Firm Description

S. Horowitz & Co. is Israel’s premier full service law firm, offering a full range of dispute resolution, corporate and commercial services to the international and Israeli business, industrial and financial communities.

With widely-acclaimed expertise in domestic and international intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, banking, joint ventures, financial services, project and asset finance, corporate real estate, insurance, tax, venture capital, labour and employment, antitrust and administrative law coupled with a highly respected litigation team, S. Horowitz & Co. has been ranked by both the European Legal 500 and PLC Which Lawyer as Israel’s overall leading law firm.

S. Horowitz & Co.’s 90 year heritage of excellence in law practicing and more than 140 legal professionals makes it the oldest and one of the largest law firms in Israel.

For additional details, please visit S. Horowitz & Co.’s website at www.s-horowitz.com

PRODUCT LIABILITY

S. Horowitz & Co, has extensive experience and knowledge in advising on a broad spectrum of matters in the field of product liability, and has acquired a foremost and leading reputation in this area. The firm frequently acts for a wide variety of leading insurance companies, both local and international, in connection with major product liability cases, with potential damages extending to millions of US dollars, as well as other major cases such as class actions.

The firm’s expertise stretches across a considerable range of industries, including pharmaceutical, energy, aviation and transportation, construction, industrial products, consumer products, medical devices and other high-tech and low-tech applications. Cases in which the firm has been involved have covered all types of damage, both bodily and to property, and have focused on a variety of causes of damage, such as due to fire or failure in design, planning, assembly or installation.

The members of the firm’s product liability practice are highly experienced in collaborating with and guiding professional experts (including in complicated technical and scientific fields), as well as in dealing with complex and multi-jurisdictional cases.

Moreover, in view of the vast commercial litigation experience amassed by its attorneys, the firm equally represents manufacturers and insurers in all litigation-related matters, including in connection with issues touching on the service of pleadings and questions of jurisdiction and governing law.

The firm’s attorneys also deal frequently with issues of product recall, and are familiar with all relevant regulations, such as those issued by the respective Ministries of Health and Transport and Road Safety.