Business and Commercial Law and Corporations

The firm engages in ongoing and continuous or occasional legal counsel to business corporations and individuals, accompanies their various activities and manages assets for clients overseas and in Israel.

As part of legal services in the field of commerce, the firm handles establishing and liquidating corporations, preparing incorporation documents according to the objectives and organizational structure of the corporation, creating amendments based on corporate decisions, taking part in ongoing activities, including participation in shareholders meetings, board of directors meetings or sub-committees meetings, participation in the process of appointment or selection of officers and executives in accordance as well as guidance of officers and executives in connection with their role in the corporation. The firm also engages in contract preparation and other legal documents for corporations, legal opinions, legal representation in commercial negotiations whether in Israel or overseas, and maintains contact with the Registrar of Corporations, relevant ministerial offices, tax and other state authorities, financial institutions, and litigation in all courts and tribunals, and other legal institutes.

The head of the business and commercial department is Advocate Daniel Alon.

Public and Administrative Law

The firm has an in-depth and vast knowledge, expertise and experience in public and administrative law and provides ongoing or occasional legal counsel to clients subject to public and administrative law as well as dual-purpose entities. The firm accompanies and promotes on ongoing basis legislation in the field of public and administrative law before the Knesset and its committees.

The firm has been promoting for several years fundamental constitutional principles of public and administrative law in the State of Israel, preparing legal surveys to be used by clients and others, providing updates with regard to currently updated rules and laws applicable to clients and provides counsel as part of the inspection procedures the clients might be exposed to, including those initiated by the State Comptroller. The firm works with various ministerial offices, the Knesset and its committees as well as other authorities and represents its clients in administrative pleas before the High Court of Justice in matters concerning fundamental issues of public and administrative law as well as constitutional law.

The head of the public and administrative law department is Advocate Ella Gur.

Tender Law

The firm has an in-depth specialty in tender law, with thorough qualification and vast experience in the field. As part of the work, the firm provides ongoing and occasional legal counsel to tender preparers (mainly in the public sector) and to bidders, in public and closed tenders, and in other competitive processes.

In advising tender preparers, the firm handles preparation of tenders and tender documents, accompaniment of the tender process, provides legal counsel to tender committees, and litigation in court of all levels. In advising bidders, the firm provides legal counsel in the process of preparation and submission of offers as well as conducting proceedings before tender committees and litigation. The firm also provides legal reviews and legal opinions on tender issues as well as promotion and advancement of legislation in the Knesset. The firm associates provide lectures to various academic and other forums, both in the public and private sector and conduct qualification sessions in the tender field for senior executives and public officials.

The firm clients in this field include various ministerial offices, governmental and statutory corporations, government units, municipal corporations, public organizations and state institutions, in addition to private corporations, businessmen, entrepreneurs and building contractors when participating in tenders.

The head of the tender law department is Advocate Ella Gur.

Non-profit

The firm has engaged for many years in representation of non-profit and third sector organizations, focusing on issues related to education, protection of nature and environment, welfare, constitution and democracy as well as other matters, and accompanies their ongoing activity on an ongoing or occasional basis.

As part of the legal services rendered by the firm to non-profit organizations, the firm handles founding, establishing and liquidating the associations and companies, their relations with the Registrar of Corporations, relevant ministerial offices and tax authorities, and financial institutions, preparing and creating incorporation documents according to their specific objectives, preparing contracts and other legal documents, deals with regulation issues, application and receipt of government financial and with regard to the process of formulating standards and criteria for financial support. The firm also deals with local and international fund raising for non-profit organizations and companies, preparing legal reviews and legal opinions and litigation in all courts and tribunals as well as taking part in promoting legislation by the Knesset.

The firm acts as legal counsel for many large non-profit organizations and companies, taking part in their ongoing activity, including participation in general meetings of members, and the managing committee, board of directors or board sub-committees, executives and other corporate institutes and guiding them in their positions.

The head of the NPO department is Advocate Daniel Alon.

