AYR – Amar Reiter Jeanne Shochatovitch & Co is ‘very experienced and well-connected in the criminal white-collar field’, regularly handling high-profile work for public officials and senior board members across a broad array of illegal behaviour, including as it relates to bribery, fraud and tax offences. Team head Sharon Kohane is a ’great strategiser’, who provides additional insight into the inner workings of the Israeli enforcement and prosecutorial authorities by dint of her prior role as senior prosecutor and head of Economic Enforcement in the Tel Aviv District Attorney’s Office. The team also handles some regulatory and compliance work, including as it relates to AML matters for companies from a range of sectors.
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- ‘Sharon Kohane is a great strategiser and has a lot of insight into the thought process of the investigators and DA.’
Key clients
- Mr. David Bitan
- Mr. Rami Tayeb
- Mr. Moshe Hava
- Albar ltd.
- Unet-Credit Financial Services Ltd
- Erika B-Cure Laser
- Leverate,
- Faiz and Hanna Shufani
- Sadot Ltd
- DANZIV LTD.
- Hub Cyber Security LTD.
Work highlights
Leading MK David Bitan's defence team 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. Tayeb, an adviser to former intelligence and finance minister, Yuval Steinitz, in a wide-ranging case that involved receiving bribes, money laundering, tax evasion and fraud.
Representing the Albar Company, a public company, and its officials in a wide-ranging investigation regarding suspicions of tax crimes, deception, forgery of documents, submission of fraudulent documents and fraud in the scope of 250 million of NIS for the purpose of the parallel import of cars to Israel.
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Practice head
Sharon Kohane
Other key lawyers
Yonathan Basch