Class Actions lawyers

Seung Do Kim

Foreign Attorney

DR & AJU LLC

Shahar Capusha

Shahar Capusha is a Partner at Cassouto & Co. and heads the firm’s class actions and derivative claims practice. He specialises in complex commercial litigation, including corporate and shareholder disputes, class actions and derivative proceedings. Shahar is recognised as an outstanding litigator with exceptional analytical abilities. His work is marked by steady judgment in urgent, high-stakes situations and reflects originality of thought, intellectual depth, strategic clarity and the ability to carefully assess legal risk throughout the life of a dispute, shaped in part by his academic background in philosophy and his qualification as a solicitor in England and Wales. He is involved in sophisticated matters, including those with cross-border aspects, and is regarded by the firm as a rising star.

Cassouto & Co.

Shahar Haron

Partner

Amit, Pollak, Matalon

Shai Bakal

Partner, Competition/Antitrust

Arnon, Tadmor-Levy

Shai Kagan

Partner

Herzog Fox & Neeman

Shari Ross Lahlou

Partner

Dechert

Sharon Desh

Winston Taylor

Sharon Lubezky-Hess

Partner and Head of Class Action and Litigation Department

Amit, Pollak, Matalon

Shaul Zioni

Founding & Managing Partner

Zioni Pillersdorf Phillip Advocates

Shay Cohen

Shay Cohen, a partner in the firm's Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice, specializes in complex litigation, with a particular focus on insurance and tort law (predominantly product liability, professional negligence, and mass torts), civil and commercial litigation (constructions litigation and contractual disputes), and various class actions (as defense counsel on insurance, product liability, environmental and consumer protection class actions). In addition, Shay has considerable expertise in advising and representing domestic and foreign companies on all aspects of product compliance and recalls in Israel. Shay’s extensive track record includes representation of some of the largest Israeli public companies and international insurers and reinsurers, in complex proceedings, before all courts and arbitration panels in Israel. In this capacity, Shay has been involved in some of the largest cases tried in Israel.

Naschitz, Brandes, Amir & Co.

Shay Gimelstein

Partner

S. Horowitz & Co

Shimrit Noy

Licensed attorney since 2007. Holds an LL.B in law from the College of Management (magna cum laude). Interned in labor law at Nachum Feinberg & Co. law firm. Experienced consultant on labor laws, legal representation for labor-related issues, negotiations, drafting employment agreements, and class action on issues related to labor laws.

Efrat Deutsch & Co

Shir Besser Rehani

Associate

Gornitzky & Co.

Shirin Gabbay-Metzger

Partner

Gornitzky & Co.

Shirly Kazir

FBC - Shirly Kazir Ms. Kazir is the head of FBC’s Aviation, Maritime & Tourism Department and her diverse practice ranges from commercial litigation, with particular expertise in aviation and maritime disputes, to commercial transactional matters involving IP rights, contractual claims and commercial law. Ms. Kazir represents major foreign airlines and foreign airline insurance companies in a variety of areas related to international aviation law. She advises on domestic Israeli legislation such as the Israeli Aviation Services Law, as well as on worldwide developments in the field of aviation and on pending changes to global aviation treaties that have a direct impact on Israeli legislation, including the Warsaw and Montreal Conventions and the EU Aviation regulations. Ms. Kazir also specializes in maritime transport law, and represents multinational corporations in commercial disputes relating to the international carriage of cargo via marine transport. Ms. Kazir has extensive experience in representing international and domestic corporations, in patent, trademark and copyright infringement proceedings and passing-off actions before the Israel Patents and Trademarks Office, notably in the field of pharmaceuticals. Ms. Kazir also has extensive international connections and affiliations in the aviation industry both in the private sector as well as the regulatory sector and she takes part in international conferences relating to aviation law. Ms. Kazir serves as an external IATA instructor in the "International Air Law" course, which is conducted in Israel and Europe and earmarked for attorneys and in-house counsel from around the globe. Ms. Kazir is a member in the Israeli Bar Association in relation to International matters, as well as a member in the International Aviation Women Association.

FISCHER (FBC & Co.)

