Arthur Shani & Co. - Law Firm

Arthur Shani & Co. - Law Firm is one of Israel’s leading firms in the fields of family law, divorce, and inheritance. The firm’s team, led by attorney, mediator, arbitrator, and notary Arthur Shani, combines extensive experience with deep legal expertise and provides professional, high-quality legal services to clients throughout Israel, including in international matters. The firm places special emphasis on personalized legal representation tailored to each client, while maintaining a constant commitment to excellence. The team represents a wide range of clients, including senior executives and public figures.

Vision: Family Law for Every Family

The firm provides premium legal services tailored to the unique needs of each family while maintaining the highest professional standards. Operating as a selective boutique practice, the firm limits the number of active clients it represents in order to ensure that every client and family receives personal, strategic, discreet, and accessible support, backed by extensive and up-to-date legal knowledge and experience.

The firm believes in the strength of diverse families and provides professional, respectful, and accessible legal services to all types of families, including members of the LGBTQ community. Services are provided in Hebrew, English, and Russian.

A Comprehensive Holistic Legal Service Model

The firm has developed a unique service model based on a deep understanding of clients’ needs, comprehensive intake and assessment processes, and the development of customized legal strategies. This model enables the firm to provide holistic legal services at the highest level, save clients valuable time through accessible and responsive communication, and deliver legal services that include legal strategy development, family and financial risk mapping, coordination with complementary professionals, and complete discretion throughout the process.

The service model includes:

• Initial Consultation: An in-depth introduction to the client’s circumstances, attentive listening, and a comprehensive, patient explanation of the legal situation.

• Guidance by a Skilled Team: The firm’s professionals possess deep expertise in their respective fields and undergo continuous training and professional development.

• Professional Collaboration: Ongoing cooperation with family therapists, parenting coaches, accountants, business valuation experts, and other professionals.

• Holistic Legal Solutions: Consideration of all legal, financial, and personal aspects of each matter and adaptation to the unique needs of every client.

• Availability, Accessibility, and Transparency: Ongoing reporting, preservation of clients’ autonomy, and shared decision-making throughout the process.

• Experience and Expertise: A highly experienced team skilled in managing complex cases with diligence, legal innovation, and strategic judgment focused on achieving the desired outcome.

Up-to-Date Knowledge and Tailored Solutions for Families, Wealth, and Complex Assets

The firm is committed to maintaining professional excellence through continuous learning, professional development, and mastery of legal developments, while adapting its services to the unique needs of each client.

Close Collaboration with Clients

The firm places great importance on understanding clients’ needs and defining objectives together with them. Attorneys and clients work collaboratively to establish priorities, make informed decisions, and pursue targeted strategies designed to achieve the desired result.

Personal and Human-Centered Approach

The firm’s team combines empathy, sensitivity, strategic judgment, and composure, guiding clients through every stage of the legal process while providing clarity even during periods of uncertainty. Clients receive structured support aimed at helping them navigate personal crises and achieve their legal, personal, and financial goals.

Availability, Transparency, and Open Communication

The firm is committed to providing clients with all relevant legal information and regards them as active partners throughout the legal process. It prioritizes availability and efficiency, utilizing advanced technological communication tools to ensure prompt and effective service.

Complete Discretion

The firm strictly safeguards the privacy, personal security, business interests, and reputation of its clients, including business owners, senior executives, public figures, prominent families, and foreign residents.

Areas of Practice

1.Family Disputes, Divorce, and Separation Litigation – Representation before all Israeli judicial forums, including Family Courts, Rabbinical Courts, appellate courts, and the Supreme Court, in matters such as divorce, dissolution of marriage, parenting arrangements, common-law partner separations, property division, and financial and parental stability.

2.Wills, Inheritance, Estate Administration, and Legal Capacity – Intergenerational planning, wills, probate and inheritance proceedings, estate administration, enduring powers of attorney, guardianship matters, and related agreements.

3.Family Wealth, Assets, Trusts, and Family Businesses – Legal planning and representation involving family wealth, trusts, family businesses, prenuptial agreements, complex asset division, and domestic and international holdings.

4.Mediation, Arbitration, and Settlement Agreements – Family dispute resolution outside the courtroom through mediation, arbitration, negotiation, and the preparation of family-related agreements.

5.Notarial Services for Family Matters – Notarial wills, prenuptial agreements, powers of attorney, and other family-related notarial services.

6.Administrative Family Law – Legal assistance for international families, mixed-nationality couples, foreign residents, and matters involving status, citizenship, marriage registration, and common-law partnerships in Israel.

7.Family Law and Protective Proceedings – Representation in matters involving protection orders, prevention of threatening harassment orders, and family violence-related proceedings.

8.Professional Lectures and Workshops – Educational programs for legal professionals and related practitioners seeking training in family law, divorce, inheritance, and dispute resolution.

9.Professional Partnerships and Community Engagement – Collaboration with complementary professionals and active involvement in professional and community initiatives.

10.Careers and Professional Development – Recruitment, training, mentoring, and professional growth opportunities in family law, divorce, and inheritance.

Management

The owner, founder, and managing director of the firm is attorney, mediator, arbitrator, and notary Arthur Shani, who has extensive legal experience, including legislative advisory work in the Knesset.

Arthur Shani holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Family Law, Mediation, and Family Dispute Resolution from Bar-Ilan University, a dual Bachelor’s degree in Law (LL.B.) and Government, Diplomacy and Strategy (B.A.) from Reichman University, and professional certifications in general mediation, family mediation, divorce and separation mediation, intergenerational transfer planning, and arbitration. Arthur Shani has extensive experience handling complex family matters, including appeals, contemporary family structures, LGBTQ families, common-law partnerships, and alternative parenting arrangements.