Ati Avrahami - Erez, Law Firm

Ati Avrahami - Erez, Law Firm is a boutique legal practice specializing in family law, inheritance law, and intergenerational transfers. Our firm is guided by core values of discretion, prioritization of client needs and interests, both immediate and long-term, and the personal involvement of Adv. Avrahami – Erez in crafting legal strategies tailored to each case.
In her legal practice, Adv. Avrahami – Erez combines professionalism, empathy, and attentiveness to her clients’ needs with meticulous attention to detail and sharp analytical skills. Drawing on her background in psychology and mediation, she adeptly identifies her clients’ true desires and navigates them from entrenched positions towards communication and collaboration.
We assist our clients in understanding their objectives and guide them through the most effective legal pathways to achieve them. Whether through amicable negotiation or litigation, we swiftly resolve disputes that may have lingered for years.

Main Practice Areas

Management of Properties and Family Wealth:
A significant portion of our clientele comprises high-net-worth individuals. We provide them with strategic and financial advisory services for managing their family wealth, including family wealth management, drafting financial agreements, and overseeing assets. Additionally, we handle intricate matters concerning intergenerational transfers and inheritance, tax implications and other comprehensive considerations. This encompasses utilizing mechanisms such as “Enduring Power of Attorney” to facilitate the transition of control within a company.
Drawing on strategic partnerships with esteemed law firms throughout Europe and the United States, Adv. Ati Avrahami – Erez adeptly oversees the management of estates for Israeli heirs with global assets and provides invaluable assistance to foreign residents with interests in Israel. With a deep understanding of real estate and its tax implications, we guide clients through complex decisions, crafting tailored solutions to meet their unique needs. Complementing our expertise, collaboration with top-tier professionals in Israel ensures that clients receive precise guidance on their business matters at every stage of legal proceedings.

Estate Management and Estate Family Settlement Agreements: At Ati Avrahami - Erez Law Firm, we have extensive experience and a proven track record in managing intricate estates, encompassing scenarios such as multiple heirs, foreign beneficiaries, properties valued in the tens of millions of shekels, significant debts, disputes among heirs, and the management of numerous active businesses and real estate assets.
While estate settlement agreements are favored over probate, it’s important to note that they may entail tax obligations. Our firm specializes in handling these complex matters with precision and efficiency, ensuring optimal outcomes for our clients.

Inheritance Disputes and Family Disputes: In matters of inheritance and family disputes, our firm boasts extensive expertise. We adeptly represent all parties involved, whether they are contesting or defending a will. Additionally, we handle claims against objections to will enforcement and provide representation in family disputes involving significant financial stakes.
We specialize in representing heirs who seek to contest or defend a will, as well as handling objections raised by the Guardian General regarding will enforcement. Moreover, our services extend to representing family members in disputes involving substantial sums, covering diverse issues such as intra-family loans, family partnership liquidations, acquisitions within family trusts, and disputes over property ownership among spouses.

Managing Complex Divorce Proceedings: Our firm excels in managing intricate divorce proceedings, especially those with international dimensions where jurisdiction rulings may affect taxes. Our expertise includes conducting accurate valuations and guiding spouses towards sound economic choices.
Many of our clients possess dual nationalities or Israeli citizenship with foreign property holdings, requiring insight into foreign tax and legal ramifications. Additionally, we represent startup and tech company owners or their spouses in unique high-tech divorce scenarios, involving complexities like valuing unexercised stock options and assessing company goodwill across different lifecycle stages.
Should one party attempt asset concealment through foreign entity registrations or proxies, we possess the skills to uncover such actions. Our proactive approach involves locating hidden assets, initiating legal actions to clarify ownership, and preventing asset concealment, whether domestically or abroad.

Creating Unique Visitation and Child Support Arrangements: We’ve established legal precedents in tailoring visitation and child support arrangements to our clients’ distinct lifestyles, ensuring the children’s needs take precedence over financial factors. For instance, we secured a groundbreaking precedent allowing a client with frequent international travel to have a visitation schedule accommodating their lifestyle, with children spending alternating weeks with each parent. Additionally, we raised to the Supreme Court the issue of whether child support for the top 0.1% should be determined by the father’s wealth or the visitation and custody terms. As a result of our representation, the court mandated reduced child support payments based on the children’s needs rather than the father’s financial status.

Specializing in Iranian Law and Persian: Adv. Ati Avrahami – Erez immigrated to Israel from Iran in 1992 and is fluent in Persian, her native language. Accordingly, the firm uniquely specializes in providing legal opinions on Iranian Law and serving the global Iranian-Jewish diaspora.

Legal Precedents: -Defending and revoking a paternal guardianship and child support claim that was filed by a father’s children for their underage siblings.
-Child Support of only 325 NIS to a divorcee of a high socio-economic level whose divorcee earns a similar salary and share similar custody and visitation times. Family Case 27122-12-13
-Revocation of renunciation – a person who renounced their share in an estate can’t revoke this renunciation with the claim of assuming that they would receive their share of the estate at a later stage and had they known otherwise they would not have renounced. Estate Case 6211-01-15
-No interest can be claimed in a loan between brothers, where a longstanding delay creates evidence difficulties, the loan is undocumented, and the creditor delayed the request for repayment. Family Appeal 56258-02-22
-A precedent where parents may change the visitation arrangement to a week-week basis, in accordance with their lifestyle. Post Settlement Case 1725-01-19
-Precedent – Child support would be based on the children’s needs and visitation arrangement, rather than the father’s wealth, even for an ultra-wealthy parent – Family Appeal 23355-10-18
-Family wealth distribution in the framework of a separation agreement between the siblings and their parents and honoring family agreements – Family Case 10593-02-22