E.S. Shimron, I. Molho, Persky & Co. Law Office one of the leading law firms in Israel with 70 years of experience in all areas of civil and commercial law. The firm is multilingual and has branches in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The firm was established in the early fifties by the late Erwin S. Shimron, who previously served as the state attorney. The current managing partner of the firm is attorney Yitzhak Molho.

Clientele

The firm represents clients from the private and public sectors in Israel and around the world. Among its clients in Israel are venture capital funds; Hi-tech companies; major communication companies; TV channels; production firms; public corporations, statutory bodies; research and development institutes (including a research and development company of one of the universities in Israel); Associations, international charity organization and non-profits; institutions of higher education; the US government, the German government, and other foreign governments; Real estate developers; a leading international investment bank; international insurance underwriters; and more.

Since its founding, the firm has maintained relationships with the Israeli governments, while preserving a non-political approach. During Rabin’s government, the office served as legal advisor to the inter-ministerial governmental committee responsible for compensating the construction companies following the cessation of construction in the territories. Between 1996 and 1999, as well as between 2009 and 2018, the managing partner of the firm, Adv. Yitzhak Molho served as an unpaid adviser and special envoy on behalf of the Israeli Prime Minister and government as the main bearer and giver in the political contacts with the Palestinian Authority, the governments of Egypt and Jordan, and the government of the United States.

Our firm, headed by attorneys David N. Shimron and Michael Rabello, served as a consultant in the negotiation teams for the formation of the coalition and the drafting of the coalition agreements for the establishment of the various Likud governments, alongside the representation of the Likud faction and the head of it in constitutional and administrative precedent petitions dealing with the establishment of the government.

The firm's Specializations

Commercial law and company law: the firm plays a significant role in initiating and accompanying investments by foreign companies in Israel and abroad. The firm was involved in handling various privatization procedures, including the privatization of the banking system and the communications system in Israel, as well as countless commercial transactions in areas such as high-tech, biotechnology, computing, data processing, mergers and acquisitions of companies, and real estate.

Communications: The firm is one of the leading firms in the field of communications law in Israel, representing prominent media companies in Israel, and consistently ranking as a leading firm in this field. The firm has extensive experience in handling complex regulatory issues and special agreements for the communications sector, including specialization in telecom, media, and broadcasting. The firm also dealt with several groundbreaking regulatory issues.

Litigation and dispute resolution: The firm represents and has represented clients in various commercial and civil matters, before all judicial and quasi-judicial courts, including the courts of all their instances, arbitrations, and mediations. The firm excels in managing large-scale complex litigation cases. Some of the firm’s partners serve occasionally as arbitrators and mediators.

In addition to the commercial litigation cases handled in our firm, the firm has a unique knowledge of administrative and constitutional litigation. recently, the constitutional-administrative litigation team has dealt with constitutional petitions of the first order, and as a result of precedent-setting decisions, many of which were ruled in favor of our clients. Our firm has contributed to the development of constitutional law in Israel as it stands today and has played a role in shaping foundational legislation.

Bankruptcies and liquidations of companies: the firm has vast and profound experience in the field of liquidation and rehabilitation of companies, associations, or individuals that have reached a state of insolvency. The firm's partners frequently serve as liquidators, special managers, and trustees in large-scale liquidation proceedings. Thus, Adv. Molho serves as the special manager on behalf of the official receiver in the freezing of the largest and most intricate proceedings in the history of the country, of 26 companies from the Haftziba group.

Adv. Molho also serves as a special manager on behalf of the official receiver of Karta, the Jerusalem Development Company Ltd. (in liquidation). These cases are led by attorney Molho together with a special team.

Intellectual Property: The firm has a broad understanding and experience in dealing with intellectual property. The firm's activity in these areas includes ongoing support and advice, drafting agreements and licenses, as well as litigation (it should be noted that the firm represented the plaintiff in the "Dead Sea Scrolls" case, in which the verdict given is one of the most important in the field of copyright). The firm led the litigation for an American limited partnership that yielded rights to three biologics medicins that sold for billions of dollars. The firm is adopted in consulting the legal aspects of computer software, editing and managing negotiations regarding complex software licenses, as well as accompanying patent-protected medical and paramedical technologies. The firm's activities in this field include drawing up distribution and licensing agreements as well as engagements for conducting clinical trials in Israel and abroad.

Investment, purchase, venture capital, hi-tech, and technology transactions: the firm represents private and institutional Israeli and foreign venture capital funds, investors in specific R&D projects, and start-up companies, as well as a research and development company of one of Israel's most important universities. The firm handled the establishment of a new Israeli investment fund in the field of medical technologies and services, as well as accompanying foreign companies and Israeli high-tech companies in matters of licenses, raising capital, Investments, and other transactions in very considerable volumes.

Initiation and development of real estate and construction planning: the firm represents investors and landowners in Israel and abroad in numerous long-term projects on a considerable scale. It provides legal services in the fields of tourism, hotels, planning, and construction projects for the construction of residences, public buildings, and integrated projects. The firm is also involved in various complex projects, including accompanying associations and purchasing groups in large-scale real estate projects throughout the country evacuation-construction projects (pinui-binui), and NOP38 (tama). The firm provides guidance and legal advice from the early stages of land acquisition, handling statutory planning with planning committees at different stages of planning, negotiations with local authorities and the other relevant state authorities, up to dealing with development, construction, and sales, including the financing of the ventures. The office also handles litigation in planning committees, appeals committees, and courts. Attorney Persky serves as an appointed representative on behalf of the court for a building complex being developed in a central area of the city of Jerusalem. He also deals with obtaining approvals for building plans in a large area close to the Tel Aviv port, a new neighborhood in Kiryat Bialik, and urban plans for the consulate and embassy of the United States in Jerusalem.

Estates and trusts: the firm is involved with the drafting of complex wills and letters of trust, estate management, and tax planning in everything related to estates, both in Israel and abroad, on a very considerable scale. The firm specializes in the establishment and management of endowments (including public endowments) and provides ongoing legal advice to trustees and beneficiaries according to deeds of trust and deeds of endowment. The firm also specializes in drafting lasting powers of attorney.

Infrastructure and Energy: The firm has decades of experience in the legal support of oil drilling in Israel, obtaining concessions for its clients and raising capital for them. The firm dealt with projects in the field of electricity, including accompanying energy giants in their engagements in Israel in the field of IPP and early engagements in preparation for the reforms in the electricity and gas sectors, including accompanying leading companies in the world in their contacts with government ministries in preparation for the establishment of gas transmission infrastructure companies and participation in government tenders in this area. The office also represented the state in legal disputes between it and various parties in the water sector.

Labor law: the firm has significant expertise in the field of labor law and conducts negotiations and drafts agreements in all areas of the field. The firm represents clients before the labor courts, as well as in resolving disputes outside of them. In addition, the firm represented foreign governments before the labor courts and has knowledge in the field of immunities for foreign countries against lawsuits in the legal field of Work in the State of Israel.

Tender Law: The firm has many years of experience in the field of tenders, both in accompanying groups that participated as bidders in complex tenders, in the compilation and editing of tender documents, and in accompanying the procedures on behalf of official bodies and authorities, and in representing clients in legal disputes that took place following tender procedures. Lawyers from the firm accompany and even serve as tender committee members. The firm represents clients in the field of tenders both on the side of the tenderer and on the side of the tender participant.