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Engagement formats
How the firm is engaged.
This page sets out the formats in which Aun & Co. is engaged. What a matter is about is set out on the practice domain pages, reached through the grid at the foot of this page.
Litigation
Representation of a party in a dispute before the courts and tribunals of Israel, from pre-action correspondence through judgment and appeal.
What it is
- Conduct of a claim or a defence before the Magistrates', District and Supreme Courts
- Pleadings, applications and written submissions on the record
- Interim applications, including injunctions and the preservation of assets
- Evidence: witness statements, opinion evidence and cross-examination
- Appeals and applications for leave to appeal
For whom
- Companies and their officers named in proceedings, or bringing them
- Shareholders and partners in a dispute over control, accounts or exit
- Individuals in a commercial dispute of significant value to them
- Foreign counsel who require Israeli counsel on the record for a party
How it starts
- An enquiry naming every party, so that a conflict check can be run before any material is read
- A meeting on the facts and on the documents that already exist
- A written engagement letter defining the scope, the forum and the party represented
How it ends
- Judgment, or a settlement recorded and given the force of a judgment
- Discontinuance, withdrawal, or closure of the file on written instruction
- A closing note listing what remains open, including any period still running for appeal
Not included
- Representation of more than one party in the same proceedings where their interests may diverge
- Continuing legal work outside the dispute, which is a distinct format
- Accountancy, valuation or investigative work, which is commissioned from third parties
- Any assurance as to how a court will decide
Practice domains
Continuing counsel
Continuing legal counsel to an organisation or an individual under a standing engagement, covering recurring questions as they arise.
What it is
- A named point of contact for legal questions arising in the course of business
- Review of contracts, notices and correspondence before they are signed or sent
- Written positions on questions of Israeli law within the agreed scope
- Attendance at board or management discussions where a legal question is on the agenda
- An early reading of a matter that may become a dispute, and referral into a dispute format if it does
For whom
- Companies with no in-house legal function
- In-house counsel who need external capacity on defined subject matter
- Boards and officers with recurring governance questions
- Individuals with continuing commercial affairs in Israel
How it starts
- An enquiry and a conflict check run against the organisation and its principal counterparties
- A scoping discussion fixing the subject matter, the people entitled to instruct, and what falls outside
- A written engagement letter. A standing engagement is opened only where the firm's conflict position allows it
How it ends
- On written notice by either side under the engagement letter
- At the end of the defined period, unless renewed in writing
- With a handover note identifying open questions and any date the client now carries alone
Not included
- Representation before a court or a tribunal, which is the litigation format
- Availability outside the hours and channels named in the engagement letter
- Advice on the law of any jurisdiction other than Israel
- Monitoring of limitation periods or procedural dates unless named in writing in the scope
Practice domains
Arbitration
Arbitration before a tribunal the parties themselves constitute, in one of two roles that are never combined in the same matter.
What it is
- Proceedings under the Arbitration Law, 5728-1968, or under institutional rules the parties have chosen
- A tribunal of one or more arbitrators, seated and conducted as the parties agreed
- A written award, open to challenge only on the limited grounds the Law allows
- Two roles the firm may hold, and only ever one of them in a given matter: counsel to a party, or arbitrator
For whom
- Parties to a contract containing an arbitration clause
- Parties who agree to refer an existing dispute to arbitration
- Parties, institutions and courts identifying an arbitrator for appointment
How it starts
- The role is identified first: counsel to a party, or arbitrator
- A conflict check appropriate to that role, the two being run on different tests
- Written terms: an engagement letter for counsel, or terms of appointment with disclosure for an arbitrator
How it ends
- A final award, or a settlement recorded as an award
- Termination of the proceedings under the Law or the applicable rules
Not included
- Both roles in the same matter, in any capacity and at any time. Accepting appointment as arbitrator permanently bars the firm from later acting for a party in that matter or in any matter arising from it
- Any indication of availability, of appointments held, or of willingness to act, in advance of a formal approach and a conflict check
- Proceedings before the courts to enforce or to set aside an award, which run in the litigation format
Practice domains
counsel
As counsel to a party
The clause fixes the seat and the rules before the dispute exists. Counsel plays the position that geometry allows.
Representation of one party in an arbitration, from constitution of the tribunal through to the award.
What it is
- Notice of arbitration, response, and constitution of the tribunal
- Statements of case, evidence and written submissions to the tribunal
- Applications for interim measures, before the tribunal or before the court where the Law requires it
- Hearings: examination of witnesses and oral argument
- Steps that follow the award, conducted in the litigation format
For whom
- A party bound by an arbitration clause and facing or bringing a claim
- Companies referring an existing dispute to arbitration instead of to court
- Foreign parties in an arbitration seated in Israel
How it starts
- An enquiry naming every party, so that a conflict check can be run
- Review of the arbitration clause or submission agreement, and of the seat and the rules it fixes
- A written engagement letter naming the party represented
How it ends
- An award, or a settlement recorded as an award
- Discontinuance or withdrawal on written instruction
- A closing note identifying any period running to challenge or to enforce the award
Not included
- Service as arbitrator in the same matter, or in any matter arising from it, at any time
- Advice to any other party to the same arbitration
- A view on how the tribunal will decide
Practice domains
arbitrator
As arbitrator
The arbiter starts the clock and applies the Laws of Chess. The role is defined by what it may not do: it makes no move, and it plays for neither side.
