Team
Adv. Guy Gissin
(Head of the firm and managing partner)
Email: guy@gissinlaw.co.il
Adv. Guy Gissin, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in law (LL.B) from Tel Aviv University in 1991, is remarried to Sigal Rusk Gissin, and is the father of five. Adv. Gissin, a graduate of the Israeli Naval Academy, holds the rank of Lt. Commander (ret.) in the IDF, and was commander of a Dabur-class patrol boat. Adv. Gissin, formerly of Zaltzman & Co. law firm, where he was a partner until he left to start his own practice in 1994, specializes in commercial law, securities, corporate law, insolvency, debt arrangements and commercial litigation.
Since 1991, Adv. Gissin has represented dozens of publicly traded companies, including in public offerings of stock and bonds as well as providing ongoing legal counsel. Over the last decade, Adv. Gissin has been involved in some of the most significant and complex debt arrangements and liquidations in Israel, while also contributing to the creation of some of the most important legal precedents in the field. Adv. Gissin has been personally appointed many times by the courts and by creditors, to serve as court officer or trustee for corporations undergoing insolvency proceedings.
Adv. Gissin works voluntarily to support and promote education in Israel. As such, Adv. Gissin has been serving for nearly twenty-five years as legal advisor to Young Entrepreneurs (Israel) foundation.
Adv. Gissin also serves as the chairman of the Multidisciplinary Mediation Center Ltd. in collaboration with the Bar Ilan University. https://insolvency-center.com/
Laguages: Hebrew, English
LL.B from the Tel Aviv University 1991
Member of the Israel Bar Association since 1994
Advocate Yoel Freilich
(Senior partner, Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department)
Email: yoel@gissinlaw.co.il
Advocate Freilich, a senior partner in the firm and head of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department has more than 25 years’ experience and has appeared in more than one thousand court cases. Advocate Freilich represents leading entities in the economy in legal proceedings relating to corporate matters and securities, directors’ and corporate officers’ liability and control disputes.
Advocate Freilich is responsible for a host of court precedents pertaining to directors’ and officers’ liability, fairness in capital raising procedures and dividend distribution.
Advocate Freilich has been recognized and is recommended in leading global international rating guides such as:
Legal 500
‘Yoel Freilich is probably the best litigator in the corporate scene. His cross-examination skills can take water out of the rock. If you want to win the case, better have him with you.’
Legal 500
‘Gissin’s litigation team, which is led by Yoel Freilich, is exceptionally creative, very trained and skillful. The judges pay attention and listen to them.’
Advocate Freilich is the author of: Temporary and Immediate Relief in Business Law which deals with common trading disputes seen from the standpoint of injunctive and temporary relief, which is considered an authority, and is quoted in dozens of judicial decisions.
Advocate Freilich also lectures in the areas of his expertise in scholastic courses for judges and lawyers.
He is married and has two children.
Languages: Hebrew, English
LL.M (Bar-Ilan University)
Member of the Israel Bar Association since 1998
Advocate Yael Hershkovitz
(Head of Debt Restructuring and Corporate Department)
Email: yael@gissinlaw.co.il
Adv. Hershkovitz is a senior partner and is the head of the Corporate and Financing Department. Adv. Hershkovitz specializes in financing and corporate law and handle debt arrangements, financing and debt restructuring, mergers and acquisitions and complex international transactions. Adv. Hershkovitz has been involved in recent years in debt arrangements and complex and significant liquidations in the Israeli capital market.
Legal 500 – Next Generation Partner
“Yael Hershkovitz‘s broad experience encompasses debt restructuring and cross-border insolvency proceedings.”
IFLR – Highly Regarded
Languages: Hebrew, English
The College of Administration (2005)
Member of the Israel Bar Association since 2006
Amir Paz
(Advocate)
Email: amir@gissinlaw.co.il
Adv. Paz is a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department.
In the course of his work, Advocate Paz handles complex high-profile litigation cases at all judicial levels, inter alia, in the following fields: shareholder disputes and control struggles, directors’ and officers’ liability, class actions, derivative actions, financial disputes, intellectual property disputes, cases having international elements and diverse actions conducted incidental to insolvency proceedings.
Adv. lectures in professional academic institutions and forums in the fields of civil procedure and in the firm’s areas of activity.
