The White Collar Department, which is headed by Adv. Chen and Adv. Vaki, is one of the best in Israel. Over the years, the firm has provided outstanding representation in complex legal cases with a high public profile that are often at the forefront of public discourse. The firm has represented, in investigations and the courts, ministers and members of the Knesset, businesspersons that own public companies and senior officials from the legal system itself.

The partners in the White Collar Crime Department represent public figures and civil servants in cases involving dishonesty, such as bribery, fraud and breach of trust. The partners also specialize in cases involving Securities Law offenses, restrictive trade practices, all aspects of money laundering including asset seizures and forfeitures, offenses of corporate executives, all kinds of fraud cases and cyber-crimes.

The firm represents its clients in all the proceedings involved in and following from criminal investigations, including before and after investigations, in contacts with the prosecution authorities, in hearings before the Attorney-General, in proceedings taking place various authorities, such as the State Comptroller, State Commissions of Inquiry, Government ministries, the Civil Service Commission, disciplinary courts, etc., and of course, representation in the courts at different levels.

An additional field in which the Criminal Department specializes is safety offenses, including negligent homicide, work safety offenses, etc.

The partners’ professional experience on the prosecution side in their civil service working period gives them today, as defenders and attorneys in private practice, a special perspectives, a strategic outlook and an optimal ability to plan strategies that meet the requirements of the specific situation of each client.

The Class Actions and Civil and Commercial Litigation Department, headed by Adv. Yitzhak Yaari, represents plaintiffs and defendants in civil and commercial cases, as well as plaintiffs in class actions.

In the civil-commercial field, the department handles complex civil disputes involving huge amounts of money and transactions in various fields, shareholder and partner disputes, contracts and infrastructure, real estate, tenders, defamation, banking, etc.

The department also represents plaintiffs in class actions. In this field, the courts have certified class actions filed by the firm in amounts of tens of millions of shekels.

The department is headed by Adv. Yitzhak Yaari, who has approximately 30 years of experience in representing companies and businesspersons in the courts and arbitrations.