The real estate department at our firm is considered to be one of the leading such departments in Israel, having acquired extensive and wide-ranging experience in the representation of some of the leading real estate companies in Israel, as well as of private developers and contractors, in a diverse range of significant transactions. This department provides legal services and business counsel within the real estate sector in some of the most sought-after and notable projects conducted in recent years in Israel. These services are offered alongside the representation of individuals in selling, purchasing or renting private real estate.
The department’s legal team is highly experienced in accompanying projects residential and commercial real estate projects, establishing public buildings, conducting combination deals, and accompanying purchasing groups and nationwide TAMA 38 (national zoning plan) projects across Israel. The team also appears often before relevant local authorities, such as the planning and tax authorities, appeals committees and courts.
Amongst our clients are developers and large-scale construction companies, contractors, institutions, purchasing groups and others, who benefit from a comprehensive scope of legal services. These services address all aspects related to the transaction, such as due diligence before a purchasing deal, advice regarding planning and construction, buying or selling yielding real estate, conducting processes with planning committees, the Israel Land Authority and other authorities, and implementing agreements with a wide variety of entities such as management companies, contractors, inspectors, planners up until the final purchasing stage. In addition, the firm deals with claims pertaining to these issues, including construction impairments and disputes between developers and principal contractors, in court as well as in arbitrations.
The synergetic practice of cross-department collaboration at our firm has enabled our department to acquire unique experience in accompanying cooperatives societies (kibbutz and moshav cooperatives) in diverse real estate transactions, which include changes in the designation of agricultural lands, managing claims pertaining to rural real estate, and accompanying land development transactions, amongst others.
Our firm also has a practice field that specializes in religious orders. The real estate department represents a number of Christian religious organizations, including the Ambassador of the Holy See in Israel, who own significant real estate assets. In this framework, our firm accompanies religious entities in all their complex real estate endeavors, including the promotion and initiation of planning procedures; accompanying series of projects with hundreds of housing units; defining taxation arrangements specifically tailored to suit religious organizations; assisting in managing assets, etc.
This department works in full collaboration with the firm’s planning and construction department, the commercial department and the litigation department. This cross-firm approach enables us to offer our clients a diverse and comprehensive scope of services, starting with the initial stage of planning, through counsel pertaining to the transaction’s structure, ongoing accompaniment in all aspects of managing negotiations with developers and project managers, to drafting all the documents required for the deal’s completion.