Advocate Paz was an trained in this firm before qualifying and is responsible for recruiting interns at the firm.
Languages:
Hebrew, English.
LL.B. cum laude graduate of the Academic College of Law and Science, 2012
Member of the Israel Bar Association, 2013
Semyon Kidar
Partner
Head of Liquidations and Receiverships
Email: simon@gissinlaw.co.il
Attorney (CPA) Kidar specializes in insolvency proceedings, corporate recovery and financial rehabilitation, debt restructuring, and commercial litigation. He is appointed by the court as an office holder in liquidation and restructuring proceedings of corporations that have entered insolvency.
Attorney (CPA) Kidar accompanies insolvency proceedings in a wide range of areas, including representation of shareholders and creditors, analysis of the financial condition of companies and individuals, and the development of recovery plans, creditor arrangements, company operations under stay-of-proceedings orders, liquidations, and receiverships. He has also gained unique experience, knowledge, and expertise in complex and high-profile cases with significant public and media attention in which he has been involved.
Attorney (CPA) Kidar represents the firm’s clients in complex litigation proceedings in the field of insolvency, commercial litigation, corporate control disputes, class actions, and more.
LL.B., Reichman University (formerly the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya), 2014.
B.A. in Business Administration (Accounting), Reichman University (formerly the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya), 2014.
Member of the Israel Bar Association, 2015.
Certified Public Accountant License, 2017.
Amir Erez
(Advocate)
Partner – Head of Finance Department
Attorney Amir Erez is a partner at the firm and serves as Head of the Finance Department.
Attorney Erez specializes in complex financing transactions, debt collection proceedings, various types of litigation across different judicial instances, and the representation of creditors and debtors in insolvency proceedings.
His clients include a wide range of financing entities, including non-bank credit companies (public and private), fintech companies, investment funds, investment houses, reporting corporations, as well as various private and public companies across different sectors, with a particular focus on the finance industry.
Prior to joining Gissin & Co., Attorney Erez served as Chief Legal Counsel and Risk Manager of a leading non-bank credit company, as well as Chief Legal Counsel and Head of Business Development of one of the leading holding groups in Israel, which owns a credit company.
Earlier in his career, he was a partner at a leading boutique law firm and an attorney at one of the largest law firms in Israel.
LL.B., Reichman University (formerly the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya), 2014 (cum laude).
B.A. in Business Administration (Finance), Reichman University (formerly the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya), 2014 (cum laude).
Israel Bar Association (2015).
Uri Zenko
(Advocate)
Partner
Head of Capital Markets Department
Attorney Uri Zenko is a partner and Head of the Capital Markets and Securities Department at the firm, and has many years of experience in corporate law, commercial law, capital markets, and securities.
Attorney Zenko specializes in securities offerings of Israeli and foreign companies, capital raising, and complex commercial transactions, including merger transactions, investment transactions, private securities offerings, financing and debt raising transactions, acquisitions of control, tender offers, and similar matters. He also provides ongoing legal counsel and advisory services to boards of directors and senior management of Israeli and foreign public and private companies.
Uri’s clients include public and private companies operating in Israel and abroad, including companies listed for trading in Israel and internationally.
LL.B., Bachelor of Laws.
MBA, Master of Business Administration, The Academic College of Management (Rishon LeZion).
Amos Zrihan
(Advocate)
Attorney Zrihan practices in commercial litigation, class actions, and insolvency law. As part of his practice, Attorney Zrihan represents private clients, corporations, and institutional entities in complex litigation cases before all judicial instances, including commercial arbitrations and mediation proceedings.
Attorney Zrihan specializes, among other areas, in handling shareholder disputes and control struggles, claims against directors and officers, contractual and financial disputes, and class actions. In addition, he serves as counsel to office holders in insolvency proceedings, within cases managed by the firm.
Attorney Zrihan began his legal career as an intern at the firm, and after his admission to the Bar, he returned to join it as an attorney.
Languages: Hebrew, English
Natalie Rak
(Advocate)
Attorney Natalie Rak specializes in civil and commercial litigation as well as insolvency law.
