The firm was founded in 1972 by three prominent lawyers:

– Chaim Herzog, later to become Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, member of the Israeli Knesset and finally the sixth President of the State of Israel;

– Michael Fox, who established a successful London law firm before immigrating to Israel,[4] known for his corporate work and his legal contributions to the development of the infrastructure, energy and natural resources of Israel;

– Dr. Ya‘akov Ne’eman, author of numerous publications on tax law and respected tax advisor to the government and major local and foreign corporations, later serving as Israeli Minister of Finance and Minister of Justice.