Adv Ofer Ravid > Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. > Tel Aviv, Israel > Lawyer Profile
Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. Offices
ELECTRA TOWER
98 YIGAL ALON STREET
TEL AVIV 67891
Israel
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Adv Ofer Ravid
Work Department
Labor and Corporate Immigration Department
Position
Adv. Ravid is Head of the Labor and Corporate Immigration Department.
Adv. Ravid is one of Israel’s most respected attorneys in the Labor Law field. His practice focuses on the interplay between Israeli labor and corporate laws, particularly with regard to corporate transactions. In this regard, Adv. Ravid’s comprehensive legal support of clients includes drafting agreements and providing legal opinions relating to the full cycle of employer-employee relations: from the hiring and compensation of employees, to organizational restructuring and corporate downsizing; and from changes in employment terms and conditions, to employee dismissal. Adv. Ravid also advises clients on the interaction between labor law and employee relocation.
Adv. Ravid provides guidance, both tactical and strategic, to corporate clients in addressing complex issues in the intersection between labor and corporate laws, such as those arising from merger and acquisition transactions, public offerings, and corporate due diligence. Adv. Ravid actively represents clients in Israel’s civil courts, labor tribunals, and arbitration proceedings; he also appears before government agencies on behalf of clients on matters of labor relations.
As a labor law focal point for the firm’s wide-ranging clientele, Adv. Ravid provides services to leading high-tech firms, as well as companies in traditional business sectors and private individuals.
Adv. Ravid provides workshops and training to clients on a variety of subjects such as sexual harassment, employee recruitment, and more. He also lectures on emerging labor law topics at a wide variety of academic and professional forums, including the Israel Bar Association and the Legal Advisers Forum. Adv. Ravid authored the chapter on Israeli Labor Law for the American Bar Association (ABA), and regularly publishes articles in the professional media.
Adv. Ravid is a member of the International Labor Law Association, and of the Israel Bar Association’s Labor Law Forum. In addition, Adv. Ravid volunteers at “HaLev,” a non-profit organization for the war on poverty in Israel.
Languages
English and Hebrew.
Memberships
Israel Bar Association, 1994.
Education
LL.B., Tel Aviv University, 1993.
Lawyer Rankings
Israel > Employment
Acting for a huge array of clients in sectors ranging from sciences and education to investment funds and local government, Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. is well recommended for trade union work – acting for both unions and employers – as well as offering support with corporate immigration. Key to the team are post-transactional employment specialist Ofer Ravid, immigration expert Liam Schwartz and Assaf Berenson, who focuses on strike actions. Also central are Yael Dolev, who specialises in the medical and transport sectors, and Haim Berenson, who offers niche expertise on employment matters specific to the defence industry and government institutions.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition/antitrust
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: class actions (including derivative actions)
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: mediation and international arbitration
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Hi-tech and start-ups
- Infrastructure
- Insurance
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: commercial/transactions
- Investment and venture capital funds
- Planning and zoning
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: local litigation and arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: white-collar crime, investigation and fraud
- Employment
- Energy
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Telecoms and media
- Transport
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: disputes