Yoav Harris

Adv. Yoav Harris graduated in 1999 Summa Cum Laude from the law faculty of Haifa University. He was a partner in the internationally well-known Haifa’s Doron Tikotzky’s Law Firm, where he headed the Commercial Litigation Department, in addition to cooperating with Adv. John Harris in Maritime Law matters. As of 2018 he is the managing partner and leading litigator at Harris & Co. Maritime Law firm in cooperation with Adv John Harris - the founding partner.

The firm is headed by Adv. John Harris and Adv. Yoav Harris, two experienced lawyers, with accumulated experience of more than 70 years, having presence in Court’s judgments, professional articles, lectures and conferences. The firm follows English law and other foreign jurisdictions judgments and uses these in order either to strengthen its arguments and/or to contend with local judgments.

We are known for our deep and wide legal knowledge, the clarity and sharpness of our written and verbal pleadings, our ability to act promptly in obtaining arrest orders and liens, within very short time frames, for our ability to protect our clients’ rights, for the quality of our cross examination, and if in our perception the legal position warrants, never to concede.

The firm receives instructions from the foremost shipping and maritime law departments of international law firms and keeps abreast of English and other jurisdictions, maritime law judgments and publications. In the non-litigation aspect of the practice the firm provides legal advice relating to the various contracts of carriage and attends to matters relating to the sale and purchase of ships and the financing of ship purchases.

The firm receives “top tier” ratings from: Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, Dun & Bradstreet - Dun’s 100 and BdiCoface.