Orr Amsel is a partner in Naschitz Brandes Amir’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice where he focuses on complex civil and commercial litigation. Orr has extensive experience representing international and domestic corporate clients with respect to a wide range of litigation and advisory matters.
Orr has been with Naschitz Brandes Amir since his internship in 2012. From 2015 to 2017, he studied law abroad and practiced as a foreign associate in Davis Polk & Wardwell’s Litigation Department in New York.
- Successfully represented FIMI in a multi-million USD commercial dispute concerning the interpretation and execution of an adjustment mechanism in a share purchase agreement following a reverse triangular merger.
- Successfully represented FIMI in a multi-million USD claim by a commercial finder seeking a finder’s fee in connection with one of FIMI’s largest transactions, including prevailing before the Supreme Court on appeal.
- Successfully represented Mekorot in a multi-million USD property damage lawsuit alleging losses from inadequate water supply, and upheld the judgment before the Supreme Court on appeal.
- Successfully represented a joint tender participant in arbitration against a commercial partner regarding the supply of products to an African country, and successfully defended the arbitral award in subsequent confirmation and enforcement proceedings.
- Successfully represented Shlomo Insurance Company in a multi-million USD commercial claim involving allegations of trade secret misappropriation and infringement.
- Successfully represented Check Point in a multi-million USD contractual dispute, including the successful collection of awarded sums.
- Successfully represented A. Arenson in complex construction disputes with owners and subcontractors, including multi-million USD claims against the Israeli Port Company, Israel Roads Company, and an Indian construction supplier.
- Successfully represented foreign reinsurers in a centi-million USD insurance and construction dispute arising from alleged defects in a desalination plant, including claims for loss of profits due to construction delays.
- Successfully represented foreign construction companies in cross-border centi-million USD disputes stemming from turbine failures.
- Ongoing representation of foreign insurers in a centi-million NIS professional negligence claim involving construction delays in residential skyscrapers.
- Ongoing representation of the Afcon group in several centi-million NIS property damage claims arising from factory fires.
- Ongoing representation of a competitor in a multi-million USD antitrust action against Wolt, alleging damages from anti-competitive practices.
- Ongoing representation of commercial real estate owners in a multi-million USD claim against foreign buyers for failure to execute the transaction documents.
- Representing and advising foreign banks in anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-financing of terrorism (CFT) disputes.
- Representing diverse companies in complex shareholder disputes, including obtaining and defending against interim relief.
- Representing companies in consumer and insurance class actions, as well as derivative actions.
- Representing companies and individuals in sophisticated intellectual property disputes, including service invention claims, core IP ownership, trade secret misappropriation, trademark conflicts, and copyright royalty collections.
Education
LL.B. (magna cum laude), Tel Aviv University (2012)
B.A., Philosophy (summa cum laude), Tel Aviv University (2012)
LL.M., The University of Chicago (2016)
Admission
Israel (2013)
New York (2018)
Languages
Hebrew
English