Firm Profile

Lapidor & Co is one of the leading boutique law firms in the field of Labor Law in Israel, whose activities are deeply entwined with the development of the Israeli Labor Law arena in the past decades.

The firm was established in 1978, and for nearly four decades has specialized in all fields of Labor Law, collective as well as private, along with all of its relevant subject matters.

The firm combines years of experience and reputation with dynamism and creativity, along with being ranked as one of the most prominent Israeli boutique law firms in the field of Labor Law for the past decade by the Israeli legal guides, BDI and Duns 100.

Practice Areas: The firm practices all aspects of Labor Law, and throughout the years has been involved in Israel’s most complex negotiations and disputes. Our activities include:

• Drafting collective and personal agreements.
• Drafting changes in collective and personal agreements.
• Managing negotiations upon signing new collective agreements.
• Managing complicated collective labor disputes, including strikes and shutdowns.
• Representation before all legal instances, including the High Court of Justice, the National and Regional Labor Courts and the National Disciplinary Courts.
• Continuous legal support in the field of Labor Law while providing complex legal opinions in the field of Collective and Private Labor Law.
• Legal representation on matters such as injunctions and payments, including claims for various compensations: layoffs, vacations, recuperations, provisions to provident and more.
• Representation in claims and disputes, especially regarding women’s employment.
• Representing private employees in claims against their employers.
• Preventative legal advice for employer compliance testing under the requirements of Labor Law and aid compliance with requirements of Labor Law.

Clients: Lapidor & Co represents numerous and well-known organizations in the Israeli market for the past four decades, while guiding them throughout all of the necessary steps required in the field of Labor Law, from employment contracts to labor disputes, times of crises and representation in various legal courts.
The firm’s clients include various employers, both public and private, including:

• Federation of Local Authorities in Israel
• Local authorities
• Public companies
• Start-up companies
• Leading factories and businesses in the market in their respective practice areas
• Agricultural companies
• Nursing and personnel companies
• Restaurants
• Etc.

Meet our Firm’s Leaders: Lapidor & Co owes its many successes in the field of Labor Law to the managing partners that have maintained our high level of professionalism throughout the years.

The founder of the firm, Adv. Dan Lapidor, is one of the pillars of Labor Law in Israel and has greatly contributed to its development throughout the years. His vast professional knowledge obtained throughout the years in this incessant field is unprecedented and priceless. His distinctive experience, expertise and insightful familiarity with every gear of the system, provides the firm’s clients with a rare added value.

Adv. Menachem (Hemi) Lapidor is a Public Law expert and provides comprehensive legal guidance to the most well-known public organizations and companies in Israel. His expertise in the field of Labor Law, social security and his knowledge and education regarding bills related to Labor Law in the Knesset, grants him great respect from his colleagues and clients.

Adv. Dganit Lapidor–Singer coordinates the firm’s activities in the public and private sector of Labor Law and provides continuous guidance and advice to large and well-known companies in the market. Her high level of professionalism combined with meticulousness and proficiency regarding every case she receives allows her to provide her clients with advice that saves time and resources. Dganit coordinates women employment cases, one of the most sensitive, complicated and developing subjects in Labor Law today, and guides her clients throughout all court levels until they achieve their mutual goal.

Unique Specialty in the Field of Labor Law: Due to the firm’s historical involvement in the field of Labor Law, Lapidor & Co has become “the leaders of the market” by developing unique practice areas and producing groundbreaking precedents and laws. Among other things, the firm holds a unique specialty in the field of Social Security including pensions, provident funds and employee’s insurance, and advises and represents clients in their capacity as market professionals on this matter. The aforementioned is comprised of a combination of important financials issues in Labor Law.

Involvement in Legislative Processes:

The firm is regularly and inherently involved in legislative subjects in the field of Labor Law, and has regularly appeared before numerous Knesset committees regarding legislative processes related to Labor Law, including providing opinions and reflecting the status in the field.

Precedents and Laws:

Due to the firm’s deep and professional understanding in the field of Labor Law, the firm has successfully represented clients in various legal forums, and has achieved many precedents in this practice area. These precedents are regularly quoted in different court rulings, including Milfalder v. The National Labor Court, a ruling that has greatly changed labor relations in Israel, is considered as one of the foundations of Labor Law in Israel and is regularly taught in Law faculties.

Perfectionism and Deep Legal Understanding Synergy:

Lapidor & Co’s exclusivity is hidden in the rare integration of our legal understanding and deep analysis of all legal issues and our high level of trust and professionalism. The experience and creativity of the firm’s attorneys are expressed by their numerous successes in court, achieving precedents for their clients and providing them holistic legal services in the field of Labor Law. The firm’s partners are meticulous about the smallest details of every case and work tirelessly to provide results that are financially feasible, will satisfy our clients in the long-run and contribute to the internal relations of their workplace.

Preventative Legal Advice:

In addition to basic legal representations, the firm’s partners insist on providing their clients with continuous consultancy regarding potential conflicts and claims. Our legal representation stresses the prevention of future disputes and our partners insist on doing everything in their power to avert court hearings for their clients, mainly to save them time and money.

Our concern for our clients, along with our perfectionism and professionalism promises our clients the best treatment that the market offers.