International Arbitration 2025

ISRAEL Trends and Developments

Trends and Developments Contributed by:

Zvi Bar-Nathan and Daphna Kapeliuk Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co

Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co is Israel’s largest law firm, and is among the elite group of firms that de - liver top-tier legal services at international standards. The professional hallmark of the firm, which traces its history back over 80 years, is the unrelenting pursuit of the highest professional and ethical standards in the service of its clients. Its attorneys have acquired extensive experience in conducting international ar - bitration proceedings. They represent foreign plain - tiffs and defendants in legal proceedings in Israel, including proceedings for the enforcement of foreign

verdicts, in addition to international arbitration, and assist foreign entities to receive temporary and per - manent compensation from Israeli entities. They also represent Israeli plaintiffs and defendants in legal proceedings held in foreign courts. The acquaintance with foreign laws and understanding of the manner in which legal methods and systems outside Israel operate grant considerable advantage to the legal teams at the firm in conducting such proceedings (as parties to arbitration proceedings), to the benefit of their clients.

Authors

Zvi Bar-Nathan is the chairperson of Goldfarb Gross Seligman. He is a renowned expert in various fields of commercial litigation, and handles litigation in the civil-commercial field, corporate law, contract law, banking

Daphna Kapeliuk is a partner in the commercial and international litigation department at Goldfarb Gross Seligman and is considered to be one of Israel’s leading experts in international and domestic arbitration,

law, communications, libel and tender law. He is involved in a prominent share of the complex commercial disputes held in Israel, and possesses extensive experience in the representation of clients in international disputes. He represents foreign plaintiffs and respondents in legal proceedings in Israel, and clients in enforcement proceedings of foreign verdicts and of international arbitration, assists foreign entities to receive temporary and permanent verdicts against Israeli entities, and represents Israeli plaintiffs and respondents in legal proceedings held abroad.

with extensive academic and practical experience. She has been recently appointed as a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration for the 2024–2027 term. Dr Kapeliuk has represented clients in complex international arbitrations under the ICC, LCIA, ICDR, UNCITRAL and ICSID rules, as well as before Israeli courts in matters concerning domestic and international arbitration. As the sole Israeli academic expert in the field, she is called upon to provide expert opinions in proceedings held before foreign tribunals.

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