Klainman Naor & Co. Law Offices

Klainman Naor and Co. Law Offices is a premium litigation firm which specializes in managing complex litigation cases. The firm handles complex disputes in a broad variety of legal areas, including in large commercial disputes, corporate power struggles, derivative and class actions, intellectual property claims, administrative enforcement proceedings against companies and officers, criminal proceedings for white-collar crimes, administrative petitions, in representing public figures before the State Comptroller and commissions of inquiry, and more. The firm was founded by Adv. Sharon Klainman and Adv. Michael Naor, who personally handle each one of the firm’s cases, assisted by a team of the firm’s partners, attorneys, and interns. The firm takes on a limited number of cases and puts emphasis on the comprehensive, thorough, personal, and direct involvement of Adv. Klainman and Adv. Naor in the various cases, while ensuring the highest professional standards. The firm’s focus on litigation, spanning the broad spectrum of legal areas, enables it to offer comprehensive legal representation and to provide a holistic and broad perspective on complex disputes. The partners’ vast interdisciplinary experience enables the firm to tailor creative solutions to the unique circumstances of each case. Adv. Klainman and Adv. Naor have extensive experience in appearing before all types of courts, mediation and arbitration proceedings, commissions of inquiry, administrative bodies, administrative enforcement committees, and tribunals. The firm’s clients include prominent public and private companies, international corporations, public bodies, senior members of the government and defense agencies, leading businesspeople, senior officers in a variety of industries, and top-tier law offices and accounting firms.

Practice Areas

Commercial-Civil Litigation - the firm represents public and private companies, international corporations, officers and shareholders, and other private parties in disputes pertaining to all branches of civil law. The firm specializes in handling highly complex disputes which involve large financial remedies or remedies of fundamental significance, including in contractual and commercial disputes, class and derivative actions, power struggles between company shareholders, intellectual property and commercial tort claims, project and infrastructure claims, and more.
Liability of Officers, Advisors, and Gatekeepers - the firm specializes in representing senior officers, lawyers, and auditors in diverse legal proceedings in the areas of civil law (derivative actions, class actions, and liquidator claims), administrative law (administrative enforcement proceedings, regulatory control of officers), and criminal law (securities-related offenses by officers, antitrust, environmental protection, and more). The firm’s ability to represent clients in civil proceedings and concurrently in administrative enforcement or criminal proceedings on the same matter, enables the firm to have a broad perspective of clients’ interests.
White Collar Crimes - in the criminal field (white-collar), the firm advises and represents suspects and defendants accused of various financial crimes, including public figures in senior positions, during investigation stages, hearings, and in managing their court cases.
Administrative Enforcement - the firm represents companies, senior officers, and auditors in administrative enforcement proceedings conducted by various bodies, including the Israel Securities Authority, Competition Authority, Capital Market, Insurance, and Savings Authority, Consumer Protection Authority, Commissioner of Standardization, and more.
Administrative and Tender Law - the firm has extensive litigation experience in the area of administrative law, including tender law and administrative petitions.
State Comptroller and Commissions of Inquiry - the firm represents auditable entities and holders of top public positions before control functions, including commissions of inquiry and the State Comptroller’s Office.

Our Partners

Adv. Sharon Klainman, Partner - Adv. Klainman was admitted to the Israel Bar in 1994. In 2010, Adv. Klainman founded Klainman Naor & Co. Law Offices. Prior to founding the firm, Adv. Klainman was a partner at Danziger, Klagsbald & Co., and later at Fischer, Behar, Chen, Well, Orion & Co. Adv. Klainman has an excellent reputation and a wealth of experience in representing clients in complex disputes in all courts, before commissions of inquiry and the State Comptroller, and in criminal proceedings. Adv. Klainman has been involved in forming many significant legal precedents in the area of civil litigation, including in commercial, corporate, competition, and securities law. Adv. Klainman has special expertise in representing officers and private and public companies in power struggles, minority oppression claims, and derivative and class actions, and she also lectures at panels and conferences such field. Adv. Klainman has extensive experience in representing top public figures, including prime ministers, ministers, members of Knesset, judges, heads of the defense agencies, and more, as well as prominent companies and corporations, shareholders, officers, advisors, and gatekeepers.
Adv. Michael Naor, Partner - Adv. Naor was admitted to the Israel Bar in 2004. In 2010, Adv. Naor founded Klainman Naor & Co. Law Offices. Prior to founding the firm, Adv. Naor was associated with Danziger, Klagsbald & Co. and Fischer, Behar, Chen, Well, Orion & Co. Adv. Naor regularly represents prominent public Israeli companies and foreign companies with expansive business and legal operations, leading businesspeople, and senior public figures. He has a wealth of experience in representing clients in commercial disputes of high legal and factual complexity in all courts, among other things in contractual claims, class actions, derivative actions, intellectual property claims, power struggles, communication law, defamation, antitrust-related claims, tender-related petitions, and more. Adv. Naor also has extensive experience in representing senior functions before commissions of inquiry and the State Comptroller.
Adv. Hila Franco, Partner - Adv. Franco was admitted to the Israel Bar in 2010 and joined the firm at that time. She worked at the firm as an associate attorney and later became a partner. Adv. Franco has extensive experience in representing clients in complex civil and commercial disputes, intellectual property claims, class actions, derivative actions, power struggles, white-collar crime cases, and administrative enforcement proceedings. Adv. Franco regularly represents corporations, public companies, and international companies, as well as officers, advisors, and gatekeepers, parties in the public sector, and prominent and senior businesspeople.
Adv. Guy Zalmenson, Partner - Adv. Zalmenson was admitted to Israel Bar in 2010. Adv. Zalmenson was previously associated with Meitar Law Offices. Adv. Zalmenson has extensive experience in representing clients in complex civil and commercial disputes, including disputes with international aspects, and in international arbitrations, class actions, derivative actions, power struggles, and white-collar cases. Adv. Zalmenson regularly represents Israeli and foreign corporations, public Israeli companies, officers, and leading businesspeople.