Englard & Co., Law Office

Englard & Co., Law Office represents a team of experienced, professional, seasoned, and creative attorneys who have extensive experience in leading the largest and most complex real estate transactions in the Israeli market. The firm specializes in real estate, financing, and Corporate Law in its various aspects, including real estate transactions, yielding real estate, urban renewal, project financing, planning and construction, banking, litigation, and insolvency.

A Legal Elite Commando Unit

The firm consists of 15 attorneys who are experts in their fields and have extensive experience in the fields of real estate, finance, and Corporate Law, as well as three interns and an administrative team. Our team works as a cohesive unit, paying close attention to each customer’s needs and understanding their financial and legal interests to lead them safely and quickly toward their goals. Additionally, the firm provides its clients with a sense of belonging, as well as excellent service and a track record of proven results. The office is experiencing rapid growth, and in the near future, it will add more lawyers and interns.

Attorneys of the Highest Caliber

Adv. Assaf Englard, the Founder of the firm - Has been practicing law for about 27 years. He was a senior partner at Hamburger Evron Law Office for about 23 years. Adv. Englard is one of the top lawyers in Israel in the field of real estate financing and real estate. Assaf has a great deal of experience in complex real estate transactions that require expertise in both real estate and finance. Due to this combination, he can provide legal services at the highest level to both developers and funding bodies. The focus of Assaf’s work is on cooperation among financiers, and he represents consortia of financiers (including banks and other financial institutions) in large-scale projects in Israel. For four years, Assaf served as the chairman of the banking committee of the Tel Aviv and Central District Board of the Bar Association. Besides practicing law, Attorney Englard lectures on Real Estate Law in the master’s degree program at the School of Business Administration at Tel Aviv University and regularly gives talks at professional conferences in his areas of expertise. Assaf holds a Master’s Degree in Commercial Law (LL.M.) (2004) with honors.
Adv. Erez Gurion, Partner – Has been practicing law for about 25 years. Erez served in the Military Advocate General’s unit and served in a variety of positions during his 13-year service as an officer. After completing his service in the Military Advocate General’s unit, Erez was a partner at Goldfarb Gross Seligman law firm and later as a senior partner and member of the executive board in Epstein Rosenblum Maoz (ERM) law firm, until he recently joined Adv. Assaf Englard. Erez specializes in complex real estate transactions, including transactions for the sale and purchase of real estate (plots, buildings, other properties, combination transactions, etc.), and in real estate projects in all their aspects. Erez has significant experience in real estate financing transactions, and he has gained extensive experience in the field, both in representing banks, institutional entities and financing funds, and in representing entrepreneurs, some of the largest in the Israeli market, in complex and large-scale financing transactions, some of the largest and most well-known in Israel. In addition, Erez has special expertise in the field of hotels, and he has accompanied and accompany a number of entrepreneurs in purchasing of hotel properties, and of converting real estate properties into hotels.

Standing at the Forefront of the Real Estate Industry

Project Financing - The firm represents all the largest banks (Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi, Discount Bank, Bank Mizrahi Tefahot and Bank of Jerusalem) and all insurance companies (including Clal, Harel, Phoenix, Menorah, Migdal, Ayalon, Hachshara and Shlomo) as well as foundations and non-bank credit companies (including Ruby Capital, Archimedes RE Finance, Bareket, Reality Financing Group, Sigma City, Barak Holdings, Golden Equity, Extra finance and others), in financing transactions of all types, including transactions which include collaborations between financiers.
Real Estate Transactions in All Forms - The firm represents developers and real estate companies, including public companies (such as: Aura, Hachsharat Ha’yishuv, Minrav etc.), in various transactions, including complex transactions. It provides comprehensive legal support for establishing the project and its ongoing operation, including large-scale projects.
From the beginning of the negotiation process, the firm provides professional representation for the purchase of income-generating properties (apartments, shops, commercial centers, offices, etc.), and due diligence, through representation in lease agreements, management agreements, handling municipal taxation, contracting with marketing bodies, improving and maintaining the properties, and registering rights in various registries.
Income-producing Real Estate – The firm has gained special experience in handling projects of income-producing real estate. Among the firm’s clients is Klalit Health Services, for whom the firm handles tens of lease agreements pertaining to clinics and medical centers. The firm also represents Aura Commercial Centers in lease agreements in tenths of projects.
Hospitality - Our relevant legal services include assistance in drafting and negotiating hotel purchase agreements, hotel management agreements, lease and operating agreements, franchise and license agreements, hotel room pooling agreements, leaseback agreements, and maintenance agreements for mixed-use buildings including hotels and residential or commercial spaces.
Urban Renewal Projects - The firm has extensive experience in representing developers in the field of urban renewal, including Pinuy Binuy projects with a total scope of thousands of housing units. Developers can rely on the firm for comprehensive and full legal advice and assistance in all matters related to urban renewal.
Corporate Law and Company Acquisitions - The firm has extensive expertise and is well versed in Corporate Law. A full range of legal services related to the establishment of companies is provided by the firm to its clients, including the drafting of all founding documents, investment agreements, founders’ agreements, agreements between shareholders, as well as all contractual agreements between the shareholders and between the company and the shareholders.
Insolvency - Insolvency is also one of the firm’s areas of expertise. Adv. Assaf Englard has represented and continues to represent banks and other creditors in the major insolvency cases in Israel, including Perry Real Estate, the Eliezer Fishman cases (as well as the group of companies under his ownership), Moshkowitz Group, Baranovitz, Noga Electrotechnica, Gad Zeevi, the Heftziba case, Eurocom Group, Ortam Sahar veterans and many other cases.
Litigation - The firm’s staff provides comprehensive legal representation on various issues, including representation of banks in complex financial claims, particularly the extent to which the bank is liable towards third parties, lien laws, guarantee laws, bank offset laws, collateral, the status of a bank accompanying combination transactions, and much more.