Zvi Agmon

Zvi Agmon is the founder and head of the firm.

With experience spanning over 40 years, Zvi is considered one of the leading and most respected litigators in Israel who has led many of the most complex and sensitive cases adjudicated in Israel. Zvi specializes in a wide range of practice areas, including commercial-corporate litigation, complex derivative claims, competition and antitrust law, administrative law and class action.

Zvi’s illustrious career is punctuated with many of the extraordinary cases that shaped the field of litigation in Israel, including representing the Shin Bet in the Line 300 case in the 1980s, Noble Energy against the Sheshinski Commission for determining gas royalties, and the Gas Partners before the High Court of Justice in the Gas Framework petition. In recent years, Zvi has acted in complex corporate litigation cases, including for the directors in the IDB dividends case, as well as for officers of Teva regarding their corporate liability. In 2019, Zvi represented Union Bank of Israel in a precedent-setting appeal against the Israel Competition Authority, until the surprise merger with Bank Mizrahi was approved.

Zvi’s clients include local and international corporations and companies from many sectors of the economy, including leading banks, credit card companies, insurance companies, telecommunications companies, oil and gas companies, infrastructure and construction companies, state-owned companies and others.

Zvi began his career as an intern, then an associate and partner of Dr. Mishael Cheshin, and worked alongside him until Dr. Cheshin was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court.

Zvi serves as a member of the executive committee of a variety of social and academic organizations and is frequently invited to lecture at professional forums in his various practices.

In 2023, Zvi was ranked ‘Hall of Fame’ in the Legal 500 international ranking guide based on his professional work and his clients’ reviews.

Zvi consistently leads individual rankings in international legal guides in his many areas of practice, including litigation, class action and competition.

Zvi is praised by clients for “being sharp and formidable and for his ability to analyze situations and solve complex and novel legal problems.”

• Acted for the Gas Partners in denying a motion for approval of class certification, with respect to the gas price set in the agreement between the partners holding the Tamar reservoir and Israel Electric Corporation. The claim, one of the largest adjudicated in Israel, was dismissed by the court.
• Represented Delek Drilling with respect to convening a general meeting for the purpose of approving an arrangement centered around restructuring. The precedential ruling allow Delek Drilling to become a partnership fully controlled by a British limited liability company listed on the London and Tel Aviv stock exchanges.
• Acted for Union Bank of Israel in an appeal submitted to the Competition Tribunal for approving the merger with Bank Mizrahi Tefahot, through to its dramatic approval.
• Assisted in the merger between Elbit and IMI before the Israel Competition Authority. As part of the merger, Elbit acquired the activities of IMI in a tender held by the state for the privatization of IMI’s operations.