aridor Bar-Ilan holds a Doctorate degree in Law (S.J.D.) from Harvard Law School. She has an LL.B. from Tel Aviv University with Honors and a B.A. in Economics from Tel Aviv University with Honors. She is an external lecturer at Tel Aviv University, lectures at professional training seminars and publishes articles on legal matters. Dr. Aridor Bar-Ilan serves as a mediator and arbitrator, and she appears on the Israeli Institute of Commercial Arbitration’s list of approved arbitrators.

Community Outreach

Dr. Aridor Bar-Ilan volunteered for years serving as a member of the Israel Bar Association’s Disciplinary Court for the Tel Aviv district and served as head of a panel for several years.

Areas of Expertise

Commercial Litigation
The firm represents in commercial disputes, including disputes between companies, partnerships, disputes with respect to business contracts, investments, privacy protection and cyber security, libel suits, brokered deals and distribution agreements and more.
Corporate Litigation
The firm handles precedential disputes involving corporations, disputes between shareholders, lawsuits for the removal of oppression of minority shareholders, requests to approve derivative actions and consultation to directors. Corporate litigation requires both comprehensive legal knowledge of the obligations for sound corporate behavior and proven experience in handling complex commercial disputes. Dr. Aridor Bar-Ilan has gained extensive knowledge by teaching the “Corporate Litigation” course, at the TAU faculty of Law, for over a decade.
Appellate work
Representation of clients in the appeals stage to both Israeli Supreme Court and District Courts, which often requires strategic and creative thinking to propel precedential matters and questions before the court. The firm often receives cases post-ruling or at their appeal phase, requiring a fresh strategic outlook on the case, and carefully curated legal services in order to change the outcome.
Class Action Suits
The firm has a successful track record in defending clients against any requests to approve class actions in a variety of banking issues and commercial matters, accessibility and communication.
International Disputes
The firm represents international clients in disputes in Israel, as well as Israeli clients involved in international disputes. Dr. Aridor Bar-Ilan taps into vast experience in representing clients in cases related to enforcing of foreign judgments in Israel and service outside of the Israeli jurisdiction and in international arbitrations, including through the framework of the ICC.
Regulation and Consultation
The firm provides expert representation before regulatory entities, including government ministries as well as the State Comptroller and Ombudsman, in addition to advising our clients on various regulatory matters. The firm furthermore provides ongoing advice and representation to public entities and institutions of higher education. Additionally, the firm provides legal counsel and consulting to Israeli as well as international clientele on legal issues that arise during the course of their regular operations.
Arbitrations and Mediations
The firm provides proficient and professional representation in mediation and arbitration processes. Dr. Aridor Bar-Ilan was appointed arbitrator and mediator in various cases and was selected to be among the Israeli Institute of Commercial Arbitration’s top-notch group of arbitrators.

Publications

“Document Disclosure as the Principal Battlefield in Derivative Action Cases,” in the academic journal “Kiryat Hamishpat”, vol. 11 (2018)
The article shows that in derivative action cases, the main battlefield switched from the request process for approving the derivative action to the disclosure process that precedes it. The article is cited in the Supreme Court and District Courts’ rulings.
“Justice: When Do We Decide?” 39 Connecticut Law Review 923 (2007).
A summary of Dr. Aridor Bar-Ilan’s doctoral thesis was published in the prestigious Connecticut Law Review. It demonstrates that legal questions are resolved according to two perspectives of justice – before or after the event’s occurrence. The article lists their characteristics and suggests ways to weigh the decision between these two perspectives by demonstrating and broadly analyzing various legal fields.
“Disputable Facts,” Tel Aviv University Law Review 104 (2000) 131
The article deals with the way facts are presented in court judgments and the methods required for persuading through narratives. The article shows that when an appeals court reverses a lower court’s ruling, the case’s factual description frequently differs in the two judgments. The article was widely praised and was referred to in Supreme Court rulings.

University Courses

“Corporate Litigation” - Dr. Aridor Bar-Ilan has taught this course at Tel Aviv University since 2011.
“Law and Time” - A course created by Dr. Aridor Bar-Ilan based on her doctoral thesis, which was taught in Tel Aviv University (2006 – 2009). In addition, Dr. Aridor Bar-Ilan lectures at seminars, workshops and conferences and publishes opinions in newspapers.