Avitan & Co. – Law Offices and Notaries

Asher Avitan & Co., Law Offices is a leading individual labor law firm which was founded in 2008 by Adv. Asher Avitan. The firm, which is part of the experts team of the Israel Tax Consultants Chamber, provides first-class personal support and legal representation to numerous Israeli organizations, including to one of Israel’s top accounting firms and to the “Yad Sara” NGO and to a large company in the field of financial investments and securities. Adv. Avitan was appointed for many years by the Tel Aviv District Court as a special manager in company liquidation proceedings in terms of labor law.

The firm provides accurate service for its clients, while implementing a broad legal perspective, and over the years it accompanies numerous employers, including a leading retail chain and manpower companies with thousands of workers. The firmis ranked in recent years as a leading firm in the field of labor law in Israel. The firm’s clients benefit from direct contact with the Avitan attorney and a quick response that enables the management of the company on an ongoing basis.

The firm is a niche firm that specializes in labor law and litigation in the individual and commercial field, and in addition handles cases in the fieldof civil and commercial litigation. Most of the firm’s sessions are held in labor courts across Israel and concern complex issues of competition, freedom of occupation and discrimination.

The firm has two branches, in Tel Aviv and in Jerusalem. The firm benefits from a vast reputation in the labor law field, and has a record of precedential rulings in its areas of specialization.

Transparency, Responsibility and Integrity

The firm’s clients benefit from first-class legal service which matches the goal that has been set, with partnership in the decisions and full transparency in the legal proceedings. The firm’s unique strength is in its meticulously-maintained transparency, in particular during the accurate initial counsel that the firm provides, where the clients receive a review of all of the proceedings that are expected to be managed, thus saving the clients extensive future proceedings, while providing them with the option to reach fair agreements with their employees, with significant time-saving and peace of mind. The firm believes in long-distance running while constantly implementing its guiding values of transparency, reliability, integrity and responsibility, which stem from the capability of the firm’s team and leader to analyze cases in advance.

Practice Areas

Labor Law
The firm accompanies its clients in the labor courts in all types of individual labor law proceedings, including injunctions, criminal proceedings, appeals to the National Labor Court, discrimination on the basis of disability, freedom of occupation, non-compete, pregnant women rights, and employment relationships. In addition, the firm provides services of drafting complex labor agreements, salary reviews and preparation of pay slips in accordance with the Salary Protection Law, and calculates provident and pension rights. The firm’s team member lecture in-depth on labor law to companies and employers. Furthermore, the firm accompanies employees in companies liquidations, from preparing the liquidation application for the district court up to filing the lawsuit at the Official Receiver’s chambers, and accompanies in mediations and arbitrations.

Civil and Commercial Litigation
The firm represent its clients in all of the courts and tribunals. Adv. Avitan and the advocates in the office serve as leading litigators, and have many years of professional experience in court appearances. The professional strengths of the firm’s team include numerous capabilities, including strategy formulation, in-depth research of the legal issues, the quality of the lawyers’ appearance before the judges and the presentation of the arguments. The firm’s team cooperates with the clients in order to build the case in an optimal manner.

Community Service
The firm believes in community service and social involvement as guiding values, and for several years it has been providing pro bono legal services to the NGO Yad Sara, in numerous proceedings. In 2022 and 2024, the firm was one of Israel’s leading law firms in pro bono activities and contribution to the community.

Executive Team

Adv. and Notary Asher Avitan - Founder
Adv. Avitan has been practicing law since 2007, he has an LL.M. from the Hebrew University, and he serves as a Notary and as a certified mediator.
Alongside his professional practice, Adv. Avitan is an outstanding athlete who participated in the Ironman competition, long-distance runner and snowboard instructor.
Adv. Avitan Specializes in labor law, serves as a professional lecturer and delivers seminars on labor law through the Israel Tax Consultants Chamber and the Income Tax, and even serves as an arbitrator for labor law matters. In addition, he lectures at professional conferences on behalf of the Israel Bar Association and coordinates courses on labor law for lawyers. Adv. Avitan received appointments as a special manager and handling complex lawsuits by the Tel Aviv District Court for more than a decade, and he provides strategic consulting to companies on matters of restricting employment, non-compete, class actions, proceedings vis-à-vis the Ministry of Labor and injunctions, among others. In addition, he serves as a member of the Jerusalem Labor Court Committee. Adv. Avitan is often invited to media interviews as an expert on labor law.