Lirom Sende, Lahav & Co., Law Firm

Lirom Sende, Lahav & Co., Law Firm has been one of Israel’s top 25 law firms for 6 consecutive years and has been ranked as the top multi-disciplinary firm in Israel for 3 years in a row. The firm is renowned and leading in its practice area according to the Dun’s 100 and BDICODE rankings and is also influential internationally.

The firm’s personnel is composed of partners, attorneys, interns, economists, accountants, IT staff, and administrative staff. The firm assists thousands of clients and provides consultancy, representation and comprehensive legal accompaniment in their respective cases, continuously aiming to achieve excellence, and being completely dedicated to obtaining the best results possible for every client.

At every branch of the firm there’s a dedicated management team composed of the attorneys directly responsible for its daily operations. The branches are subdivided into departments that give immediate and concurrent service clients which apply for consultations and handling of their cases. Attorney Sende, who is the head of the firm, as well as the partners, enriches the knowledge of the lawyers – in all matters related to the firm’s fields of expertise – by organizing seminars, workshops, and classes which serve the staff in their work. Over the years, the firm’s name became synonymous with the best legal service, confidence and the partnership with its clients. It is esteemed and recognized as a leading Israeli firm, which provides legal service in the full spectrum of its practice areas.

The firm’s professional reputation has been built, inter alia, on its extensive experience and successes in representing its clients, on an ongoing basis and in complex transactions. This reputation is consistently translated into recognition by the ranking guides as a leading and prominent firm. The firm’s team of lawyers includes some of the best and most brilliant legal minds who remain constantly abreast of legal developments and legislation amendments, considering their direct involvement in many of the legislations and regulations that influence and shape the Israeli economy.

The firm’s clients benefit from a unique combination of international standards and local excellence, and receive creative, business-oriented and highly innovative legal counsel to fulfill their legal needs and achieve their business goals. The firm serves as a one-stop-shop for its clients. Accordingly, the firm has lawyers from every commercial law branch, who provide a comprehensive, professional and fast response for all the legal needs of clients from various sectors and fields. The firm has three branches in Israel – Tel Aviv, Haifa and Beer Sheva, and branches in the United States and Dubai, providing legal services to Israeli clients living abroad. In addition, the firm regularly offers pro bono legal assistance to support the economic rehabilitation of Holocaust survivors and other clients in difficult financial situations, and even more so for the reservists in light of the difficult war.

The Firm’s Departments

Torts and Medical Malpractice

The firm’s Tort Department, headed by Adv. Dvorit Harcabi, has fertile and extensive operations in the field of torts and insurance, which includes weekly appearances before all the courts and tribunals, mediations, and arbitrations. The department’s team has an impressive track record of achievement in cases concerning road accidents, workplace accidents, sport accidents and more.

Insolvency, Receiverships, Freezes and Liquidations, and Representation of Corporations and Individuals

This is Israel’s largest department in this field, headed by Adv. Lirom Sende. The firm handles moratoriums for limited liability companies, creditors arrangements for companies, individuals insolvency procedures, receivership and insolvency orders, debt restructurings, removal of seizures and limitations, debt relief for Israelis residing abroad, handling illegal lenders, abusive grey-market loans and more.

Traffic Law

The department, headed by Adv. Amit Lahav Tochman, handles the representation and support in cases of fatal road accidents, reinstating suspended licenses, canceling speeding tickets, representation of defendants in severe and complex road accidents, DUI, reinstating licenses that were revoked due to penalty points or medical examinations, and more.

The Real Estate, Planning and Zoning Department

The firm coordinates vast and intensive real estate-related legal operations under the management of Adv. Meir Amit. The firm is involved in a wide variety of large and complex projects, including the construction of residential buildings, urban renewal (Pinui-Binui and Tama 38) projects and facilitation of real estate transactions in Israel and abroad.  

Labor Law

The department, under the leadership of Adv. Elad Hen, handles complex issues related to labor adjudication, whose handling requires a diversified and rich professional background. The firm is proud to provide effective and practical consultancy to resolve matters without legal recourse, on the one hand, while also accompanying lawsuits in the hundreds (at any given moment) on the other and thus representing thousands of clients in courts around Israel.

The Taxation Department

Under the leadership of Adv. Yossi Ben Baruch, the firm developed a broad, comprehensive and integrative perspective of the full realms of civil and criminal tax.

Banking

The firm represents private clients before various banking conglomerates and credit companies in legal proceedings involving banks, and files suits against banks for violating their fiduciary responsibilities.

Military Law

The L.S. firm represents soldiers in the IDF in any matter concerning martial court. This department, chaired by Adv. Benjamin Malka, assists soldiers who ran into difficulties, from dereliction of duty, narcotics, dishonorable conduct, reserve duty release, positional investigations, etc.

Litigation and Courts

The firm is the Israeli record holder in the daily and monthly numbers of court hearings. The firm represents its regular clients, some of Israel’s largest and leading entities, and other significant Israeli clients.

Adv. Lirom Sende, Founder and Owner

Adv. Lirom Sende founded the firm in 2009. He has instilled in the firm values of excellence, professionalism, dedication, personal client care, creativity, innovation, and a broad, global perspective - values that are passed on to all the firm’s attorneys.

Adv. Sende specializes in complex commercial litigation and represents some of the largest entities in the Israeli market. He is recognized as an authority in his field, frequently publishing articles in national media and professional outlets, and is often interviewed on television programs as an expert in his area.

He represents the Israel Bar Association in the Knesset and is involved in numerous legislative processes. Adv. Sende also lectures to attorneys at professional seminars and conferences and delivers lectures to major corporations in the Israeli economy.