Real Estate Law

The firm has an in-depth specialization in real-estate and property law, with a thorough qualification and vast experience in this field.

The firm has been providing ongoing and occasional legal counsel to clients, corporations and individuals as well as accompanying complex and varied real-estate transactions, commencing with negotiations to completing the transaction and registration and closing, including contracts and other legal documents, real-estate taxation, real-estate liens and attachment, registering condominiums, preparing and registering joint agreements, offering legal reviews and legal opinions. The firm also manages real-estate property for clients overseas and in Israel.

The firm provides litigation services in the real-estate field, including representation of clients in the various civil courts of Israel, the Commissioner of Real Estate Registration, and other legal tribunals, with regard to real-estate claims such as evacuation and land vacating, deviational use, breach of contracts, injunctions, ownership claims, or disputes in condominiums.

Our clients in the field of real-estate include business and real-estate corporations, unions, banks, businessmen, developers, building contractors, private individuals, private and commercial real-estate owners, apartment owners, and other property sellers and buyers.

The head of the real-estate department is Advocate Hilal Agbaria.

Labor Law

The firm has vast experience and extensive expertise in labor law and provides ongoing and occasional legal counsel to employers and employees from the public and private sectors, the third sector, and manpower corporations.

As part of its work in the field, the firm provides ongoing or occasional legal counsel to employers in large and small places of employment alike, prepares and formulates employment and retirement agreements and other legal documents for various situations, as well as defending employers and employees upon and prior to terminating their work relations. The firm engages in litigation of all ranks of labor courts and the Supreme Court.

In addition, the firm also represents employers and employees in sexual harassment cases in the work place, including court representation.

The head of the labor law department is Advocate Ella Gur.

Libel and Protection of Privacy Rights

The firm has qualification and experience in the field of libel and protection of privacy rights.

The firm handles the outlining of guiding principles for clients in the field of advertising and publishing regarding the permissible or impermissible, whether on a permanent basis or according to interchanging and varying situations at hand, legally reviewing publications before publication and providing ongoing legal defense for clients engaged in advertising and publishing on contents published. As part of its legal services, the firm represents plaintiffs and defendants in libel claims at all ranks of civil courts and appellant proceedings.

In the privacy protection field, the firm provide legal counsel to clients in matters related to registration in data bases and registration per se as well as ongoing or occasional counsel in issues concerning privacy protection, preparing legal opinions and reviews, and represent plaintiffs and defendants in courts regarding privacy protection claims.

The head of the libel and protection of privacy law are Advocate Daniel Alon (libel law) and Advocate Ella Gur (protection of privacy law).

Intellectual Property

The firm has an in-depth specialization in the field of intellectual property, with extensive qualification and vast experience and offers legal counsel on an ongoing or occasional basis.

As part of the firm’s legal services in the field of intellectual property, the firm also handles registration of trademarks, licensing agreements permitting the use of copyrights, closely supervising and protecting the intellectual property rights of our clients, guidance of possible legal uses of copyrights, supervision and follow-up on the property rights of the clients, maintaining client relations with creative and execution organizations and handling matters concerning royalties. The firm also handles preparation of contracts and various legal documents for intellectual property issues, prepares legal opinions and represents clients in legal and commercial negotiations regarding intellectual property in Israel and overseas, as well as with the Registrar of Trademarks and other state authorities.

Litigation

Legal services for clients include litigation in all ranks of civil courts and various tribunals and other legal institutes, based on the various areas of expertise.

The firm has extensive experience in civil litigation, including representing petitioners and defendants in all ranks of civil courts, appellants and respondents in administrative pleas, appealing verdicts and interim decisions in all ranks of the courts, appearing before statutory committees on issues pertaining to real-estate and property and municipal tax, appellant proceedings, representing clients in mediations and arbitrations.

The senior attorneys in the firm serve as arbitrators in civil arbitrations and mediators in civil disputes and are highly qualified and experienced.

The head of the litigation department is Advocate Daniel Alon.