Alon Gellert is a partner in the firm’s Commercial Group, with a wide variety of experience in corporate and commercial transactions. Alon advises a large number of corporations (public and private), municipalities and leading organizations and commercial bodies in Israel. Alon also has wide expertise in litigation and has been involved in many of the largest and most publicized legal disputes in the country to date, including, but not limited to, class action litigation, water pollution claims, consumer claims and others. Alon has also represented a number of Government ministers and members of Israel’s parliament (the Knesset) in petitions to the High Court of Justice and other legal proceedings.

Alon is the former legal adviser to the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel, advising Prime Ministers Ehud Barak and Ariel Sharon on a wide range of public and constitutional law issues. During 2002-2003, Alon led the legal team focused on the criminal claim pending against Prime Minister Sharon in Belgium.

Currently, Alon serves as chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Government Companies Authority, and is a member of the board, appointed by the State of Israel, of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Alon has also served as Chairman of The Memorial Council for Presidents and Prime Ministers.

Alon also acts as an arbitrator in complex commercial disputes.

Representative experience:

As legal adviser in the Prime Minister's office, Alon was appointed member of the Reform committee of the Broadcasting Authority. Within this framework he prepared, together with the Deputy Attorney General, Davida Lachman-Messer, a bill for wide-ranging reform in the Broadcasting Authority.
Representation of clients in defense-related tenders of the Ministry of Defense.
Representation of bidders in an international tender of the Ministry of Finance relating to the "Wisconsin Program" to encourage re-entry into the workforce of welfare recipients.
Representation of a bidder in a tender for distribution of natural gas in a successful challenge to the tender procedures before the Supreme Court of Israel.
Representation of Shikun Ovdim and Azorim in an NIS 80 million claim against The Israel Land Administration.
Representation of Israel’s Association of Engineers in an arbitration regarding a $6 million evacuation lawsuit and a monetary claim of NIS 15 million.
Representation of Member of Knesset (MK) Limor Livnat in an appeal to the High Court of Justice against the Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Knesset regarding the fact that the government did not respond to the parliamentary question or responded after many months. Following the claim, the government committed to answer the question in due time (within 21 days) and procedures that oblige the government to do so were set, by which it operates to this day.
Representation of a major Israeli food producer in an asset sale to one of its leading competitors.
Representation of a leading Israeli software integrator in a share purchase transaction opposite IBM Global Services.
Representation of a publicly-held software testing company in corporate acquisitions and establishment of local branches in the US, Finland, Switzerland, the UK, and elsewhere.

Publications:

Alon is co-author of the Israeli chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide to Public Procurement (2009). This article appeared in the 1st edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Public Procurement; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London. www.iclg.co.uk
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Alon was noted as one of the top 100 people in Economics by “The Marker”.

Alon was noted in the “Key People” guide by Ben Zion Citrin.

Alon was noted in “The Best” by “Maariv” in the field of administrative law.

Alon is a Colonel (res.) in the Israel Defense Force (IDF), and currently serves as the IDF Home Front Commander for the Tel Aviv sub-district.

Languages: Hebrew and English

Born: Israel