Haim Zadok & Co. is a law firm in Tel Aviv, Israel, established by Haim Yosef Zadok. The firm specializes in corporate and commercial law; insolvency, recovery and corporate reorganization; banking; high-tech and venture capital; litigation; constitutional and regulatory law; and public and administrative law. Its expertise lies in complex corporate rehabilitations, receiverships, liquidations, and managing companies in difficulties.
The firm's 26 lawyers, trained in Israel and abroad, do public and pro-bono work, including representing UNICEF in Israel and supporting the University of Tel Aviv's law school scholarship fund.
History
Haim Zadok & Co. was founded in 1958 by Haim Yosef Zadok, a prominent lawyer and former Labor minister.Keren, Michael (1995). Professionals Against Populism: The Peres Government and Democracy. SUNY series in Israeli studies, p. 39, SUNY Press, , accessed November 25, 2009. Zadok served as Israel's Minister of Justice, Minister of Industry and Trade, and Minister of Religion. In 1993, he was elected president of the Israel Press Council.Cohen-Almagor, Raphael (2001). Speech, Media and Ethics: The Limits of Free Expression: Critical Studies On Freedom of Expression, Freedom of the Press and the Public's Right to Know. Palgrave Macmillan, accessed 25 November 2009.
In 1989, the firm, with its founder representing it, argued to the Knesset Economic Committee that cigarette advertising does not encourage young people to start smoking.Wallfish, Asher & Getzler, Dvorah (June 1, 1989). , Jerusalem Post, accessed November 24, 2009
In 1990, the firm represented Bank Leumi in a dispute with its former chairman and CEO, Ernest Japhet. The bank sought NIS 15 million in compensation for unusually lucrative personal contracts that Japhet had signed with senior executives.Lipkis, Galit (December 23, 1990). "Leumi Seeking NIS 14M in Compensation from Japhet". The Jerusalem Post, accessed November 25, 2009. In 2000 the firm was appointed by the courts to act as trustee for the sale of United Steel Mills.OECD, "Developments in steelmaking capacity of non-OECD countries". OECD Publishing (2001)
In 2001 the firm represented Time, Inc. in the case of Sharon vs. Time Inc., in which Sharon contended that Time magazine libeled him in its 1983 cover story about the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre. In 2007 the firm represented Bank Hapoalim in litigation against Heftsiba, a bankrupt property developer.Ruth, Nurit & Sheffer, Shlomi (November 9, 2007). "Hapoalim: Heftsiba is lying in its motion to halt legal steps". Haaretz. accessed November 24, 2009.
Ilan Shavit-Stricks is Haim Zadok & Co.'s senior and managing partner. The firm's of counsel was Advocate Dan Meridor, a former Minister of Justice and Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy. It was announced in November 2009 that he and Shavit would face a disciplinary proceeding of the Israel Bar Association for writing an illegal fee contract with Arcadi Gaydamak.Sharvit, Noam (November 24, 2009). "Meridor faces ethics charges for Gaydamak role; Minister Dan Meridor charged Arcadi Gaydamak $600,000, plus a $5 million success bonus". Globes, accessed November 25, 2009
References
Published works At the Law's Cradle, Haim Zadok, Israel Democracy Institute The Relative Advantages of Banks in Israeli Legislation, Ilan Shavit-Stricks and Nitza Posner, Global Banking, 2004. An updated version of this article is available on-line.
External links Haim Zadok & Co. homepage "Dun's 100 Israel's Largest Enterprises 2009: Haim Zadok & Co.
Zucker, Shoshana, "Standing up for Ethiopian Rights", The Jerusalem Post, January 28, 2005