The Company Actdeclares that a director of a company that deliberately conducted its business with an intention to deceit its creditors can be held personally responsible to the company’s debt, and sets no limits. Furthermore, if said director personally acted illegally or misused the company’s funds, he can be held personally liable to the company’s debt.

Our firm has recently represented a defendant in such a case. This was a personal suit made against a senior director of a company that was liquidated at the demand of its creditors. The Haifa District Court herd the ILS 640,000 case. The plaintiff, the company’s liquidator, claimed that the director acted deceitfully and in bad faith, covered-up the company’s financials, illegally embezzled its funds, illegally distributed a dividend, etc.

Our firm conducted the defense. The parties (the liquidator and our firm) presented thecourt with opinions pertaining to the company’s accounting status. The accountant working for the liquidator was even questioned in court on the opinion they’ve presented.

Our firm proved wrong the data presented by the liquidator. We also proved that the liquidator failed to properly examine the company’s books and financial reports. During the questioning of the liquidators’ accountant, it became apparent that the accountant failed to examine all of the company’s financial data and ignored some accounting materials that contradicted the liquidator’ case.

The District Court ruled in our favor and rejected the petition. And thus, once more our firm was victorious.