SF Sabari-Farkash & Co.

Sabari Farkash & Co. Law Firm is a boutique firm, one of the leading firms in Israel specializing in commercial litigation. The firm represents clients in large scope, complex and varying disputes, regarding corporates, nonprofit organizations, capital markets, securities, partnerships, banking, real estate, fuel and energy, insolvency, intellectual property, class actions and derivative suits, international private law, libel, privacy law, professional liability insurance and officers’ liability, corporate legal counseling, wills, estates, etc. The firm manages takeover disputes in the largest and best-known private and public companies in Israel; protection of minority shareholders proceedings and represents clients in principled litigation against banking institutes and handles debt settlements on a large scale; In addition, the firm provides counseling in complex legal issues regarding the capital market and represents both institutional entities and private investors in legal disputes in this field.
The firm has been consistently ranked nationally by Duns 100 and Bdi’s ranking, as one of Israel’s leading (Tier 1) law firms, specializing in commercial litigation in Israel; and it also consistently gains recognition as one of the top 100 law firms in Israel by the Globes and Statista survey. In addition, the firm was also recently ranked by the prestigious international ranking guide Legal500, in the field of litigation and arbitration in Israel.
Sabari Farkash & Co. Law Firm is characterized by fighting relentlessly for its clients, by “outside-the-box” strategic and creative thinking and uniquely customized legal solutions. Beyond its exceptional professionalism, the firm prides itself in providing personal service and being fully committed and highly available to clients.
The firm provides comprehensive crisis and dispute management, not only in courts but in the commercial and media aspects as well, in order to provide the best results for its clients. In its dispute management the firm conducts meticulous reviews and in-depth analyses of the issues it handles, constantly and actively takes the initiative, while maintaining eloquent and qualitative writing, all part of its renowned professional excellence.
The firm represents its clients in all instances, mainly before District Courts and the Supreme Court, and in arbitration proceedings and alternative dispute resolutions. Other disputes are managed by the firm behind the scenes masterfully, never reaching the courts and are settled to the clients’ satisfaction and in their best interest, after close, strict and goal-oriented consultation and representation.
The firm’s legal staff currently consists of fourteen lawyers and a “pool” of four interns and pre-interns who are the firm’s source of pride. The firm’s exemplary, professional, and unified staff is a rising force in the field and places the firm at the cutting edge of the legal sphere in Israel. This staff is known for its creativity, but no less, for its orderly legal and business thinking, while meticulously studying in-depth the materials, the data and the law, in an uncompromising legal professionalism which is the added value that the firm’s clients enjoy.

The Firm’s Clients

Many clients from the business elite in Israel and abroad, including leading public and private companies and dominant businesspeople, enjoy the firm’s professional services, which emphasize the furtherance of their business needs. Among the firm’s clients are lawyers and CPAs who require consultation and personal representation and international clients in need of daily consultation and representation for their affairs in Israel.

The Partners

Adv. Ophir Sabari - Adv. Sabari has over 30 years of experience and is a renowned expert in the field of commercial litigation. Adv. Sabari’s reputation precedes him, inter alia, amongst the attorney community, whose senior members constantly recommend Adv. Sabari. Adv. Sabari graduated from Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Law, interned at Dr. J. Weinroth & Co. Law Firm, and was later a lawyer and a partner at Berkman-Wechsler & Co. In 1998 Adv. Sabari founded a law firm which he headed, and as of 2015, founded, alongside Adv. Divon Farkash, the Sabari Farkash & Co. Law Firm.
Adv. Sabari personally provides consultation services to senior figures in the market, in all legal matters pertaining to their operations, has vast experience and knowledge in all the areas of commercial law, and counsels and represents in the most complex, difficult, and challenging cases and disputes in Israel, both “behind the scenes” and before the courts and does so with great success.
Adv. Sabari has been appointed as an arbitrator and mediator in alternative proceedings in complex disputes between leading entities in the market and was previously appointed as a director in public and private companies.

Adv. Divon Farkash - Adv. Farkash has an LL.B. and LL.M. (specializing in Commercial Law) both magna cum laude from Tel Aviv University. During his studies, Adv. Farkash worked as an intern for Judge Hila Gerstel (Ret.), was an editorial member of the legal magazine “Law Review” published by Tel Aviv University and participated in the criminal justice clinic, headed by Prof. Kenneth Mann and Judge Itai Hermlin. Before joining Adv. Sabari, Adv. Farkash worked for several years at the litigation department of Ron Berkman & Co. Law Firm, first as an intern and later as a lawyer, handing complex high profile cases.
Adv. Farkash specializes in commercial litigation, corporate law, takeover disputes, dissolution of partnerships, international private law, privacy law, libel, nonprofit organizations, class actions and derivative suits, banking, capital markets, real estate, inheritance, and estates, and is renowned for his professional excellence. Adv. Farkash is invited to conduct lectures regarding his field for the Israeli Bar Association. His clients are both local and international, including public companies, private companies, and individuals.

Adv. Shira Markovitz-Bukai - Adv. Markovitz-Bukai holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B) from Bar-Ilan University. Adv. Markovitz-Bukai joined Sabari Farkash & Co. in 2015, following an internship and then working as a lawyer at Gluzman & Co. law firm. Adv. Markovitz-Bukai specializes in civil and commercial litigation, and represents in a wide range of complex cases and disputes, including corporate law, contracts law, real estate, international private law, trademarks, tenders, and disputes related to the contracting and construction industry, etc. Adv. Markovitz-Bukai handles international clientele and represents in courts, arbitrations, and mediations. Adv. Markovitz-Bukai is a first-tier jurist who provides personal and dedicated service. Adv. Markovitz-Bukai speaks English and French.

Adv. Noam Mehager - Adv. Mehager, holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B.) specializing in commercial law and a Bachelor of Accountancy (B.A), from College of Management Academic Studies. Adv. Mehager began working at Sabari-Farkash & Co. in 2017 after interning and working as a lawyer with the Israeli Corporations Authority (ICA). Adv. Mehager specializes in complex civil and commercial litigation cases with an emphasis on real estate, corporate law, contract law, counseling companies and non-profits in regulatory matters against Government entities, class and derivative actions, association law, banking and the capital market. As part of his work, Adv. Mehager represents in court proceedings, arbitrations and mediations. Adv. Mehager is a highly professional jurist who excels in providing personal service to his clients and in holistic outside the box thinking.

Community Outreach

Sabari Farkash & Co. Law Firm provides pro bono legal consultation services in cases of principal and regularly donates scholarships funds to students, organizations, and institutions that contribute to society.