Yoav Hertman is a founding partner and head of Corporate and Commercial Litigation at Gutman Hertman & Co. He represents public and private companies, international groups, shareholders, directors and investors in complex, large-scale business disputes in Israel and in cross-border proceedings. The Legal 500 has named him a recommended lawyer in Dispute Resolution.
Yoav personally leads legal strategy, proceedings and negotiations. His work combines in-depth legal analysis, command of the evidence and direct involvement at every stage, together with advanced technological tools for analyzing large volumes of information.
His core practice covers control contests, shareholder disputes, oppression claims and derivative actions. He also handles urgent proceedings in which he has secured injunctions and attachment orders. His broader practice includes complex contractual disputes, real estate and hospitality disputes, insolvency and debt recovery, banking litigation and administrative proceedings, as well as defending companies against class actions.
Before co-founding the firm, Yoav spent more than a decade in practice as a lawyer and partner. His previous firms include Herzog Fox & Neeman, Balter Guth Aloni, Epstein Rosenblum Maoz, Meitar and S. Horowitz.
Yoav holds an LL.B. from Tel Aviv University with an extended business management track, and an LL.M., summa cum laude, from Tel Aviv University in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley. He served as a teaching assistant in commercial law at Tel Aviv University.
Admitted to practice law in Israel in 2013.
