Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. maintains a well-established real estate practice in Israel, advising developers, investors and corporates on a broad range of transactions and projects. The team is active across acquisitions, disposals, leasing and urban renewal mandates, with additional strength in planning and construction, cross-border investments and REIT-related matters, supported by multidisciplinary expertise. Levy Amitay and Avi Arad co-lead the group and are noted for advising across the full project lifecycle, from planning and acquisition through to development, construction and registration. Israel Aziel and Arnon Cohen are key contacts for acquisitions and disposals, while Sagiv Hanin and Orna Verhovsky focus on planning and licensing matters. Vered Gitterman regularly represents insurance companies on property investments. Guy Shalev advises across residential and commercial projects, and Yael Mirone Mezamer provides real estate financing expertise. Yael Flatau Bilu and Daniel Hartov Tzaban are also recommended.
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Real Estate Department
Position
Partner, Head of the Real Estate Department
Career
Adv. Israel Aziel has dozens of years of real estate experience in all its aspects, and is very knowledgeable and rich in the field and in many complementary aspects such as litigation and taxation.
Israel has extensive experience in all areas of the real estate industry – from complex, large scale purchase and sale transactions to combination transactions, investments, partnerships, construction, leasing and more, as well as mega projects – residential, offices, logistics centers, industry and agriculture. He advises throughout all stages and on all aspects of said projects, from the acquisition of rights to the delivery of the units and registration of rights.
In addition, Israel handles numerous urban renewal projects (Pinuy-Binuy and TAMA 38), as well as purchasing groups and associations for construction, and advises landowners and developers on the promotion and change of real estate plans and zoning.
Israel also specializes in planning and construction in all areas – planning aspects of projects, objections, appeals and administrative appeals – and advises clients throughout the construction and infrastructure development stages, including representation in complex matters before various authorities such as governmental and municipal entities.
In addition, Israel represents clients in complex legal proceedings related to real estate rights, partnership disputes, partnership dissolutions, construction defects and more.
Israel also specializes in real estate finance.
Israel represents large real estate companies and entities, including development companies, investment firms and large private entrepreneurs. He also represents landowners and assets, purchase groups, contractors and infrastructure companies. Israel also represents many public entities such as local authorities and large government companies.
Israel is ranked by local and international guides as one of Israel’s top real estate attorneys.
Languages
English and Hebrew.
Memberships
Israel Bar Association, 1990
Education
LL.B, Tel Aviv University, 1988
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Key clients
- Property and Building Group
- Canada Israel Group
Work highlights
Representing Canada Israel Group in several large-scale real estate projects and transactions amounting to tens of billions of ILS.