Adv. & Mediator Shlomo Cohen
Founding Partner, Head of Mediations Department
| Year of Birth: | 1953 |
| Email: | [email protected] |
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| Position: | Founding Partner, Head of Mediations Department |
| Additional Positions: | Attorney and mediator, founding partner, head of the mediation department at the firm Shlomo Cohen & Co. lawyers and mediators. |
| Seniority in position: | 32 years |
| Public positions: | 2024- Co-Chairman of the National Mediation Committee at the Bar Association. 2005 - 1990 – Presiding judge of the Mapam and Meretz parties. 1990 – Chairman of the Supreme Investigation Committee of Clalit Health Services (about 15 years). 1978 - 1979 - Secretary of Kibbutz Sherid. |
| Education: | 1984 - Bachelor of Laws (LL. B), Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University. 1992 - Training course for mediators at the College of Management, the academic track of the School of Law, under the direction of Dean Prof. Daniel Friedman, in co-operation with "Consensus" - a dispute resolution center, under the direction of Adv. Yoram Elroy. Representatives of the Ministry of Justice participated in this course, including Dr. Peretz Segal. |
| Languages : | Hebrew and English |
| Military Rank : | Lieutenant colonel in resp. |
Areas of Expertise
The mediation department at our office specializes in the settlement of complex and multi-party disputes that combine different disciplines in the civil-commercial field:
Companies - complex and multi-party business disputes, disputes between different companies, shareholders and partners.
Insolvencies - recovery plans, liquidation of companies and partnerships, receiver-ship, bankruptcy and more.
Real estate/land - disputes between entrepreneurial and construction companies among the largest in the field, disputes regarding construction projects (both during the project and after its completion), including issues of rights in real estate.
Intellectual property - copyrights, trademarks, patents, models and more.
Class actions - class actions in various fields.
Banks and insurance companies - disputes between banks and insurance companies and their clients, and between investors and investment funds.
Torts - disputes in the various fields of torts, including multi-party disputes.
Administrative law - disputes in the field of administrative law.
Labor law - disputes in labor law as well as those consisting of elements of ownership or partnership and labor relations.
Family law - disputes in the field of family law, including wills and division of property (including division of companies, partnerships, real estate and movable property).
What is a significant move you have recently made?
Leading processes of change in the Kibbutzim movement.
Establishing the first mediation department in Israel, which includes about 5-6 mediators.
What are the significant strengths of the company to you?
Leading nationally in the firm’s fields of expertise.
Providing services to kibbutzim in various ways and Leading processes of change in the Kibbutzim movement.
Providing mediation at the highest level while striving for quality, excellence and humanity.
What are the central moves that were recently made, and would lead to the company's strengthening in the years to come?
Organizing the joint issues.
What are the main challenges of the company in the next few years?
To continue to lead in everything we do and to influence the directions on the national level.
What are your recommendations for a manager at the beginning of his career?
To dream, believe and act in a continuous, thorough, professional and humane manner to fulfil the dreams.
What is important to remember even during hardships?
One should always hope and work to improve the situation. After hard times, better days arrive, if we work for it with all our might.