Pinhas Rubin

Pinhas Rubin was born in 1949 in Kfar Glikson

Pinhas Rubin was born in 1949 in Kfar Glikson. He studied law at Tel Aviv University.

He is the chairman and a senior partner of Gornitzky & Co. His work covers commercial law, tax, companies, antitrust, banking and finance, class actions, white collar cases and capital markets. His clients include multinational public companies, banks and insurance companies.

He has represented the Arison group in acquiring control of Bank Hapoalim and handled the purchase of Zim by Israel Corporation. He represented the Finance Ministry and minister Yoram Aridor before the Beisky Commission on the bank shares affair. He also took part in the acquittal of Eli Horowitz in the Promedico affair.

He has taught tax and commercial law at Tel Aviv University and headed the Israel Bar Association's tax committee. He served on the Rabinovich committee on direct tax reform and on the Or committee on the structure of the courts.

In 2016 he and Yaron Elkaoui were appointed receivers over assets pledged by companies controlled by Eliezer Fishman. The sale of Yedioth Ahronoth shares for 171 million shekels returned 15% of the debt to Bank Hapoalim, a deal that drew criticism.