As part of her work, Attorney Rak represents and advises individuals and corporations in a wide range of legal proceedings, across all judicial instances and in arbitrations, within the fields of civil and commercial law. In addition, she is involved in representing and advising clients in complex insolvency proceedings.
Attorney Rak began her professional career at our firm as an intern, and upon her admission to the Bar, she joined our team as an attorney.
LL.B., Reichman University.
B.A. in Government, Reichman University.
Member of the Israel Bar Association, 2025.
Dorrit Lerner Pinhasi
(Advocate)
Attorney Dorit Lerner specializes in civil-commercial litigation and complex dispute resolution, providing strategic legal representation and counsel to private clients, controlling shareholders, and companies before all judicial instances, including arbitration and mediation proceedings.
In her practice, Dorit advises and represents clients in a wide range of complex commercial disputes, class actions and derivative claims, corporate law matters including control battles, claims against directors and oppression of minority shareholders, as well as high-value contractual disputes. Her legal work covers all stages of a dispute—from strategy development, through negotiation and alternative dispute resolution processes, to court representation.
In her previous positions, Dorit gained extensive experience in civil-commercial litigation in all its aspects and was involved in managing complex, high-profile cases, including representation of international clients, in which precedential outcomes were achieved in the fields of defamation and labor law.
Dorit is a native speaker of Hebrew and Russian and is fluent in English and French.
LL.B., Ono Academic College.
LL.M. (in progress), Reichman University, Business Law specialization.
Member of the Israel Bar Association, 2021.
Lasting Power of Attorney certification, 2024.
Michael Hassid
(Advocate)
Attorney Michael Hassid specializes in commercial transactions, financing, and real estate, and advises on complex transactions involving commercial and financial aspects.
As part of his practice, Attorney Hassid advises on and supports a wide range of financing transactions, including real estate-backed loans, credit structures, securities, and collateral arrangements. In addition, he is involved in transactions for the sale and acquisition of real estate assets in Israel and abroad.
Prior to joining the firm, Attorney Hassid worked at a leading law firm in the field of real estate financing, where he was involved in advising lending institutions on financing transactions.
B.A. in Business Administration (Finance), Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (2011).
LL.B., Tel Aviv University (2023).
Member of the Israel Bar Association, 2024.
Yael Almoz
(Advocate)
Attorney Almoz is a member of the firm’s insolvency department and also practices civil-commercial litigation.
Attorney Almoz has represented corporations in a wide range of legal proceedings across all judicial instances.
Her experience includes advising on insolvency proceedings, liquidations and receiverships, debt arrangements, as well as the operation of companies under stay-of-proceedings orders.
She has also handled cases involving control disputes and shareholder conflicts, claims against officers and director liability, contractual and commercial disputes, and claims arising in the context of insolvency proceedings.
Attorney Almoz began her professional career at the firm as an intern, and upon her admission to the Bar, she joined our team as an attorney.
LL.B., Bar-Ilan University.
Member of the Israel Bar Association, 2025.
Shahar Alfasi
(Advocate)
Attorney Shahar Alfasi practices civil and commercial litigation, as well as commercial transactions, including financing transactions and real estate agreements.
In her work, she represents individuals and corporations in a wide range of proceedings before all judicial instances, as well as in other dispute resolution forums. Her practice includes, among other areas, shareholder disputes and control struggles, claims against officers and director liability, as well as contractual and commercial disputes. In addition, she has experience in advising corporations in insolvency proceedings.
She began her career at the firm as an intern, and upon her admission to the Bar, she joined the firm as an attorney.
LL.B., Tel Aviv University.
Member of the Israel Bar Association, 2025.
Chen Ohev Zion
(Advocate)
Attorney Chen specializes in commercial litigation, class actions, real estate, and insolvency law.
In his practice, he represents corporations, institutional entities, and private clients in complex legal proceedings before various judicial instances, with an emphasis on providing personal attention and strategic, thorough, and results-oriented legal counsel.
He began his professional career at a leading boutique firm specializing in real estate and civil-commercial law, where he gained experience in urban renewal projects, representing developers and tenants, first- and second-hand sale agreements, and real estate litigation.
LL.B., Bachelor of Laws.
LL.M. in Law – Business Specialization, Reichman University (currently in progress).
Member of the Israel Bar Association, 2025.