Service as arbitrator on appointment by the parties, by an institution, or by the court.
What it is
- Acceptance of appointment following written disclosure under the Arbitration Law, 5728-1968
- Directions on procedure, on evidence and on the timetable
- Conduct of hearings and receipt of the parties' submissions
- A written award, reasoned where the parties' agreement or the Law so requires
For whom
- Parties who have agreed on a sole arbitrator or on a method of appointment
- Institutions and courts making an appointment
- Counsel for the parties putting forward a name
How it starts
- A written approach naming all parties and stating the subject matter
- A conflict and independence check, followed by written disclosure of anything capable of bearing on impartiality
- Terms of appointment agreed by all parties in writing
How it ends
- Delivery of the award to the parties
- Termination of the mandate under the Law or the applicable rules
- Resignation or removal, where the Law provides for it
Not included
- Advice to any party, before, during or after the proceedings
- Acting for any party in the same matter, or in any matter arising from it, at any time afterwards
- Communication with one party in the absence of the others
- Any statement of availability, of appointments held, or of willingness to accept an appointment
Practice domains
Strategic counsel
Direction, oversight and second chair to a client or to another firm's legal team, without appearing on the record.
What it is
- A written read of a file already being conducted by others
- Oversight of strategy, of sequencing, and of the choice between the courses available
- Second chair in preparation, in rehearsal and in negotiation, off the record
- Direction of a legal team assembled by the client, including instructions to other advisers
- Review of draft pleadings, submissions and settlement positions before they are filed or sent
For whom
- Companies with counsel already appointed who want the strategy tested
- In-house counsel directing several external firms at once
- Foreign counsel who need an Israeli view on forum and on sequencing
- Boards carrying an oversight duty over a dispute they are not conducting themselves
How it starts
- An enquiry naming all parties and every firm already acting
- A conflict check covering the client, the counterparties and the advisers already engaged
- A written engagement letter recording that the firm does not act on the record
How it ends
- On delivery of the written work agreed, or at the end of the defined period
- On written notice by either side
- By conversion into a representation format, which requires a fresh conflict check and a new engagement letter
Not included
- Any appearance before a court or a tribunal in the matter
- Any communication with the opposing party or with its advisers
- Responsibility for dates, filings or service, which stay with counsel on the record
- Supervision of the professional conduct of another firm
Practice domains
Law and artificial intelligence
Legal advice on the adoption and the use of artificial intelligence systems: regulation, privacy, contracts, governance and liability.
What it is
- Advice on the legal framework applying to a described use, including the Protection of Privacy Law and Amendment 13
- Data protection impact assessment: the legal analysis, its documentation and its conclusions
- Legal review of vendor, data processing and data sharing agreements
- Internal governance instruments: written policy, approval routes, records and reporting duties
- Advice on liability exposure arising from the use of such a system, and on how it is allocated between the parties
For whom
- Companies adopting such a system and needing the legal position in writing
- Boards and officers carrying an oversight duty over that adoption
- In-house counsel preparing a policy or reviewing a vendor agreement
- Organisations answering a question from a regulator, a customer or an insurer
How it starts
- An enquiry describing the intended use in general terms, with no documents attached
- A conflict check, then a written scope naming the systems and the jurisdictions covered
- A written engagement letter
How it ends
- Delivery of the written advice, policy or review agreed
- A note on what should be revisited if the law, the system, or the use of it changes
Not included
- Selection, procurement, configuration, integration or deployment of any system
- Technical testing, auditing or certification of a model or of its outputs
- Any warranty that a described use is lawful in a jurisdiction outside Israel
- Any assurance that a regulator or a court will adopt the analysis set out in the advice
Practice domains
Experience
A capability statement covering the firm's experience is supplied on request. It is not published on this site and it is sent directly to the person who asks for it.
Request a capability statementPractice domains
The formats above describe how the firm is engaged. The domains below describe what a matter is about.
| Format | Litigation | Arbitration | Dispute prevention | Strategy | Legal AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Litigation | Engaged in this format | Not offered in this format | Engaged in this format | Not offered in this format | Engaged in this format |
| Continuing counsel | Not offered in this format | Not offered in this format | Engaged in this format | Engaged in this format | Engaged in this format |
| Arbitration, As counsel to a party | Engaged in this format | Engaged in this format | Not offered in this format | Not offered in this format | Not offered in this format |
| Arbitration, As arbitrator | Not offered in this format | Engaged in this format | Not offered in this format | Not offered in this format | Not offered in this format |
| Strategic counsel | Engaged in this format | Engaged in this format | Engaged in this format | Engaged in this format | Engaged in this format |
| Law and artificial intelligence | Not offered in this format | Not offered in this format | Engaged in this format | Engaged in this format | Engaged in this format |
Arbitration, As counsel to a party
Engaged in this format
Not offered in this format
- Dispute prevention
- Strategy
- Legal AI
Arbitration, As arbitrator
Engaged in this format
Not offered in this format
- Litigation
- Dispute prevention
- Strategy
- Legal AI
Law and artificial intelligence
Engaged in this format
Not offered in this format
- Litigation
- Arbitration
Not included
- Descriptions of matters handled, of parties, or of the course of any proceedings
- Any indication that a listed combination has been handled before
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