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S. HOROWITZ HOUSE
31 AHAD HAAM STREET
TEL AVIV 65202
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Mr Amit Becher
Work Department
Competition Disputes and Investigations White Collar and Regulation
Position
Partner
Career
Amit Becher Co-Heads the White Collar Crime Practice Department of the firm, where he specializes in handling criminal and administrative cases in the capital market, and in white collar cases. Before joining the firm, Amit served for 12 years as a senior attorney and head of Division at Tel Aviv District Attorney (Finance & Taxation), where he gained extensive experience in the white collar field. In this context, Amit handled a large number of key and complex high profile cases. Among the various areas in which Amit specializes were stock manipulation cases, use of inside information, reporting offenses, bribe, money laundering, criminal liability of both office holders and corporations, Ponzi scams and various financial scams.
In addition, Amit has also dealt with many aspects of administrative enforcement in the capital market and alternative enforcement agreements.
Coupled with his professional work, Amit also engages in extensive public activity. Amit is currently the Chairman of the Tel Aviv District of the Israeli Bar Association, and he is investing considerable efforts aimed at strengthening the independence of the legal systems and enforcement of the law in Israel. Amit also serves as a legal commentator on public law and white collar crime matters on the leading television channels and radio stations as well as in the economic press. As a law student at Tel Aviv University, Amit served as President of the Student Union and was also a member of the University’s Executive Board.
Languages
Hebrew English
Education
Tel Aviv University, LL.B., 1997-2002
Harvard University, USA, Master in Public Administration (MPA), 2017-2018
Lawyer Rankings
Israel > Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: white-collar crime, investigation and fraud
S. Horowitz & Co houses a full-service white-collar crime practice, which defends Israeli and international corporations, government entities, financial institutions and high-ranking officials in regulatory and criminal proceedings. With experience in cases concerning competition, tax, securities law, corruption and planning violations, the group covers the full gamut of cases. Pnina Sheffer-Emmanuel ‘gets right to the point every time’ and co-heads the department together with newly appointed Chairman of the Israeli Bar Association, Amit Becher, who is a former division head at the Tel Aviv District Attorney’s Office.
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