Hailed by many as ‘the best team in the market’, Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. acts for litany of high-calibre clients from across the industry, including many of Israel’s most active developers and construction companies, as well as real estate owners, contractors and purchasing groups, among others. The fully diversified practice fields specialist expertise in all key pillars of the sector, with notable firepower in asset acquisitions and disposals, construction, investment, financings and regulatory matters. Sought after trio Levy Amitay, Avi Arad and Israel Aziel co-head the team and all are highly regarded for their transactional expertise. The group also draws on veteran of counsel Ari Wechsler; department vice heads Vered Gitterman and Gabi Drucker; Patrick Benzimra, who leads the European clientele area within the practice; and Yael Mirone Mezamer, who impresses with her ’vast experience’.
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Head of the Real Estate, Planning and Construction Department
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Adv. Avi Arad specializes in complex real estate transactions, including large scale residential projects which include hundreds or thousands of housing units, and possesses significant reputation regarding Tama 38 (a National Outline Plan for the reinforcement of buildings against earthquakes) and urban renewal projects.
Avi provides ongoing legal consulting to real estate companies, developers and infrastructure companies regarding various projects and transactions, including commercial projects, public housing projects, hotel projects and more.
Avi advises public and private real estate companies, as well as leading Israeli and international entrepreneurial companies. In recent years, he handled a significant portion of the largest and most complex real estate transactions in Israel – both from the legal rights’ status aspects of the relevant real estate, and from the transaction’s commercial and financial aspects.
Avi advises clients from the planning and acquisition stages, through the development stages and construction and registration stages. He advises on financing procedures, and on real estate tax aspects, and represents clients before various government authorities.
Among Avi’s clients are public companies, private companies, holding groups and entrepreneurs of large-scale real estate projects.
Avi has been repeatedly recognized, year after year, by various international directories, among them is Chambers & Partners, by domestic directories and by professional magazines, as one of Israel’s leading attorneys in the real estate field.
In the past, Avi was a senior partner at Dankner Lusky & Co., a leading Israeli law firm in the real estate, commercial and corporate fields.
Avi is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
Languages
English and Hebrew.
Memberships
Israel Bar Association, 1988
Education
LL.B, Tel Aviv University, 1987
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Testimonials
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‘The best team in the market. Levy Amitay and Yitzchak Kovos are professional and creative.’
‘Yael Mirone Mezamer is a superb lawyer. She has vast experience of the real estate market in Israel. Her representation of all clients in this field (developers, contractors, entrepreneurs, private clients) in all kinds of projects (residential, commercial) brings Yael deep knowledge of the industry.’
‘Its teamwork is very good; if a question arises that is not in the partner's area of expertise, they will refer and follow up, for example, with tax advice, co-op, planning, or specific expertise in real estate such as urban renewal. There is a comprehensive response to all needs.’
‘Goldfarb is an office that I can trust. I can properly consult with the people, they are not just here for transactions. Lawyers demonstrate the highest level of professionalism, deep knowledge of the market, and strong relationship skills, particularly Levy Amitay, Avi Arad, Idan Menchel and Israel Aziel.’
‘Yael Mirone Mezamer and Yael Flatau Bilu, partners in the real estate department, are very professional, available for any question or clarification, and are always courteous.’
Key clients
- Property and Building Group
- Canada Israel Group
- Neve Gad
- Aspen Group
- Bayside Land Corporation (Gav Yam)
- Azrieli Group
- Azorim Investments in Development and Construction Company
- Electra Real Estate
- Harel Insurance Company – Investment Division
- Shufersal
- Shikun & Binui Real Estate
- Shikun & Binui – Solel Boneh – Infrastructure
- Rani Zim Shopping Centers
- More Provident Funds
- Leumi Partners
- Strauss Group
- BIG Shopping Centers
- Zemach Hammerman
- Israeli Properties Rental Corporation
- Coca Cola Israel (The Central Bottling Company)
- O.Z. Yesodot Eitanim Construction
- Menivim - The New REIT
- Rentit
- Peretz BoneH Hanegev (1993)
- Zohar & Zafrir Sharbat
- Chen and Itay Gindi Israel
- Hagag Group
- Rami Shabiru Engineering Construction and Investments
- Meshulam Levinstein Contracting and Engineering Group
- Amot Investments
- Ari Real Estate (Arena) Investments
- Abu Yehiel - Building Company
- The Elad Group
- GF Real Estate Group
- Carasso Real Estate
- Dan Public Transportation Co and AMD Real Estate Development & Investment
- The Arison Group
- Playtika
- Bank Hapoalim
- Dell EMC Corporation
- Morgal Investments
- Profimex Real Estate Management
- BST Group
- Piedmont Enterprises
- Keren Kayemet LeIisrael Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF)
- Netivei Israel - The National Transport Infrastructure Company
- EY Israel
- Gal Yozma Real Estate
- The Hatzi Hinam Group
- EFI Capital
- S.G.S. Building Company
- The ILDC Group (Hachsharat Hayishuv)
- Bulthaup Investments
- Blue Square Real Estate
- GF Tozeret Haaretz
- Sufrin Weissberg Tozeret Haaretz
- Menora Mivtachim Holdings
- Menorah Mivtachim Real-Estate
- The Phoenix Insurance Company
- Clal Insurance Company
- Kupat Holim Meuhedet
- Clalit Health Services
- Be’er Sheva Municipality
- Ramat Hasharon Municipality
- Bat Yam Municipality
- Holon Municipality, Holon Economic Development Company
- Netanya Municipality, Halat – The Netanya Development and Tourism Company
- Petah Tikva Municipality, Petah Tikva Development Company
- Hadera Municipality and its Economic Development Company
- Hadera Founders Co.
