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Ruth Dagan (Dr.)
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Ruth is head of the Environment and Climate Change practice and the Industrial Manufacturing practice at Herzog Fox & Neeman.
Ruth has been a leading environment and climate change law practitioner for over two decades. She has accumulated a wealth of experience advising a wide range of clients in these fields, including leading domestic and multinational corporations across all sectors.
Ruth is internationally recognized as an expert in climate finance and carbon markets, working closely with a multitude of international corporations, tech companies, financial institutions and investors, to develop curated carbon strategies tailored to their unique needs and targets, ensure compliance with international market standards and resolve complex legal issues relating to the development of carbon projects and carbon market transactions.
Ruth is actively engaged in several significant global initiatives, including serving as advisor to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat Legal Affairs Division on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and as a member of VERRA’s Verified Carbon Standard Expert Advisory Group, the world’s leading accreditation body for carbon credit projects.
Additionally, Ruth specializes in sustainability-related regulation (CSRD, SFDR, Green Taxonomy, CBAM), and their intersection with climate risk management and climate-related technological innovation.
Ruth regularly represents business sector clients on complex regulatory matters before all relevant agencies and government ministries, including the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, Innovation Authority, Ministry of Health, Water Authority, Ministry of Interior and parliamentary committees.
Ruth has extensive experience representing both domestic and international corporations and corporate officers in administrative, criminal and civil proceedings related to environmental law. In recent years, she has successfully represented clients in the industrial and energy sectors in a series of precedent-setting environmental litigation cases, involving class actions and administrative petitions.
Ruth is also continuously involved in many of Israel’s most notable M&A transactions, joint ventures, financings and offerings, advising both local and international clients on complex regulatory and transactional environmental and climate-related issues. Ruth also has significant expertise in advising domestic and multinational financial institutions on environment and climate change risk management in the financial sector.
Consecutively named a leading environmental lawyer by domestic and international rankings, Ruth is frequently invited to take part in government policy drafting forums on legislative and regulatory initiatives as a representative of the business sector. Both Ruth and the Environment and Climate Change practice at Herzog were ranked Band 1 by the Chambers and Partners Global 2025 ranking. Ruth is also the first Israeli lawyer in the field of environmental law and climate change to be ranked by WWL, and the practice is the first in Israel to be included in the Legal 500 Green Guide.
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“Ruth provides specialised legal advice and has a deep understanding of the trends and developments in the industry.”
“Ruth Dagan is one of the best lawyers in Israel for environmental matters. She has a lot of knowledge and a very practical approach, and is easy to work with.”
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- Israel Bar Association, 1995
- New York, 1997
- New York University School of Law, USA, J.S.D. (doctorate), 2007
- New York University School of Law, USA, LL.M, 2000
- New York University Graduate School of Public Service, USA, M.Sc (Environmental Management Program), 1998
- Tel Aviv University, Israel, LL.B, 1994
Ruth is actively engaged in several significant global initiatives, including serving as advisor to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat Legal Affairs Division on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and as a member of VERRA’s Verified Carbon Standard Expert Advisory Group, the world’s leading accreditation body for carbon credit projects.
Ruth holds a doctorate from NYU's School of Law specializing in environmental policy and climate finance with concentration on emissions trading. She also holds a master’s degree in law concentrating on environmental risk management in financial institutions and a master’s degree in public administration, specializing in environmental management, both from NYU.
In academia, Ruth serves as the Director of Climate Change and International Collaboration at the Arison Center on ESG at Reichman University.
- Join us on 9th July for a webinar hosted by Herzog Law and BeZero Carbon
- Switzerland and Norway Sign Landmark Strategic Article 6.2 Agreement on Carbon Removals, with significant implications for Israel
- The Fate of the Green Claims Directive Remains Unclear – but the Risks of Greenwashing Are Not
- Announcing Herzog Fox & Neeman participation in the Carbon Data Open Protocol
- Registration now open: second cohort of “The New Currency: Entering the Carbon Market”
- De-risking carbon markets: Managing legal uncertainty in the treatment of carbon credits
- Update on the Industrial Sector Grant Program for Emission Reduction through GHG Capture and Treatment
- Update on the Industrial Sector Grant Program for Adapting to the Carbon Tax
- Recent Developments Regarding Israel’s Adaptation to Climate Change
- Cohort II Launch Event
- The Government Has Approved a Mechanism for Taxation of Greenhouse Gas and Local Pollutants Emissions
- Israel’s Adaptation to Climate Change
- The Future of Carbon Markets | PLANETech World 2023-Cancelled
- Sustainable Mobility & Fleets
- THE PRI EVENT IN ISRAEL
- The Climate of Business and the Business of Climate
- The Directive for Fund Managers and Large Licensees regarding the Integration of ESG Considerations into Investment Decision-Making or Risk Management Processes
- Dr. Ruth Dagan in an interview with Corin Degani published in TheMarker
- Herzog is at the forefront of the climate change fight!
- Top women in Israel Industry 4.0 List
- The Israeli business sector is taking the initiative in the fight against climate change
- Partner Ruth Dagan explained the importance of introducing a carbon trade mechanism in Israel
- The Environment Crisis | Challenges, opportunities & business models
- The Climate Change Challenge – What Corporate Legal Counsel Need to Know
- Public Consultation on Carbon “Tax” on Imports to the EU
- Industrial Chemicals Registration Law Proposal Published for Public Commenting
- Herzog Fox & Neeman Advised IEC -Israel Electric Corporation
- Congratulations to Noble Energy and its partners, Delek Drilling and Ratio Oil, on starting production from the Leviathan Project
- 2018 IDI Eli Horowitz Conference | Herzog Fox & Neeman’s Dr. Ruth Dagan Discusses the Regulatory Burden in Israel
- Ranked Band 1 in Environmental Law (Chambers Global 2025)
- Thought Leader in Environment & Climate Change (Lexology Index 2024)
- Ranked in Environment (Chambers Global 2024)
- Recommended in Environment (Who's Who Legal 2023)
- Recommended Lawyer in Energy and Infrastructure (The Legal 500 2023)