Dana Hen

Dana Hen is a partner in the litigation department at our Tel Aviv office.

Dana Chen is a partner in the firm’s litigation department. Dana deals with complex civil and commercial litigation cases, with special emphasis on securities law issues, the areas of corporate governance, liability of officers, directors and shareholders, as well as derivative claims and class actions. Dana’s clients include some of the largest companies in Israel, directors and senior officials in leading companies in the Israeli economy and in general.

As part of various proceedings that Dana dealt with, she represented a number of leading clients in complex questions of securities law, corporate law, including in connection with the duties of directors and officers in various contexts, as well as other complex legal issues such as criminal investigations by the authorities in the USA and in Israel.

Dana also deals with representing various companies in commercial disputes related to various business situations, starting with debt settlements, through contractual disputes and more.

Dana has experience in representation in civil and administrative disputes in all legal courts, in arbitration and mediation.

Dana graduated with a bachelor’s degree in law with honors from Tel Aviv University. As part of her studies, she participated in a student exchange program in Australia.

Dana also graduated with a master’s degree in law with a specialization in commercial law with honors from Tel Aviv University in collaboration with the UC Berkeley Law School.

Dana lectures in various training courses of the Bar Association in the field of litigation.

In 2023, Dana was ranked ‘Next Generation Partner’ in the Legal 500 international ranking guide based on herf professional work and her clients’ reviews.

As of 2017, Dana is consistently ranked by the international ranking guide Legal500 as part of the next generation of leading litigation partners.

• Representation of officers of a leading bank in Israel in requests for approval of a derivative and class action and before an independent committee on the basis of a plea agreement that the bank made with the US authorities in connection with tax issues.
• Representation of officers in a leading pharmaceutical company in a request for approval of a derivative lawsuit and before an independent committee on the basis of a plea agreement that the company made with the US authorities in connection with the Foreign Corruption Practices Act.
• Representation of officers of a leading bank in Israel before an independent committee on the background of a settlement agreement that the bank signed in a foreign country in which it paid hundreds of millions of shekels.
• Representation of the holding company in a request for approval of a class action against allegations of violation of the Securities Law in connection with the company’s reports.
• Representation of officers in the holding company in a request for representative approval in connection with the execution of a purchase offer.
• Representation of officers in a leading pharmaceutical company in requests for the approval of derivative claims in connection with the violation of the duties of the officers in the framework of the purchase of various companies.
• Representation of officers in a leading pharmaceutical company in requests for the approval of derivative claims in connection with the violation of supervisory duties of the board of directors.
• Representation in a criminal hearing of a senior figure.
• Representation of a large engineering company in various contractual disputes amounting to millions of shekels.
• Representation of a major cellular company in a major commercial dispute.
• Representing a large company in insolvency proceedings.