Silpa Maruri

Silpa Maruri is a founding partner of Elsberg Baker & Maruri. Silpa is an experienced litigator and trial lawyer who has led several teams to victory in a wide variety of disputes and trials. Most recently, Silpa obtained a significant arbitration victory in a bet-the-company dispute over an energy agreement following a nine-day hearing, garnering recognition as a “Litigator of the Week” by the American Lawyer for her performance. Although experienced in a wide array of forums, Silpa has specialized experience in the Delaware Court of Chancery, where she has litigated some of the most widely publicized disputes of the last decade, including Twitter v. Musk and In re Dell Technologies Class V Stockholders Litigation. In Dell, Silpa served as lead counsel in a class action on behalf of Dell stockholders relating to a 2018 stock-for-stock exchange, resulting in a historic settlement of $1 billion—the largest class action settlement in any state court. This record-setting win, which the Delaware Court of Chancery described as “real and unprecedented,” garnered widespread praise. Silpa has also played a key role in many of the recent COVID-19 related busted deal cases filed in the wake of the pandemic, including Snow Phipps v. KCAKE Acquisition Corp. Silpa’s recent representative matters also include several deal-related disputes regarding corporate acquisitions, several derivative lawsuits relating to shareholder claims of self-dealing, commercial contract disputes relating to investor rights, and matters involving financial fraud. Silpa is widely recognized as a skilled advocate and litigator, which has earned her a broad array of accolades. She is one of only two lawyers in America to be recognized by the American Lawyer as a “Litigator of the Week” twice in 2022. In 2021, Law360 named Silpa a “Rising Star” in the Private Equity field. She has also been named a Leading Plaintiff’s Lawyer by Lawdragon 500 in the area of financial litigation and a Recommended Lawyer for Dispute Resolution by the Legal 500. In addition to her active trial practice, Silpa regularly publishes, speaks and appears on matters of corporate governance and Delaware law. Silpa recently appeared on a panel regarding Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation for the Practicing Law Institute, alongside the Honorable Collins J. Seitz, a Justice on the Delaware Supreme Court. In 2021, Silpa was a panelist at the prestigious Tulane Corporate Law Institute, where she appeared alongside Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery. Silpa received her B.A. with honors from the University of Chicago and her J.D., magna cum laude, from Cornell Law School. Prior to joining the firm, Silpa was a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, where she served as a co-chair of the firm’s Delaware Practice. Following law school, Silpa also served as a judicial law clerk in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. ‍Representative Matters Obtained landmark $1 billion settlement for shareholders of Dell DVMT stock in connection with Dell Technologies’ 2018 stock-for-stock exchange of DVMT shares for Class C shares. The Delaware Court of Chancery hailed the historic result as “unprecedented” and “real.” Following hard-fought discovery, including the deposition of Michael Dell, the adversaries settled the action. The settlement represents the largest shareholder recovery in a state court, and the seventeenth largest shareholder recovery in any court. Obtained historic bench trial victory for private-equity firm Snow Phipps Group in a first-of-its kind busted deal case concerning the sale of one of its portfolio companies, KCAKE, a $600 million cake-decoration company. Following a nine-day trial, the Delaware Court of Chancery ordered Kohlberg & Co. to close the acquisition, notwithstanding Kohlberg’s claims that COVID-19 excused its performance. The victory represented a precedent-setting development in M&A litigation, in which the court compelled KCAKE to complete the acquisition despite the lapse of its financing to do so. Represented Elon Musk in Twitter v. Musk, the headline-dominating $44 billion dispute between Musk and Twitter Inc. concerning the termination of his agreement to buy Twitter, based on claims of breach of contract and fraud. The case represented the largest busted-deal matter in recent history. Obtained landmark appellate victory for Express Scripts and United BioSource Corp. in an $80 million dispute concerning claims of fraudulent inducement in connection with the sale of a healthcare company to private equity firm Parthenon Capital Partners. The appellate victory established new law in Delaware concerning the scope of contractual waivers of intentional fraud in connection with M&A transactions. Obtained complete arbitration victory for Limetree Bay Terminals in a bet-the-company contractual dispute concerning the terms of a nine-figure oil storage lease agreement. Following a nine-day hearing dominated by complex fact and expert testimony concerning technical engineering concepts, the three-arbitrator panel ruled in Limetree’s favor, ordering the adversary to specifically perform the agreement and to pay Limetree damages. Defended affiliates of HPS Investment Partners in ten-figure securities class action asserting claims under Section 10(b) and Section 20 of the Exchange Act and state blue sky laws. The Class Plaintiffs alleged that HPS and its board-appointee, Don Dimitrievich, committed fraud in connection with their investment in Alta Mesa Resources, an oil-and-gas SPAC venture that declared bankruptcy one year after its de-SPAC transaction. Defended Fang Holdings Limited, Vincent Mo, Richard Dai, and related entities in a nine-figure derivative shareholder dispute governed by Cayman Islands law regarding Fang’s delisting, its spin-off of China Index Holdings, and its subsequent take private of the same entity. Represented significant shareholders of the Sheehan Family Companies in a complex, nine-figure breach of fiduciary duty action concerning allegations of self-dealing in connection with management and control of the companies, as well as the administration of trusts in the names of the shareholders. Obtained appellate victory in the Delaware Supreme Court for the Heyman family in a contract case adverse to Ashland Inc., arising out of the $3.2 billion sale of a chemical manufacturer, International Specialty Products Inc. Represented $4 billion lithium-mining company in a dispute with its former CEO and Board Chairman concerning his misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential information in the wake of his departure from the company. Obtained complete arbitration victory following five-day hearing for confidential hedge fund, in contractual dispute relating to earn-out provisions governing complex real estate transaction. Represented confidential technology services company in complex, eight-figure dispute concerning claims of accounting fraud and fraudulent inducement in connection with stock purchase agreement governing the acquisition of a technology services vendor from confidential private equity firm. Obtained motion to dismiss victory for Bill Taylor in In re Mimedx Group Inc. Securities Litigation, a class action securities litigation involving claims of channel-stuffing. Represented Core Litigation Trust in $240 million dispute in New York state court alleging claims of tortious interference with contract in connection with the sale of a media company to Fox, Endemol, and private equity firm Apollo Global Management. The matter settled on favorable terms. Obtained trial victory for Crestview Partners in connection with $500 million dispute regarding Crestview's contractual rights to exit its minority investment in Oxbow Carbon LLC. Following a contentious six-day trial, the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled in favor of Crestview, allowing the firm to compel Oxbow to complete a sale. Represented Forest Laboratories and Forest Pharmaceuticals in connection with multi-district products liability litigation involving claims that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, such as Celexa and Lexapro, caused birth defects. Obtained motion to dismiss victory and affirmance from the Second Circuit in Infrassure Ltd. v. First Mutual Transportation Assur. Co., a case of first impression in the reinsurance industry concerning the proper interpretation of a reinsurance certificate. Represented AI International Holdings (BVI), Ltd. in New York state supreme court, in connection with a dispute over loans issued to the Weinstein Group. Following the fallout ensuing at the Weinstein Group after Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual assault in 2017, the Weinstein Group’s lenders declared a default under their loan and sought to their guarantees from Weinstein in court. Obtained favorable settlement for confidential hedge fund in nine-figure dispute concerning the restructuring of loans to Chilean-owned energy ventures. Represented Legal & General in a trademark dispute with Travelers Insurance Company. The case concerned a contractual letter agreement governing the rights to use an umbrella logo in connection with the sale of insurance services. The matter settled on favorable terms. Represented confidential Fortune 100 technology services company in connection with a contractual dispute relating to a long-term contract for technology-based services. Represented confidential foreign razor manufacturer in an arbitration concerning the scope of a release and license provided for in a settlement agreement between the parties. Obtained summary judgment dismissing claims of conspiracy against reinsurer National Indemnity in Ford Motor Co. v. National Indemnity (E.D. Va.), a case where plaintiff challenged a loss portfolio reinsurance structure. Obtained confidential victory for a reinsurer in connection with nine-figure dispute over the coverage available under a reinsurance policy that reinsured batch-insurance policies issued to an automobile manufacturer by its captive insurer. Represented National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh in an insurance coverage dispute with Modern Contingent Construction Company concerning property damage arising from the infamous Big Dig tunnel ceiling collapse in July 2006. Represented Sandoz AG, Sandoz International GmbH, and two individuals in New York state litigation arising out of the merger of Sandoz Inc. and Oriel Therapeutics, Inc. The action, which concerned claims of fraud, was dismissed at the motion to dismiss phase.

