A.ALTO Klein Steinmetz

The law firm of A.ALTO Klein Steinmetz is ranked amongst Israel’s top firms in two leading practice areas: a commercial law department focuses on contracts and on entrepreneurial and real estate investment companies in Israel and abroad, information security and privacy and a Family and Inheritance Law department, considered to be the leading one in Israel. This is owed to the excellence service, the vast knowledge, the legal innovation, the courage, the professionalism and the long-term relationships with the clients.The firm has unique expertise in two leading departments in Israel in all of the legal aspects of information security and privacy law. With a commercial escorting of companies, investments, real estate, startups from the idea stage up to the exit stage, The firm accompanied companies to successful sales also by investors who are clients of the firm, angels and funds. It also has a unique expertise in the Family Law and Inheritance department, accompanies divorce proceedings, child abductions (The Hague Convention), custody, inheritance and families with special needs, guardianships, surrogacy, adoption and parenting, trust and enduring power of attorney. The office represented these cases, covered by the media, successfully.

Expertise in Strategic Accompaniment, Managing Effective Negotiations and Mediation Services

Adv. Eva Steinmetz (Klein), the firm’s founder and managing partner, has more than 17 years of professional experience, during which she accumulated vast legal and commercial knowledge and numerous court victories. Adv. Eva Steinmetz (Klein) leads the firm’s different departments and leads the clients with courageous and groundbreaking legal and strategic advice for significant achievements in their field. She is also renowned as an active and quick mediator and she accepts to mediations only parties which she believes that are honest and ripe for progressing toward an agreement – and as an expert for body language. The firm’s staff under her lead works in all of the courts including the magistrate, district and Supreme courts, and the family and rabbinical courts.

The Commercial Department – Legal and Strategic Assistance to Businesses, Hi-Tech and Taxation, and a Particular Specialization in Information Security, Cyber, and Privacy Protection

Adv. Dror Dayan is the head of the commercial department and together with the firm’s staff, they represent Israeli and international businesses with ongoing legal advice starting from the incorporation stage, through to the contracts necessary for the proper activity of the business, including leading sales and exits of companies, among others, among the firm’s angel clients and investment funds. The office maintains cooperations with leading law firms in the U.S., Canada, England, Cyprus and Greece on matters on real estate investments, startups, contracts and trusts. It also maintains continuous working relationships with leading Israel accounting firms that provide tax advice to the firm’s clients.

The Family and Inheritance Law Department

The department is headed by Adv. Shira Ravid, who has more than 17 years of experience in practicing family law and inheritance law in Israel. She has deep understanding of family rela-tionships : in representing in divorce cases, child abduction (Hague Convention), custody, inheritance and special needs in the family, guardianships, trusts and lasting power of attorney. Adv. Shira Ravid is renowned as the number 1 expert in Israel on special needs and all aspects of fully exercising special needs related rights.

The Surrogacy, Adoption and Parenting Department

The department handles the cases of couples which are about to start surrogacy proceedings in Israel or abroad, starting from the legal consulting before signing a surrogacy agreement, negotiation vis-à-vis the surrogacy company and up to legal facilitation of the newborn’s document including formalizing the baby’s status in the records of the Ministry of Interior and other state agencies which are responsible for this matter. And of course, the firm also handles paternity claims, parenting injunctions etc. The firm han-dles all types of families with children: Married couples, common law marriages, same-sex and/or remarriages, complex as they may be. The firm also handles child adoption proceedings in Israel and abroad including filing the adoption applications and formalizing the legal status of the adopted child and the adopted parent, together or separately, in all types of families and relationships.

Real Estate, Taxation and Entrepreneurship Department

The department is headed by attorney Natan Furman, and together with the department’s staff, they accompany clients in a wide variety of real estate transactions, simple and complex, including real estate taxation, representation and accompaniment of buying or selling residences, buildings, lots, offices, and shopping centers in addition to providing close accompaniment to purchase groups. Representing and accompanying entrepreneurs, working with the Israel Lands Administration, including real estate tenders, urban renewal, building clearance, contacts and negotiations with the authorities. Representation and accompaniment of franchisees from the planning stage, business plan, suppliers, leases, legal privilege agreement, franchisee agreement, advertising and marketing.

Alto Global

The law firm is renowned for its high-quality, professional and prominent team in the field of information security and the privacy of minors, with major accomplishment in Israel, and has branches and collaborations in the U.S, Canada (Toronto), Cyprus, Greece, England and Germany. The firm accompanies and counsels its clients in Israel and abroad in a dedicated and close professional manner until the complete solution is obtained for the satisfaction of the clients.
Education and Public Offices
Adv. Eva Steinmetz (Klein) has an LL.B. and a Master’s degree in Public International Law from Tel Aviv University and an LL.M. from Northwestern University Chicago. She was certified and serves as an arbitrator and a mediator, and also as a general counsel, CISO& DPO and in charge of data protection. She served as chairperson of the Israel Bar Association’s Child Protection Committee and V. Chairperson of the Bar’s Tel Aviv District and lectures on children rights in Israel and abroad. She is also the founder of the Child Benefit Institute and Youth University and wrote the book “Matir HaAgunut” in memory of her late father, permits the moorings Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Klein. Together with her firm’s partners, Adv. Shira Ravid, Adv. Dror Dayan, Adv. Natan Furman and the firm’s employees, Adv. Eva Steinmetz (Klein) leads her firm at the top of Israel’s law firms, with professional development and growth which are highly esteemed in Israel.