Our law office was established by Attorneys Dror Gal and Reut Sagiv-Gertler. We are a leading boutique law office in the field of labor law. In 2021 the office was ranked as prominent (DUNS 100) and an outstanding leader (boutique) in labor laws (BDI CODE).

The law firm specializes in diverse aspects of labor law and labor relationships at the collective and individual levels.

Our offices provide clients with comprehensive consultancy on all areas of labor law, drawing up labor agreements, provision of opinions on diverse issues arising from labor relationships, and advising on labor termination processes, negotiation management, formulation of collective agreements, negotiation with the Ministry of the Interior and the Treasury, handling irregularities with regard to salary, representation at the Personal Accountability Commission, provision of legal opinion in this field, preparation and close follow-up on recovery and efficiency programs, handling of employee cutbacks and dismissals, handling strikes and stoppages including prevention orders, criminal processes in areas of law and labor, handling and representing disciplinary procedures, options plans, reviewing merger and acquisition transactions, drawing up standards, consultancy on pension issues, follow-up and handling on cases of sexual harassment, submission of requests for dismissal permits to authorized parties, and more.

Attorneys Dror Gal and Reut Sagiv-Gertler bring rich cumulative experience to their clients, manifested in dozens of judgments including precedents and new legal practices.

Work methods

Our law office consistently supplies highly professional service while ensuring excellent accessibility with emphasis on efficiency, courtesy, and detail oriented attention to clients’ particular needs. Attorneys Dror Gal and Reut Sagiv-Gertler ensure clients receive personalized service supported by their office staff.

High level availability is offered through phone accessibility, emails, meetings as required, and prioritizing issues based on the appropriate schedules.

Our offices conduct cooperative activities with external advisors as needed on all areas relating to salary calculations, pensionary issues and consultancy, and other matters related to the office’s spheres of specialization.

Our clients 

Among our clients are organizations from the private sector and the public service sectors, including local authorities, government companies, and more.

Private sector clients 

Our law offices have represented central organizations and parties for some years now, among them Fishman Chains Ltd (which includes Home Center Ltd), Mor Sharon Fruit Ltd, Mor International Ltd, Ambil Ltd, Gurevitz Music & Products Ltd, Agami (Nahama) Bakery Ltd, Mercury Science & Industry Products Ltd, High School Teachers Association, and more. Additional clients include small businesses needing legal consultancy at the everyday level on issues relating to staff and employee management, employee acceptance procedures, formulation of employment contracts, termination of employment processes, organizational processes, and more.

Public sector clients 

Attorneys Dror Gal and Reut Sagiv-Gertler represent local authorities, among them Rehovot Municipality, Rehovot City Company, Holon Municipality, Holon Educational & Cultural Institutions Ltd, Elyon Association for Child and Youth Welfare in Holon, Eilat Municipality, Modiin-Maccabim-Reut Municipality and various city companies in its area of jurisdictions (Sachlavim, cultural activities), Rishon LeZion Municipality, Shoham Regional Council, Shoham Education Corporation, Hamesh – City Company for Culture, Leisure and Sport, Rosh Haayin Municipality, Ramat Hasharon Municipality, and others.

Attorneys Gal and Sagiv-Gertler’s accrued experience additionally encompasses ongoing legal supervision in the fields of local government activities and / or functionaries and / or officials in local authorities with regard to labor and disciplinary laws including opinions, meetings with internal and external parties including working with government offices, particularly with the Ministry of the Interior and the Treasury, the Treasury’s Commissioner of Salaries and similar relevant issues, participation in local authority committees and / or meetings, formulation of legal documents including tenders, contracts, employment agreements, collective agreements, negotiation management on the local authority’s behalf, and addressing local authority enquiries on an ongoing basis for all legal issues in these fields.

Our office holds the applicable expertise and knowledge in collective laws and agreements vis-à-vis local authorities. The office has proven capabilities in laws and agreements applied in government services,  and in handling payroll irregularities, negotiations in this field, and matters relating to personal accountability vis-à-vis functionaries and employees in local authorities relative to the Ministry of the Interior’s Personal Accountability Commission.

The office represents local authorities in labor courts, both regional and national, in arbitration and mediation, tribunals or other judicial frameworks, including the Commissioner of Women’s Labor Laws, and represents local authorities as the prosecutor in disciplinary tribunals by general or special appointment, and more.

In this framework we also address ongoing issues around labor laws and their procedures at both the collective and individual levels.