Planning and zoning
Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Hall of fameAgmon with Tulchinsky Law Firm
Head of the Real Estate, Planning and Construction department Avi Porten is widely recognized as a central figure in Israel in the fields of land, real estate and planning and construction. With a long and successful track record in a range of real estate, planning and construction issues, Avi advises and oversees the whole process for clients seeking approvals from the different planning and construction committees. He acts for an extensive array of clients including major developers of residential and commercial projects, transportation, energy, hotel companies, private land owners and developers, various government companies' local planning committees and local municipalities. These clients draw on Avi's unparalleled expertise, stemming from numerous roles, including: Head of the Planning and Building department in The Interior Ministry's Legal department; Legal adviser to the district planning and construction committees; Legal adviser to the Planning Administration’s planning guidelines and regulations department, and many more. Avi joined Agmon as a partner in 2006.
Next Generation Partners
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Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co.
Adv. Arad is the Co-Head of the Real Estate, Planning and Construction Department, and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Adv. Arad specializes in complex real estate transactions, including large scale residential projects which include hundreds or thousands of housing units, and possesses significant reputation regarding Tama 38 (a National Outline Plan for the reinforcement of buildings against earthquakes) and urban renewal projects. Adv. Arad provides continuous legal consulting to real estate companies, developers and infrastructure companies regarding various projects and transactions, including commercial projects, public housing projects, hotel projects and more. Adv. Arad advises public and private real estate companies, as well as leading Israeli and international entrepreneurial companies. In recent years, Adv. Arad had handled a significant portion of the largest and most complex real estate transactions in Israel – both from the legal rights’ status aspects of the relevant real estate, and from the transaction’s commercial and financial aspects. Adv. Arad advises clients from the planning and acquisition stages, through the development stages and construction and registration stages. He advises on financing procedures, and on real estate tax aspects, and represents clients before various government authorities. Among Adv. Arad’s clients are public companies, private companies, holding groups and entrepreneurs of large-scale real estate projects. Adv. Arad has been repeatedly recognized, year after year, by various international directories, among them is Chambers & Partners, by domestic directories and by professional magazines, as one of Israel’s leading attorneys in the real estate field. In the past, Adv. Arad was a senior partner at Dankner Lusky & Co., a leading Israeli law firm in the real estate, commercial and corporate fields.
Hall of fameFISCHER (FBC & Co.)
FBC - Amir Chen Mr. Chen serves as FBC’s Managing Partner and heads the Real Estate and Planning & Zoning Department. He focuses on the planning and execution of large-scale and complex real estate projects, real estate-related financing, and real property tax matters. Mr. Chen is recognized as one of Israel’s leading deal-makers and is consistently ranked by international and domestic indices as one of the pre-eminent Israeli real estate attorneys. Mr. Chen advises and comments upon legislation in the real estate sector and frequently provides interviews, publishes and lectures on current trends in the Israeli real estate market. Mr. Chen serves as Chairman of the Property and Real Estate Committee of the Tel Aviv District of the Israel Bar Association, is a director and the academic coordinator at the Practical Law College, and is the academic director of the advanced real estate management course at the Gazit-Globe Real Estate Institute at the IDC Herzliya. Mr. Chen is active in a number of non-profit organizations and led FBC’s establishment of the Senior Citizen Support and Social Facilitation Clinic at the IDC Herzliya.
Agmon with Tulchinsky Law Firm
Partner Eyal D. Mamo is one of the most prominent lawyers specializing in real estate, planning and construction in Israel. Clients tap into his unique track record following his position as Chairman of the Central District Appeals Committee for Planning and Construction and his involvement in drafting bills and regulations for the Ministry of Interior. Eyal also served as the public representative on the Ministry of Justice Council of Land Assessors’ Supervisory and Appeals Committees for more than a decade and is involved in planning regulation as legal counsel for the Association of Contractors and Builders in Israel. He is the current editor of the most comprehensive books in the field – Planning and Construction Law. Eyal advises local authorities, real estate developers and construction companies, providing legal consultation for plan approval processes involving residential, hotel, office, industrial and commercial projects. Given his planning background, he also acts for clients in objections and appeals before planning bodies, and in administrative appeals and petitions to the Supreme Court. Having joined the firm in 2007, Eyal co-heads the firm's Real Estate and Construction department.
FISCHER (FBC & Co.)
FBC - Efrat Sharon Ms. Sharon is a partner in FBC’s Real Estate Department, where her practice concentrates on planning & zoning matters. Ms. Sharon's practice handles the initiation, promotion and support of major city planning. Her practice supports its clients in each stage of the planning approval process, starting from the initial and conceptual stages of the plans, through the promotion of the plans in the various planning committees, and culminating in the actual construction phase. Ms. Sharon's practice also deals with planning-related litigation proceedings, such as the handling of objections and appeals regarding the city plans at all levels; "betterment" tax; claims for damages regarding city plans under Section 197 of the Planning and Zoning Law, and more. In addition, her practice handles the various stages of construction licensing and building permits.
Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano & Co
Co-Heads the Planning & Zoning Department, Partner in the firm's Administrative Law Department
Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano & Co
Heads the Planning and Zoning Department, Partner in the firm's Renewable Energy and Projects and Infrastructures Departments