Sharon is Co-Head of Shibolet’s Project Finance practice.
Sharon is the Chair of Shibolet’s Construction Law group.
Sharon specializes in Projects and Construction Law, Project Finance, Infrastructure Development, Energy and Government Contracts. Sharon possesses in-depth knowledge and experience regarding PPP, DBOT, EPC and DB projects and provides comprehensive legal counsel to Israeli and international clientele regarding tenders, concessions, financing, construction and operation, project management, risk management, commercial and cost management, as well as dispute resolution and arbitration.
With over 26 years of hands-on legal experience, Sharon has played a leading role in many of Israel’s largest and most challenging projects constructed over the past two decades by international consortiums. Head project lawyer for the international (France-Israel) EPC consortium of the Jerusalem Light Rail Transport project and a member of the senior management of the EPC contractor; Lead project lawyer for the Cross-Israel Highway international (Canada- Israel-UK) concession group (Israel’s first ever all-electronic toll road); Head project lawyer for the international (Spain-Israel) EPC consortium of the Ashalim Thermal Solar Power Plant; Legal Advisor to the Israeli Government’s Ayalon Highway “New Fast Lanes” Project; and many others. Counselled numerous mega-projects and bidding consortiums in the Energy Sector: Renewable Plants (thermal solar, photovoltaic and floating PV, energy storage, hydroelectric and biofuel), Conventional Plants (gas and coal); Oil and Gas; Transport Sector: Israel Railway Electrification Project; the Carmel Tunnels toll road, New Haifa Port construction project, Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv and Haifa LRT Projects; Water Treatment and Desalination Plants, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Construction (USACE Projects), domestically and globally.
Sharon represents clients in disputes regarding projects constructed in Israel and abroad, including, litigation, arbitration, and proceedings before the US Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA). Sharon also acts as counsel and arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations, including ICC arbitrations.
Did You Know
Sharon is a former Member of the Governing Committee of the Israeli Bar; Former Member of the General Assembly of the Israeli Bar; Former Member of the Governing Committee of the Jerusalem District Bar.
Sharon is a Founding Member of the Society of Construction Law – Israel branch.
A former California resident, Sharon is involved in promoting networking and business initiatives linking California and Nevada economic development agencies, academic institutions, and private companies with counterparts in Israel.
Recognition
Winner of the 2021 Lexology Client Choice Awards.
Identified by Who’s Who Legal 2017 & 2018 as being among the world’s leading Construction lawyers.
Publications
Panelist, “From LRTs to Metro – Israel Getting On Track” 2022, Annual Conference on Israel’s Infrastructures
Contributor, “Benchmarking Infrastructure Development 2020“, The World Bank Group
Sharon Adler and Dror Harpaz “International commercial arbitration – what is important to know?”, Jan 27, 2020, Calcalist
Sharon Adler, Michael H. Payne and Lane F. Kelman “The American Military Construction Program in Israel” 335 Structures Construction Journal (2018)
Sharon Adler, “Dispute Resolution in Complex Projects” 334 Structures Construction Journal (2018)
Sharon Adler, “ISRAEL – Constructing Israel’s rail infrastructure”, Construction Law International Vol 12 ISSUE 2 June 2017
Sharon Adler and Tamar Firon Smorodinsky, A Review of Project Finance in Israel, the Projects and Construction Review (Júlio César Bueno – ed., Law Business Research Ltd., September 2011), 156
Presenter, “Reducing Conflicts and Resolving Disputes in Mega Projects”, 2018, Annual Conference on Israel’s Infrastructures
Presenter, “Transportation Projects in Israel – Past Developments and Future Challenges“, 2017, Annual Conference on Israel’s Infrastructures
Presenter, “Transport and Mass Transit Projects and Urban Renewal “, 2014, the Israel Bar Districts Annual Conference (A Panel on Israel’s Housing Crisis).
Presenter, “Government Tenders for Infrastructure Projects and Risk Allocation“, 2013, the Israel Bar Annual Conference (A Panel on Israel’s Tenders Law)
Academia
Adjunct Professor (Project Finance) Sha’arei Mishpat College
