Meitar Law Offices

Environmental law practice

Partner

Gidi Frishtik leads the firm's environmental law practice and also specializes in municipal law.

Gidi has special expertise in water law and also works in the infrastructure and energy areas. Gidi's practice covers a wide spectrum of municipal and infrastructure matters, including real estate development, natural resources and utilities such as energy, water and sewage. Gidi represents and counsels a large number of private and public clients in the environmental infrastructure field.

Gidi has been involved from a very early stage in the implementation of Israel’s nationwide reform in municipal water management. Gidi advised on the establishment of many water and sewage municipal corporations in Israel (Mei Avivim – Tel Aviv, Ein Netafim – Eilat, Sharonim – Ramat HaSharon, Mei Givatayim – Givatayim, Nazareth Hills and Lower Galilee regions, Ein Afek – Rosh HaAyin and Mei Hod haSharon – Hod HaSharon) and he counsels many other corporations on an ongoing basis.

Gidi has a great deal of experience in administrative law matters and he has represented clients before Israel’s High Court of Justice in a variety of petitions. He has also represented clients in mass tort actions.Gidi provides ongoing legal advice to a wide range of municipal authorities and municipal corporations throughout Israel. Gidi represents several municipal economic companies, and has also advised municipalities on the establishment of these companies.

In addition, Gidi represents and counsels both public and private entities in a variety of environmental matters such as air, water, land and sea pollution. This includes examination of environmental aspects of M&A transactions and due diligence processes with respect to soil and water pollution, air pollution, sea and streams pollution, sewage and waste pollution, odor, noise and light nuisance, asbestos, packaging, ionizing radiation (radioactive materials) and non-ionizing radiation (antennas, power lines, transformers).

Gidi specializes in Legal Ethics

Gidi acts as co-chairman of the Environment Committee of the Israel Bar Association.

In March 2014 Gidi was appointed as Chairman of the National Disciplinary Court of the Israel Bar Association and Vice President of the Disciplinary Courts of the Israel Bar Association.

In addition, Gidi instructs a course on Environment and Water Law at Bar Ilan University's School of Law.

Gidi appeared in “The Best” by the Maariv newspaper in the field of Administrative Law.Gidi appeared in "The Best" by the Maariv newspaper in the field of Municipal Law.

Hebrew and English

Bar Ilan University, Israel (LL.B., 1993)