Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. acts for a varied mix of entrepreneurs, construction groups, infrastructure clients and property owners on planning and zoning work. The team covers all key real estate spheres, including residential, urban renewal, infrastructure and industrial projects, where it advises on the full life cycle of matters, from proceedings for the approval of master zoning plans, through to complex litigation. Levy Amitay and Avi Arad co-lead the overarching real estate, planning and construction department; both handle planning issues and real estate transactions. The planning and construction sub-practice is led jointly by Orna Verhovsky and Sagiv Hanin. Real estate head Israel Aziel is also noted.

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Key clients

  • A. Adler Properties
  • Amazon
  • Amot Investments
  • Angel Bakeries
  • AOL
  • Apartment for Rent - Rental Housing Government Company
  • Ariel Properties, Management
  • Ashdod Bonded
  • Aspen Group
  • Association for the Welfare of Israeli Soldiers (AWIS)
  • Aura Israel
  • Avney HaChoshen Tourism
  • Ayala Agam Real Estate Consulting
  • Ayalon Highway Company
  • AYM Holdings
  • Azorim Group
  • Azrieli Group
  • B.S.R. Group
  • Bat Yam municipality
  • Bayside Land Corporation (Gav-Yam)
  • BE Drugstores
  • Be'er Sheva Municipality
  • Bezeq
  • Big Shopping Centers
  • Biolojic Design
  • BST Group
  • Caesarea Edmond Benjamin de Rothschild Corporation
  • Calcalit Jerusalem
  • Canaan Gardens (Ganey Can’an)
  • Canada Israel Group
  • Cellcom
  • Chen and Itai Gindi Israel
  • Clal Insurance Company
  • Clalit Health Services
  • Coca Cola Israel (The Central Bottling Company)
  • Cooperative Society for Mutual Assistance and Savings of Employees of Clalit Health Services
  • Crazy Line
  • Cross Israel Highway
  • Dan Public Transportation Co.
  • Darom Natural Gas
  • David Czapnik & Sons
  • Dor Chemicals
  • DTCP Israel
  • Dunitz Brothers
  • Edri & Shahar Entrepreneurship & Construction
  • El Al Israel Airlines
  • Energix Group
  • Eran YD Entrepreneurship and Construction Group
  • Establishment Nahal
  • Etz HaShaked Engineering
  • "Ezra Lemarpe"
  • Gad Nazareth Mor
  • Gal Nave Real Estate
  • Ganey Cnaan
  • Gindi Friedman Real Estate Entrepreneurship
  • Green Park (G.Y.A) Entrepreneurship & Real Estate Marketing
  • Grofit Construction
  • Grofit Yesodot
  • Growth Israel Urban Development
  • Hadera Municipality and its Economic Development Company
  • Harel Insurance Company – Investment Division
  • Hewlett Packard
  • Hizuk Plus of the Tama 38 Group
  • Hogla-Kimberly (Kimberly-Clark Israel)
  • Holon Municipality, Holon Economic Development Company
  • Hotel Eden Nursing Homes in Nahariya
  • I Belong Israel (Masa Israeli)
  • IDB development Corporation
  • Igudan
  • Inovytec Medical Solutions
  • IPC Jerusalem
  • ISPRO: the Israel Properties Rental Corp
  • Israel Aerospace Industries
  • Israel Canada Rem (ICR)
  • Israel Railways
  • Israeli Properties Rental Corporation (ISPRO)
  • Jerusalem Municipality
  • K.B.A Town Builders Group
  • Keren Kayemet LeIisrael Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF)
  • Kfar Netter Local Council
  • Kfar Saba Water Plant - Cooperative Agricultural Society
  • Kidmat Eden
  • Kiryat Gat Mall
  • Krinsky-Gottlieb
  • Kupat Holim Meuhedet
  • Lesico Group
  • Leumi Partners
  • M.S.K.S. Cheetah Real Estate Investments
  • Magen David Adom In Israel (MDA)
  • Maman Group
  • Marine Ties Investment Ltd
  • Massad-Oz Management & Engineering
  • Mehadrin Ltd. and Pri Or
  • Mekorot Water Company
  • Menivim - The New REIT
  • MI CompanyB.V
  • Milouot Corporation for the Development of Haifa Bay Settlements
  • Minrav Holdings
  • Mivney Taasia (of the Mivne Group)
  • More Provident Funds
  • Nahalat Amir
  • Nea Hotel
  • Negev Natural Gas
  • Netanya Municipality, Halat – The Netanya Development and Tourism Company
  • Netivei Israel - The National Transport Infrastructure Company
  • Neve Gad
  • New Lineo Cinema (2006)
  • New Reality
  • Newpan
  • Nitsba Holdings 1995
  • NTA - Metropolitan Mass Transit System
  • Ora, a cooperative agricultural community
  • Otonomo Technologies
  • Overseas Commerce
  • Pardes Savings Kadima
  • Paz Ashdod Refinery
  • Peretz Boney Hanegev
  • Petah Tikva Municipality, Petah Tikva Development Company
  • Property and Building Group
  • Rafael Feed Mills
  • Ramat Hasharon Municipality
  • Rami Levi Chain Stores Hashikma Marketing 2006
  • Rami Shabiru Engineering Construction and Investments
  • Reality Investment Funds
  • Refael Nadlan (Refael Real Estate Group)
  • Rentit
  • Representing dozens of private clients in various planning matters.
  • Rompart Israel
  • Rozio Group
  • Ruppin Academic Center
  • S.I.E. Ashkelon
  • Sde Warburg, a cooperative Israeli village.
  • Senso-Optics
  • Shapir Civil and Marine Engineering
  • Sharbat Brothers Construction Company
  • Shareholders in Pardes Bachings Kadima
  • Shhakim Real Estate Group
  • Shikun & Binui – Solel Boneh – Infrastructure
  • Shufersal
  • Silon Sport Marketing (1989)
  • Sorek Operation and Maintenance Company
  • Strauss Group
  • System Management Company
  • The Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering
  • The Arison Investment Fund
  • The City People Group
  • The Elad Group
  • The Knesset, Israel's parliament.
  • The Local Committee of Planning and Construction - Jerusalem District.
  • The Phoenix Insurance Company
  • The Rashi Foundation
  • Tiberias Hot Springs Co.
  • Unilever
  • Urban Brand
  • Urbanbrd
  • Verint Systems
  • Vitania
  • Wolfson Clore Mayer Corp.
  • Y.D.E. Menivim
  • Yochananoff Supermarkets
  • Yossi Avrahami Civil Engineering Works
  • Yuval Alon
  • Zemach Hammerman
  • Zim Urban
  • Zohar & Zafrir Sharbat

Work highlights

  • Advising Canada Israel Group on the planning and zoning aspects of several large-scale, mixed-use projects amounting to billions of NIS.
  • Advising major government companies, such as Ayalon Highways and Netivei Israel, on complex planning and zoning aspects of large-scale national infrastructure projects.
  • Advising Zim Urban on advancing the plans of multiple significant projects and on all related matters.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Levy Amitay, Avi Arad, Israel Aziel, Orna Verhovsky, Sagiv Hanin

Other key lawyers

Eyal Shakiv