Adv Shiri Shani > Gornitzky & Co. > Tel Aviv, Israel > Lawyer Profile

Gornitzky & Co.
Vitania Tel-Aviv Tower
20 Haharash St. TLV Israel 6761310
Israel
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Work Department

Real Estate & Construction; Hotels, Travel & Leisure

Position

Partner

Career

Shiri Shani is a partner at Gornitzky & Co. 

Shiri’s practice encompasses all facets of commercial real estate, with a particular emphasis on project development. Shiri acts on behalf of buyers and sellers of investment property, landowners and developers across a wide range of sectors.

Shiri advises property investors and developers, as well as major corporations, and has extensive transactional experience involving the purchase, development and disposition of real estate assets in large-scale complex projects.

Shiri assists clients throughout all stages of property development projects, from the due diligence through the final completion. In addition, Shiri has been involved in the sale and acquisition of substantial commercial buildings, shopping centers and income producing assets.

A major part of Shiri’s legal practice is her experience in the hotel industry. In this capacity, Shiri represents both hotel owners and hotel management chains. Shiri assists major hotels in Israel and abroad with management and leasing agreements, and franchise transactions, as well as in the sale and purchase of hotels.

Shiri handles real estate aspects of energy and infrastructure transactions, whereby she represents banks in their financing of real estate for solar energy projects. In this context, Shiri performs due diligence on the properties, reviews property liends, obtains building permits and negotiates agreements with landowners.

Shiri has also been involved in reorganizations, multi-party business transactions and work vis-à-vis various Israeli authorities in real estate, property and tax matters.

In addition, Shiri is involved in real estate related tax issues, thus, providing full service to the firm’s real estate clients.

Languages

Hebrew and English.

Memberships

2003, Israel Bar Association

Education

LL.M., Commercial Law, Tel Aviv University in collaboration with University of California, Berkeley (2008); LL.B., magna cum laude, Tel Aviv University (2002).

Lawyer Rankings

Israel > Real estate and construction

The real estate team at Gornitzky & Co. is ‘composed of deal makers who find solutions to any problem’, according to some. Leveraging experience in all stages of real estate development, the group advises on planning and zoning, construction projects, real estate transactions, and day-to-day commercial matters. Department head Shlomo Cohen is a ‘standout in the field’ and his broad practice encompasses real estate transactions, planning and zoning law, real estate taxation, and litigation. Other senior practitioners include Eyal Marom, who specialises in construction projects; Lior Relevy, who is noted for transactional work, including real estate acquisitions and disposals, property portfolio management, and leasing matters; Shiri Shani, who is recommended for project development; and Itai Itzkovich, who has an emphasis on commercial and residential real estate projects.