Including class action and derivative action lawsuits
Advocate Itzhaki-Weinberger provides constant legal advice and aid to many Israeli and international clients.
This includes giving legal advice in many aspects of commercial law, as required by the business on a day-to-day basis, and in planning, designing and executing domestic and international deals. Advocate Itzhaki-Weinberger provides answers to all of the legal needs of the clients, provides immediate solutions to problems as they occur in real-time, and combines and integrates in depth legal knowledge with understanding the business needs of the clients, in a practical approach.
Naturally this includes handling taxation, real estate, regulation, labor law and litigation – but also includes drafting and negotiating commercial contracts in all fields including agency contracts, distribution contracts, franchising contracts, supply contracts, licensing agreements, co-operation agreements, joint ventures and partnerships, financing agreements, and actually a wide variety of agreements and contracts.
Furthermore, in recent years, as the financial reality becomes more and more complex, the usage of the derivate actions lawsuit tool, including lawsuits against company directors and class action lawsuits, becomes a common issue and increasing.
Advocate Itzhaki-Weinberger has experience in both representing shareholders and directors as plaintiffs in derivative actions, and in representing shareholders, directors and other senior employees as defendants in such actions, and of course in representing firms receiving letter of demand and in all aspects relating to managing either the claims or the defense in derivative and class action lawsuits.
Needless to say, this field of activity of Advocate Itzhaki-Weinberger includes also handling claims of breach of trust, negligence, claims of publishing false or inaccurate reports, actions against the minority of a company, not complying with reporting regulations, forcing share sale (BMBY – Buy Me Buy You), insider trading etc.