Ayelet Raich Law Office, Notary, Mediation

Ayelet Raich, Law Office, Notary and Mediation is renowned for its professional excellence and longstanding expertise and experience in civil/commercial/administrative/agricultural law, including cooperatives, Kibbutzim, Moshavim, agriculture, labor law, litigation, settlement, and renewable energy. This longstanding firm was founded in 2006 by Adv. Ayelet Raich-Michaeli, one of the prominent lawyers in this area, and includes 5 lawyers. It has been ranked as a prominent cooperatives law firm by D&B since 2017.

“A Bridge to Settlements” – An Arbitration and Mediation Center for Settlements

The Kibbutz, Moshav, and rural settlement sector includes unique and complex matters that require expertise and an understanding of this sector. Adv. Raich-Michaeli founded the center and has been specializing in the settlement field for over 20 years. Dispute resolution is managed based on a deep understanding of the legal and factual framework.

Among the Areas in Which Adv. Raich-Michaeli Arbitrates and/or Mediates:
Disputes between the association and its members or candidates, water rights, disputes between associations regarding agricultural or business activities, land, the settlement law, various agriculture sector: dairy barn, chicken coop, field crops, orchards, cannabis, food center, special needs individuals, membership acceptance and expiration of membership, regulations, renewable energy, disputes between functionaries at the association and the association and/or association members, land expropriation, various matters pertaining to work relations, etc.

Personal Attention, Excellence, and Creativity

The firm, which is known for its professional excellence, meticulously maintains its creative thinking and high availability, while customizing creative solutions for its clients. The personal and professional attention provided by Adv. Raich-Michaeli generates the added value from which the clients benefit. The firm provides its clients with the complete range of services and accompanies them in every area of operation.

Adv. Ayelet Raich-Michaeli

Has an LL.B. and an LL.M. from Bar Ilan University and has been representing government ministries - The State of Israel in the courts through a power of attorney on behalf of the Attorney General. Ayelet is an IBA-Certified mediator, serves as an arbitrator on behalf of the IBA’s Arbitration Institute as an appointed arbitrator and investigator of the Cooperatives Registrar, and is certified to draft lasting powers of attorney. Adv. Raich is a member of the Property Tax Appeals Committee in Hod Hasharon. She founded the “Gesher LeHityashvut” center, an arbitration and mediation center for the settlement. Ayelet is a sought-after lecturer in the field of accountability of functionaries in associations, labor law, agriculture law, and renewable energy.

Practice Areas

Cooperatives: The firm provides legal services to Kibbutzim, Moshavim, local authorities, community associations, farmers, members of Kibbutzim and Moshavim, agricultural cooperatives, partnerships, and Kibbutz factories. The firm has vast experience in a variety of topics including establishing cooperatives, formulating and amending AoA, opinions on various issues, legal support for matters of commerce, administration, agriculture, labor, The Settlements Law, Solar Energies, medical cannabis, dairy and poultry farms, horticulture, food centers, etc. Adv. Raich-Michaeli serves as a mediator and arbitrator in disputes for the Registrar of Societies and within the framework of the “Gesher LeHityashvut” center.
Solar Energy: Accompanying Kibbutzim, Moshavim, corporations, and partnerships that provide land or rooftops in renewable energy contracts, with extensive experience in managing commercial and legal aspects of the contractual relationships, including partnerships. The firm has been active in renewable energy since 2008, and accompanies numerous transactions including partnership agreements, authorization, procurement and equipment, operation, and maintenance.
Agriculture Law: The firm specializes in the unique areas of agriculture law. Its clientele includes poultry and dairy farmers and entities, food centers, horticulture, medical cannabis, etc.. The firm specializes in contracts according to the Agricultural Settlement Law, 1967, and insurance damage claims, including the Insurance Fund for Natural Risks in Agriculture. The firm has extensive experience in supporting farmers in matters pertaining to the Animal Diseases Ordinance and its derived regulations, and in formulating employment agreements for farm workers. The firm specializes in the agricultural exemption that was set in The Competition Law and participated in significant opinions.
Litigation: The firm specializes in managing legal proceedings and achieved significant successes in commercial and administrative lawsuits, injunctions, tenders, contracts law and charges, class actions, torts, libel, veil piercing, agriculture and labor law, real estate appropriations, and more.
The Poultry Industry: The firm holds vast expertise in the poultry industry with all of its complexities, both broilers and egg-laying. The firm represents farmers, hatcheries, and slaughterhouses, and accumulated vast experience in integration, partnership and farming agreements, construction of battery-cages and more.
Commercial Law: The firm represents entities in a variety of transactions and contracts, from transaction structuring to execution, including negotiations, due diligence, and drafting. The firm has extensive experience in accompanying complex transactions.
Labor Law: The firm accompanies numerous employers with legal solutions for recruitment, employment agreements, non-compete, termination, and more, with a particular expertise in foreign workers and the expansion order for the agricultural sector. The firm accompanies municipalities in labor law matters. It is also experienced in managing legal proceedings for plaintiffs and defendants in the local, district, and national labor courts. It specializes in Kibbutzim and their members.
Administrative Law and Public Tenders: The firm accompanies authorities and private clients including formulation of the public tender terms and tenders, legal support for the tender committee, and opinions. The firm has vast experience in managing administrative petitions and interim injunctions and has created significant precedents in this area.
Medical Cannabis: The firm specializes in facilitating contracts and regulatory representation. Defamation: Representation and counsel for plaintiffs and defendants.
Real Estate: Sales, purchasing, and rentals.
Inheritance and Wills: Preparation of wills, including in Moshavim, and probates, will enforcements and objections proceedings. Preparation of LPAs.
Class Actions: The firm has a department that specializes in the representation of clients in class actions in various matters.

Notable Achievements

A veil piercing and personal liability of executives; A dismissal of a NIS5 million claim against Moshavim that were represented due to breach of contract and loss of profit, the claim was denied; a Social Security claim against a Moshav that was also denied in which a contractor was injured during a harvest; The Supervisor of the Registrar of Associations revoked the decision of the association to prevent a member from being elected to the committee permanently in light of our claim. Acceptance of A precedential claim in a public tender case that an offer would be accepted despite late submission due to a civil defense siren. Acceptance of the claim that the distinction between estates and support farms of a Moshav is irrelevant for lot allocation.