Elsberg Baker & Maruri PLLC

Silvio Martuccelli

Professor Martuccelli advises Italian and international clients on class actions and other complex civil, commercial, corporate, banking and insurance law matters, both in court and arbitration proceedings. Recognized as an Arbitration law expert, he is appointed arbitrator in ad hoc arbitrations and institutional arbitrations. He also provides out-of-court consultancy on Private Law with a focus on commercial contracts, corporate acquisitions, corporate disputes, national and international commercial arbitration, investment arbitration, and bankruptcy and pre-bankruptcy proceedings. Entrusted with the appointment under the Bank of Italy, he has been member of Surveillance Committees in the context of extraordinary administration proceedings (Banca Etruria e del Lazio S.p.A.; Prisma SGR S.p.A.). He acted as Chairman of the Commission for the Bar Exam 2017 at the Rome Court of Appeal. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of ITA Airways S.p.A., where he also chaired the Compensation and Nomination Committee. He is member of Guarantee Tribunal at the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI). He is a member of the Board of Directors of R.F.I. S.p.A. (Rete Ferroviaria Italiana) and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the company.

Chiomenti

Simon Seida

Simon's practice covers various fields of commercial litigation, including class actions, disputes between competitors, professional malpractice, and post-closing disputes. A seasoned class action litigator, Simon defends corporation faced with national or local class action proceedings in Québec involving consumer protection, product liability, securities, competition and public nuisance matters. In the course of his practice, he regularly appears before courts and administrative tribunals in Quebec, including for several trials, appeals and class action hearings on the merits. Simon also advises corporations and individuals in relation to regulatory or criminal matters, such as anti-corruption, competition, securities or financial matters. In this context, he advises clients in responding to search warrants and investigations by government authorities or in conducting internal investigations. He also defends clients in enforcement proceedings brought by government authorities and regulatory organizations, including public prosecutors and securities regulators. Simon has advised national and international corporations on various matters dealing with dispute avoidance and resolution and with compliance with the penal provisions of statutes in Quebec and Canada.

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Sivan Oded

Partner

Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co.

Sivan Ramot

Partner

Meitar Law Offices

Sivan Wulkan-Avisar

Partner, Litigation

Arnon, Tadmor-Levy

Staci Yablon

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Stan Hill

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Stefani Wittenauer

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner