

Company's Profile
Established: | 2017 |
Address: | 144 Menachem Begin Rd, (Midtown Tower 43rd Floor), Tel Aviv 6492124 |
Phone: | 972-3-6962999 |
Fax: | 972-3-6966191 |
Email: | [email protected] |
Website: | http://bkzlaw.co.il |

Company Executives
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Klara Fonarov
Partner
Bar-Kahan, Zigenlaub & Co.
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Tzvi Schwartz
Partner
Bar-Kahan, Zigenlaub & Co.

About Bar-Kahan, Zigenlaub & Co.
Bar-Kahan, Zigenlaub & Co. is a law firm whose partners have outstanding reputations and extensive experience in the fields of civil and commercial law. The firm specializes in commercial litigation and provides counsel to corporations and businesspersons in Israel and abroad in their ongoing business pursuits, as well as in complex business transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, and lawsuits in various tribunals (litigation). The firm represents leading companies in different sectors (including energy and infrastructure, industry, commerce, retail, construction companies, tourism, high-tech, and entrepreneurs), and handles complex litigation cases in every field of civil and commercial law.
About the Firm
Bar-Kahan, Zigenlaub & Co. is a boutique law firm comprising of 10 lawyers, 5 of whom are partners, located at Midtown Tower (144A Menachem Begin Rd., Tel Aviv) on the 43rd floor.
Professional Distinction and Values
Professionalism, Excellence, and Creativity - The firm specializes in personalized treatment for each client, complex legal proceedings that require professionalism, creativity and originality, custom tailored to the circumstances of each case.
Availability, Commitment, and Dedication –The legal staff is dedicated and always available, and the firm is committed to expending every effort to provide its clients the best, quickest and most efficient service.
Integrated Legal Counsel According to a Broad Business Approach – To provide ongoing counsel for the clients’ business activities, the firm’s partners are
inolved daily in their clients’ strategic business plans, which helps clients move forward with business activities in a complex legal environment while avoiding legal risks.
About the Partners
Adv. Dr. Roy Bar-Kahan - 30 years of experience in complex litigation and supporting companies and individuals in all aspects of commercial law, a member of the Israel Bar Association since 1994. LL.B. LL.M. and J.S.D. from the Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University. He is an expert in commercial, contract and corporate law, real estate transactions, liquidations and receivership, creditor settlements, bankruptcies, labor law, and municipal law – with special expertise in banking and guarantees. He lectures at Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University, IDC Herzliya and the College of Management. He is an arbitrator and mediator for the Israeli Arbitration Institute; and author of the books “Guarantees” and “Guarantor Protection Laws,” and of many legal articles.
Adv. Israel Zigenlaub – 24 years of complex litigation experience and supporting individuals and companies in all aspects of commercial law. Member of the Israel Bar Association since 2000. LL.B. (with honors), Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University; interned at the Supreme Court of Israel. He specializes in commercial litigation in the fields of contracts, corporate law, administrative and constitutional law, real estate, and tenders. He is an expert negotiator who has handled complex commercial transactions, including ones involving administrative and regulatory authorities. He has expertise in the energy and infrastructure fields and was a lecturer on contract law and the author of articles in legal journals.
Adv. Klara Fonarov – LL.B., LL.M. (with honors), Tel Aviv University. Member of the Israel Bar Association since 2012. She specializes in litigation and providing counsel to companies and individuals in commercial, contracts and corporate law, guarantees, banking, liquidation and receivership, creditor arrangements, and bankruptcies.
Adv. Tzvi Schwartz – LL.B., Bar-Ilan University. Member of the Israel Bar Association since 2013. He specializes in commercial and civil litigation in various fields such as contracts, securities, property, labor, and insolvency; commercial transactions, incorporation and establishment of legal entities, investment agreement and transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and on-going counsel to corporations and individuals.
Adv. Harel Dadon Sirkis – LL.B., (with honors), College of Management. Member of the Israel Bar Association since 2013. Specializes in commercial and civil litigation, contract law, class actions, franchising, labor law, tenant protection law, aviation law, and consumer claims; Handles commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, formation of companies and founders’ agreements, and commercial and private real estate transactions.
Areas of Expertise
Commercial Litigation - Representing clients and managing complex legal disputes and proceedings in all fields of commercial law, contract disputes, corporate disputes banking and guarantees claims, procedures related to infrastructure and various contracting projects (including representing the State according to a special POA the firm received from the Attorney General of Israel on this issue), receivership and liquidation, class action suits, cases involving antitrust issues, administrative proceedings including tenders, real estate, worker disputes, municipal taxation procedures, etc.
Legal Accompaniment of Corporations in Ongoing Business Conduct - accompanying the corporation’s activities, including establishing and managing businesses and ventures, establishing partnerships, relations and conflicts between shareholders, employees and suppliers’ relations, dealings with the regulator, lease agreements and establishment of branches, providing legal opinions for business issues.
Business Deals and Procedures - handling, accompanying, and managing negotiations for transaction executions, such as: founders’ agreements, mergers and acquisitions, companies and joint ventures establishment, companies’ acquisition, investment and financing transactions, tender procedures management, management of legal processes related to regulation and licensing, representation before administrative authorities and institutions.
Insolvency Procedures and Company Rehabilitation - the office has expertise in insolvency procedures and company rehabilitation. Among other things, the office served as a pioneer in submitting applications for financial rehabilitation within the framework of the New Insolvency and Financial Rehabilitation Law.
Energy and Infrastructures - the firm specializes in all legal aspects related to the energy and infrastructure field such as: investment agreements, financing agreements, contractor agreements, regulation and licensing. All this, both in traditional energy and in renewable energy and especially in natural gas.
Banking, Mortgages and Debt Settlements - the firm has reputation for its expertise in negotiations and debt settlements with banks, representation in lawsuits against banks, defending against banks lawsuits, handling disputes and conflicts with banks and non-bank creditors and housing protection.
Guarantees - providing legal opinions and counsel, dealing with liabilities arising from signing guarantees, protecting guarantors from bank claims and non-bank creditors. The firm specializes in consumer law provisions that protect guarantors and debtors.
Retail Commerce - the firm manages negotiations and transactions on behalf of private and public retail companies, inter alia – with leading real estate entities in the retail trade field, franchisees, suppliers and other third parties.

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