S. Horowitz

S. Horowitz, one of Israel’s leading law firms since 1921, provides comprehensive legal services.
The firm attracts the most prominent clients in the Israeli market as well as international companies, handles complex and large-scale legal matters across all commercial fields, and is consistently recognized by both Israeli and international legal ranking guides.
Its long-standing tradition and reputation shape its way of operation - professionalism, reliability, and unwavering loyalty to its clients. Its legal team operates at the highest professional standards. The firm provides clients with legal advice across a wide range of practice areas and serves as a true one-stop shop - from more traditional areas of law to innovative and cutting-edge practices - while integrating technological advancements and a forward-looking approach to deliver the very best outcomes for its clients.

The firm is well known for its unique internship training model - the “Pairing Method” - under which trainee lawyers work closely and directly with leading partners, enabling them to gain in-depth professional training and to complete their internship equipped with a substantial and practical professional toolkit.

The firm employs more than 270 lawyers and trainees, including some 90 partners.

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation / Dispute Resolution – The firm’s litigation department is the largest and leading litigation practice in Israel and has been described by Chambers Global as “the best commercial litigation department in Israel.” The firm is involved in a significant portion of the most prominent commercial disputes in the market and regularly represents clients in complex legal proceedings, often in cases involving international aspects and in cooperation with leading law firms worldwide.

Intellectual Property and Information Technologies – S. Horowitz’s intellectual property group is the largest among leading commercial law firms in Israel and is consistently ranked first in all major international guides, enjoying an outstanding reputation. In addition to extensive IP litigation, the department advises on all aspects of IP use, enforcement, licensing, and protection.

Corporate and Transactions – The firm provides ongoing advice on some of the most complex and high-profile transactions carried out in Israel, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, venture capital transactions, and corporate governance matters.
In addition, the firm regularly advises boards of directors of both private and public companies on corporate governance and compliance.

Banking and Finance – S. Horowitz is one of the leading firms in banking and finance law. The firm advises banks, financial institutions, and borrowers—both domestic and international—on all types of financing transactions and represents most local and international banks in a substantial portion of their financing activities in Israel.

Commercial Law – The firm advises Israeli and international clients on the drafting of all types of commercial agreements related to their business activities, including distribution, franchising, manufacturing, agency agreements, technology transfer, defense procurement, commercialization, and R&D. The firm also provides ongoing commercial support for companies’ day-to-day operations.

Projects and Infrastructure – S. Horowitz has extensive activity in infrastructure and projects across various sectors, including electricity, roads, railways, construction, and communications. The firm has broad experience advising on all stages of projects, both in commercial and litigation aspects. It advises banks, investors, and developers on project finance and represents major corporations in tenders related to such projects, including consortium formation, tender preparation, bid challenges, and appeals.

Investment Funds – The firm’s funds department advises on the establishment of investment funds and represents private and institutional investors investing in funds in Israel and abroad, with a strong focus on applicable regulatory requirements. The firm accompanies funds from the structuring and tax planning stage, through fund formation, and throughout the fund’s lifecycle, including ongoing advice to fund managers and general partners, investor relations, transaction structuring, and governance matters.

Labor and Employment Law – The labor law department represents a wide range of leading companies and organizations employing tens of thousands of employees, including banks, insurance companies, telecommunications and high-tech companies, employers’ organizations, labor unions, pension funds, hospitals, and more.

Capital Markets – The firm provides ongoing legal advice to publicly traded companies regarding disclosure obligations, bond issuances, equity offerings, secondary offerings, and other securities matters. The firm also represents financial institutions, underwriters, and companies in public offerings, securitizations, and derivatives transactions.

Competition / Antitrust Law – S. Horowitz advises clients on all regulatory aspects of competition and antitrust law, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, collaborations, restrictive arrangements, and related matters.

Tax – The firm has extensive expertise in all aspects of business taxation, including mergers, splits and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, voluntary disclosure procedures, joint ventures, real estate transactions, capital markets, and international tax planning, covering direct, indirect, and international taxation.

Commercial Real Estate – The firm provides full legal services in commercial real estate, including land development, construction, asset financing, leasing, and dealings with the Israel Land Authority, as well as representation in acquisition groups and urban renewal projects.

Pharmaceuticals / Life Sciences – S. Horowitz represents Israeli and international pharmaceutical and life sciences companies in Israel and abroad, advising on litigation, regulation, licensing, and intellectual property matters.

High-Tech and Innovation – The firm provides comprehensive legal advice to established high-tech companies and early-stage startups on all business and financial aspects, including development and commercialization. Clients operate in areas such as fintech, algorithmic trading, crowdfunding, medical devices, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and IoT.

White-Collar Crime and Regulation – The firm advises on a wide range of regulatory and criminal law matters, including antitrust, tax, securities, bribery, money laundering, cybercrime, business licensing, planning and construction, workplace safety, pharmaceuticals, disciplinary proceedings, consumer protection, and more. The department provides immediate and accessible support to business clients in Israel and abroad.

Environmental Law – The environmental law department handles major and complex litigation and provides ongoing legal advice on matters including radiation, water, soil and air pollution, noise and odor nuisances, hazardous materials, and waste disposal.
Communications and Media – The firm advises cellular operators, broadcasters, cable licensees, content providers, satellite operators, service providers, and financiers on telecommunications and media matters in Israel.

Insurance and Product Liability – S. Horowitz represents insurance and reinsurance companies in litigation and commercial matters and maintains a broad product liability practice.

Public International Law – The firm represents states in international dispute resolution proceedings, including before international tribunals such as the International Court of Justice in The Hague and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg. The firm also advises governments, international organizations, and multinational corporations on diplomatic and state immunities, sanctions regimes, boundary disputes, treaty law, investment agreements, the law of armed conflict, humanitarian law, the law of the sea, state responsibility, and human rights.

International Arbitration – The firm’s international arbitration practice is among the largest in Israel, representing domestic and global corporations, business groups, and high-net-worth individuals in international disputes worldwide. The firm has an established reputation in cross-border dispute resolution through international arbitration and mediation, including under LCIA, ICC, and ad hoc proceedings, and in multi-jurisdictional matters.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) – The firm’s AI practice provides legal advice on the development, licensing, protection, and use of artificial intelligence technologies, addressing legal, regulatory, and ethical aspects.

Blockchain and Digital Assets – S. Horowitz offers a comprehensive range of legal and regulatory services for clients operating in the evolving blockchain and digital assets sector, focusing on innovative and tailored legal solutions that ensure compliance with international laws and regulations. Clients include blockchain, crypto, and Web3 companies and startups.

Privacy and Cybersecurity – The firm’s technology and information security department advises on complex digital projects, including banking and insurance infrastructures, and handles regulatory and legal compliance with local and international data protection and information security laws.