Rami Landa, head of Meitar’s Employment and Benefits Group writes that the enforcement of a mandatory retirement age not only contradicts the law, but is also not compatible with today’s employment and labor environment. The National Labor Court’s recent ruling further implies that forcing an employee to leave at the mandatory retirement age is prejudicial and may contravene Israel’s Basic Human Rights Law.
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The Meitar Liquornik Geva & Leshem Brandwin law firm, which has 160 attorneys and Kantor Elhanani Tal & Co., Advocates, which has 43 attorneys, merged in January 2013. The combined firm, with over 200 attorneys, including 58 partners, is one of Israel’s largest law firms.
For coverage of the merger in the Hebrew press, please visit:
The Merger is Official
Calcalist, 27/01/13
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Merger Forms Israel’s Third Largest Law Firm
Globes, 27/01/13
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Meitar Liquornik Geva & Leshem Brandwin Merges With Kantor Elhanani Tal & Co.
The Marker, 27/01/13
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In a landmark ruling of the National Labor Court on workers’ rights to unionize, the court determined that an employer may not state its position on the intention of employees to unionize, as this may exert pressure and undue influence on the exercise of their rights. Rami Landa, Head of Meitar’s Employment and Benefits Group, posits that this silence could in fact work to the employees’ detriment, such as cases when an acquisition is being negotiated and unionization would put the negotiations, and the employees’ potential financial gain, in peril.
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Meitar represented Retalix a leading global provider of innovative retail software and services in its acquisition by NCR Corporation for approximately $800 million in an all cash transaction. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2013.
Meitar represented Bitan Wines food chain in its acquisition of Zim Marketing Ltd., the owner of the “Half-Off” food chain, to become the third largest retail chain in Israel.
Meitar represented Carmel Ventures and Magma Ventures, shareholders of Israeli chip company DesignArt, in its acquisition by Qualcomm – the world leader in 3G and next-generation mobile technologies.
Meitar acted as local counsel for Cisco in its acquisition of Intucell an advanced self-optimizing network (SON) software privately held Israeli company.