- Beyond Real Estate Investments
- Mivne Group
- Magen David Adom
- Meshulam Levinstein Contracting & Engineering
- Shikun & Binui Real Estate
- Lev Haeer
- The Gabay Group
- Sharbat Brothers Construction Company
- Etz HaShaked Engineering
- Kidmat Eden
- Mivney Taasia
- Ayala Agam Real Estate Consulting
- Grofit Construction
- Grofit Yesodot
- David Shahar
- Kadouri (Millennium) Investments & Assets
- Morad Yehezkel
- Netanya on the Sea
- The City People Group
- Rozio Group
- The Avenue Group
- ZIM Real Estate Holdings
- S. Bar Development and Investments
- B.S.R. Group
- Y-Box
- Z. F. Building Company
- Eshel Israel Urban Renewal
- Yossi Avrahami Civil Engineering Works
- Avney Hoshen
- YUKA Holding 2006
- Mashhour Brothers Building and Development
- PB Urban Renewal
- Kibbutzim College
- MyHeritage
- Naor Holdings
- Radco Urban Renewal
- D.B. Hotels
- REALITY Investments
- Adi Zim Holdings
- Hoffman Construction Company
- Maslavi Construction Company
- Consulat Général de France à Jérusalem
- Maison Kayser
- System Management Company
- The Rashi Foundation
- Dunitz Brothers
- ISPRO: the Israel Properties Rental Corp
- IDB Development Corporation
- Vitania
- Hewlett Packard
- Wolfson Clore Mayer Corp.
- Inovytec Medical Solutions
- Ashdod Bonded
- Morphosis Real Estate Enterprises
- Refael Nadlan (Refael Real Estate Group)
- Calcalit Jerusalem
- Energix Group
- New Reality
- Shhakim Real Estate Group
- Gad Nazareth Mor
- Hizok Plus Part Of The Tama Group 38
- Edri & Shahar Entrepreneurship & Construction
- Y.D.E. Menivim
- Eran YD Entrepreneurship and Construction Group
- IPC Jerusalem
- M.S.K.S. Cheetah Real Estate Investments
- Hotel Eden Nursing Homes in Nahariya
- Silon Sport Marketing (1989)
- Marine Ties Investment
- Kiryat Gat Mall
- David Czapnik & Sons
- S.I.E. Ashkelon
- Establishment Nahal
- DTCP Israel
- AYM Holdings
- Verint Systems
- AOL
- Biolojic Design
- MI CompanyB.V
- Otonomo Technologies
- Senso-Optics
- Gal Nave Real Estate
- Ariel Properties, Management
- Cooperative Society for Mutual Assistance and Savings of Employees of Clalit Health Services
- Nahalat Amir
- Canaan Gardens (Ganey Can’an)
- Pardes Savings Kadima
- Biolojic Design
- MI Company
- Otonomo Technologies
- Senso-Optics
- Gal Nave Real Estate
- Yuval Alon
- Newpan
- Ruppin Academic Center
- Ariel Properties, Management
- Crazy Line
- Pardes Savings Kadima
- Nea Hotel
- Etz HaShaked
Work highlights
Representing Canada Israel Group in several large-scale real estate projects and transactions amounting to tens of billions of NIS.
Representing Aspen Group in several large-scale real estate projects and transactions totalling hundreds of millions of NIS.
Representing developers and tenants in dozens of urban renewal projects across Israel, with a combined value of tens of billions of NIS.