Counsel and arbitrator perspective
The firm argues cases and decides them. Submissions are structured for how tribunals actually reason, tested against the decision the arbitrator must write.
Aun & Co. handles domestic and international arbitration under the Israeli Arbitration Law 1968 and ICC, LCIA and UNCITRAL frameworks, as counsel and arbitrator.
Arbitration at Aun & Co. covers the full arc of a private dispute: drafting the clause, running the case as counsel, sitting as arbitrator, and enforcing or resisting the award. It serves parties who chose arbitration in their contract — or are deciding whether to. The principal is a certified arbitrator of the Israel Bar Association, which shapes how the firm argues: for the decision-maker actually in the room, not for an imagined jury.
The firm treats the arbitration agreement as the first battlefield: scope, seat, language and appointing mechanism are checked before any strategy is set. Submissions are built the way an arbitrator reads — chronology first, documents over rhetoric, remedies quantified. Because the firm also sits as arbitrator, it drafts for the tribunal's decision template, not around it.
The firm argues cases and decides them. Submissions are structured for how tribunals actually reason, tested against the decision the arbitrator must write.
Every procedural step is taken with the end in mind: an award that survives set-aside scrutiny and enforces under the New York Convention 1958.
Hebrew, Arabic and English evidence handled without translation drift — a practical edge in regional and cross-border disputes.
Pathological clauses, unclear seats and hybrid mechanisms are identified before they cost a year of jurisdictional fighting.
The firm has acted in arbitrations arising from dissolved business relationships, where accounting claims and management allegations run in both directions.
Representation in defect and delay disputes where the tribunal's technical expert and party experts must be managed on separate but converging tracks.
Acting for an award creditor seeking recognition under the New York Convention 1958, with parallel interim relief to secure assets pending enforcement.
Defending an award against annulment arguments framed as public-policy and excess-of-authority grounds under the Arbitration Law 1968.
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Yes. Once confirmed by a court, a domestic award has the force of a judgment. The grounds to set an award aside under the Arbitration Law 1968 are narrow and procedural — arbitration is not a rehearsal for litigation.
Yes. Israel is a party to the New York Convention 1958, and Israeli courts enforce foreign awards subject to the Convention's limited defences. The practical work is procedural precision: authentication, translation and the right respondent.
The arbitration agreement's mechanism governs first — an appointing institution or a named authority. Failing that, the court appoints under the Arbitration Law 1968. A well-drafted clause makes this a formality rather than a first skirmish.
The contract with its arbitration clause, the notice or draft notice of arbitration, and the core correspondence. From these the firm maps jurisdiction, timetable and exposure, and returns a written view on forum, strategy and cost.