AYR – Amar Reiter Jeanne Shochatovitch & Co’s white-collar practice has a focus on cases involving financial crimes, administrative corruption, tax offences, antitrust violations and money laundering. The team routinely defends corporations and individuals at all stages of a criminal matter, including investigations, seizure and forfeiture proceedings and criminal trials. Practice head Sharon Kohane is a former senior prosecutor at the Tel Aviv District Attorney’s Office and provides ‘balanced advice in a way that assists the client to make the right decisions’.

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  • ‘Sharon Kohane is exceptional: very devoted to the client; maintains great connections; always has strong availability; provides balanced advice in a way that assists the client to make the right decisions; will travel abroad if needed and is always on the client's side.’

Key clients

  • Mr David Bitan, a Knesset Member
  • Mr Rami Tayeb, a political adviser to Israeli Intelligence minister.
  • Mr Moshe Hava, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of a leading communications company
  • Albar
  • MalamTeam
  • Leverate
  • Faiz and Hanna Shufani
  • Sadot
  • Danziv
  • Hub Cyber Security
  • Erika B-Cure Laser
  • Unet-Credit Financial Services

Work highlights

  • Representing MK David Bitan in the criminal proceedings pending against him for allegedly committing economic offences while serving as deputy mayor of Rishon LeZion, Knesset member and coalition chairman.
  • Representing Mr Rami Tayeb in a wide-ranging case involving allegations of  bribery, money laundering and aiding and abetting tax offences.
  • Representing Albar Company, and its officials, in a wide-ranging investigation into suspected tax crimes, deception, forgery of documents and fraud.

Lawyers

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Practice head

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Sharon Kohane

Other key lawyers

Yonatan Basch