& co. headquarters tel aviv israel no . of offices 1 no . of attorneys 26 major practice areas commercial law key people ilan shavit stricks senior & managing partner . date founded 1958 founder haim yosef zadok website http www.zadokco.co.il haim zadok & co. is a law firm in tel aviv israel established by haim yosef zadok . the firm specializes in corporate and commercial law ; insolvency recovery and corporate reorganization ; banking ; high tech and venture capital ; litigation ; constitutional and regulatory law ; and public and administrative law . its expertise lies in complex corporate rehabilitations receiverships liquidations and managing companies in difficulties . the firm s 26 lawyers trained in israel and abroad do public and pro bono work including representing unicef in israel and supporting the university of tel aviv s law school scholarship fund . contents 1 history 2 references 3 published works 4 external links history edit haim yosef zadok 1951 haim zadok & co. was founded in 1958 by haim yosef zadok 1 a prominent lawyer and former labor minister . 2 zadok served as israel s minister of justice 3 minister of industry and trade and minister of religion . in 1993 he was elected president of the israel press council . 4 in 1989 the firm with its founder representing it argued to the knesset economic committee that cigarette advertising does not encourage young people to start smoking . 5 6 in 1990 the firm represented bank leumi in a dispute with its former chairman and ceo ernest japhet . the bank sought nis 15 million in compensation for unusually lucrative personal contracts that japhet had signed with senior executives . 7 in 2000 the firm was appointed by the courts to act as trustee for the sale of united steel mills . 8 in 2001 the firm represented time inc. in the case of sharon vs. time inc. in which sharon contended that time magazine libeled him in its 1983 cover story about the 1982 sabra and shatila massacre . 9 10 in 2007 the firm represented bank hapoalim in litigation against heftsiba a bankrupt property developer . 11 ilan shavit stricks is haim zadok & co. s senior and managing partner . the firm s of counsel was advocate dan meridor a former minister of justice and minister of intelligence and atomic energy . it was announced in november 2009 that he and shavit would face a disciplinary proceeding of the israel bar association for writing an illegal fee contract with arcadi gaydamak . 12 references edit http select.nytimes.com gst abstract.html res f30e1ff9385f107a93c5a91788d85f408785f9 subscription required keren michael professionals against populism the peres government and democracy suny series in israeli studies p. 39 suny press 1995 isbn 0 7914 2563 0 isbn 978 0 7914 2563 3 accessed november 25 2009 1 cohen almagor raphael speech media and ethics the limits of free expression critical studies on freedom of expression freedom of the press and the public s right to know palgrave macmillan 2001 accessed 25 november 2009 wallfish asher and getzler dvorah licence penalty suggested for road roulette players jerusalem post june 1 1989 accessed november 24 2009 siegel judy smoking ban at work becomes permanent jerusalem post july 19 1995 accessed november 24 2009 lipkis galit leumi seeking nis 14m in compensation from japhet the jerusalem post december 23 1990 accessed november 25 2009 oecd developments in steelmaking capacity of non oecd countries oecd publishing 2001 isbn 92 64 08720 6 isbn 978 92 64 08720 0 kelly james of meaning and malice time magazine june 24 2001 accessed november 24 2009 kelley james and banta kenneth press wrestling with defamation and truth time magazine january 28 1985 accessed november 24 2009 ruth nurit and sheffer shlomi hapoalim heftsiba is lying in its motion to halt legal steps haaretz november 9 2007 accessed november 24 2009 sharvit noam meridor faces ethics charges for gaydamak role ; minister dan meridor charged arcadi gaydamak 600 000 plus a 5 million success bonus globes november 24 2009 accessed november 25 2009 published works edit at the law s cradle haim zadok israel democracy institute the relative advantages of banks in israeli legislation ilan shavit stricks and nitza posner global banking 2004 . an updated version of this article is available on line . external links edit haim zadok & co. homepage dun s 100 israel s largest enterprises 2009 haim zadok & co. arad shimshon a man for all seasons ; haim zadok obituary the jerusalem post december 6 2002 zucker shoshana standing up for ethiopian rights the jerusalem post january 28 2005 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title haim zadok % 26 co. & oldid 660430747 categories law firms of israellaw firms established in 19581958 establishments in israelhidden categories pages containing links to subscription only content navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 may 2015 at 14 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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