Shnitzer, Gotlieb, Samet & Co.

Shnitzer, Gotlieb, Samet & Co. (SGS LAW) is one of Israel’s leading civil-commercial law firms. The lawyers employed in the various departments represent entities and companies from the business and the public sectors. The firm’s clientele includes leading corporations in Israel and abroad, public traded companies in Israel and abroad, government companies, municipal corporations, banks and financial institutions. The firm operates through a number of departments which have unique areas of expertise who operate in synergy and are regularly ranked as top leading departments in their field by various rating companies in Israel.

Commercial Litigation

The firm’s commercial litigation department has a great reputation and it has been ranked in recent years as one of the top leading departments in its field in Israel. The department’s lawyers specialize in complex, difficult and unique disputes, with a specific aptness for civil-commercial-administrative litigation areas including disputes over infrastructures, contractorship, tenders, securities, class actions, derivative suits, control disputes, administrative petitions, arbitration, banking, insolvencies and stays-of-proceedings. The department’s lawyers represent many public companies, directors, officers and executives, public and dual entities, foreign clients, insurance companies, banks and financial institutions, retail chains, contractors, high-tech companies, accountants, consultants, manufacturers and distributors.
At the same time, the commercial litigation department has acquired considerable expertise and reputation in handling complex procedures, including class actions and derivative claims proceedings. In doing so, our firm accompanies class action lawsuits to both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of areas, including insurance, antitrust, banking, consumption law, corporate law and more.

Capital Market

The firm’s capital marker department is ranked as one of the most outstanding top tier departments in its field in Israel. The firm’s special expertise in capital markets, companies and securities law includes accompanying various types of capital raising, including public and private offerings, handling the issuance of diverse and innovative financial instruments, supporting and accompanying party-at-interest deals and purchase offers, assisting in the preparation of periodic and immediate reports, providing ongoing counsel to dozens of publicly traded companies and representing investors, issuers and underwriters.

Real Estate and Urban Renewal

The firm’s real estate department has extensive experience and its lawyers specialize in conducting a range of comprehensive real estate transactions such as combination and financing transactions, supporting the real estate aspects of public offerings of real estate companies, handling the sale of different properties, including yielding real estate, marketing and leasing of properties, accompanying purchase groups, representing real estate owners in dissolution proceedings, handling assisted living properties and handling of taxation aspects concerning real estate transactions. The department is also experienced with urban renewal projects (demolition and constructions projects and the National Outline Plan 38) and it represents both developers and tenants in such projects.The real estate department also regularly accompanies the firm’s capital market department in the issuance and capital raising procedures of companies in the real estate fields, and provides the professional backing in these fields as required for the success of these raisings and their implementation.

Commercial-International Law

Our Firm’s Commercial-International Law Department provides foreign clients and clients with international activities, which include leading companies in Israel and around the world, with ongoing legal advice regarding various aspects of commercial and corporate law, regarding their current business activities and accompanies diverse and complex international transactions and engagements.
As part of its day-to-day operations, the Commercial-International Law Department team engages in, among other things, consulting, drafting and conducting negotiations regarding a wide range of complex contractual engagements and commercial transactions that include collaborations, joint ventures, partnerships, shareholder agreements, investment agreements, capital raising, financing arrangements, mergers and acquisitions, management contracts, services, supply, procurement, OEM, licensing, brokerage, distribution, agency, franchise, trust and more.
Additionally, the team provides a response to client’s in the corporate field, including in the establishment and registration of companies, as well as counsel on the preferred corporate structure and form, as well as in the field of international tenders. The Commercial-International Law Department has special expertise in the field of retail and consumer law. Our clients rely on our professional knowledge when it comes to leading complex projects and transactions in the field.

Corporate and Commercial Law

Our Firm’s Corporate and Commercial Law Department specializes in providing ongoing legal counsel in relation to various aspects of commercial and corporate law, to foreign and local clients (including leading public and private companies), regarding their ongoing business activities, and specializes in accompanying diverse and complex commercial transactions.
The Corporate and Commercial Law Department team has expertise and skill in providing professional and immediate solutions to the Firm’s clients, out of an understanding of all their legal and business needs.
The Department connects its clients with the various departments of the Firm that specialize in capital markets, commercial law, litigation, real estate and labor law in a synergy and manner that provides a comprehensive response to their needs.
As part of its day-to-day operations, the Corporate and Commercial Law Department team engages in, among other things, consulting, drafting and conducting negotiations regarding a wide range of complex contractual engagements and commercial transactions that include collaborations, joint ventures, partnerships, shareholder agreements, investment agreements, capital raising, financing arrangements, mergers and acquisitions, management contracts, trust, services, supply, procurement, OEM, licensing, brokerage, distribution, agency, franchise, and more.

Tenders

The firm has extensive experience in preparing public tenders (public, closed, invitation to bid, online tenders, PFI / BOT tenders and more), both for the state and for privately owned entities.
The firm advises and assists its clients (tender offers) in drafting the tender documents, drafting threshold conditions, drafting criteria, holding bidders’ meetings, conducting negotiations, etc.
In addition, the firm advises and assists entities participating in tenders and provides them with legal advice in this area. It should be noted that the firm has special expertise in accompanying government and municipal companies in the field of tenders.