Herzlich-Laor Law Office & Notary

Herzlich-Laor Law Office & Notary was founded in 1975, and specializes in family and inheritance law, real estate law and civil-commercial law. The firm is unique in the combination of the broad skills of its partners and associates and their mastery of adjacent legal and economic disciplines, which enables effective, professional and concise management of legal issues and disputes. The familiarity with the full spectrum of economic, property and tax aspects of family and inheritance disputes positions the firm at the cutting edge of legal expertise and enables it to find creative and optimal solutions for its clients.
The firm is highly discreet and has a broad and diverse clientele including private clients, planning and construction companies, commercial companies, startups and entrepreneurs and business clients from various industries.

Our “Creed”

The firm’s spirit and actions are based on three core values: Professionalism, multidisciplinary knowledge and humane compassion – with constant learning, rejuvenation and the provision of a comprehensive, sensitive and creative response for the clients, the employees and the colleagues.

A Leading Position in Family Law

More than four decades of widespread and challenging operations led the firm to the top Israeli family law firms. The firm handles a variety of family and inheritance law topics, including joint living agreements, common law spouses, alimony and child support claims, custody, visitation, marital harmony agreements, divorce, nuptial agreements, inter-generational transfers, adoption proceedings, child abductions in Israel and abroad, division of properties, agreements, accompanying mediation proceedings, family tort, international disputes, valuations and distribution of family-owned companies and family assets, drafting wills, management of contestations and complex wills cases.

Additional Practice Areas

Real Estate Law and Taxation: the firm specializes in real estate law and taxation. In the framework of its services, the clients receive representation in sale and purchase transactions as well as ownership claims, breaking up of partnership, formalization of historical records (private lands, agronomic farms and ILA-owned lands) and in construction defects claims. The firm also accompanies a variety of projects in the construction industry from the land acquisition stage and up to the registration of a multioccupancy house, and represents contractors and initiators alongside with residents’ delegations in urban renewal projects (Tama 38 and Pinui-Binui). In addition, the firm accompanies and counsels architects and planning consultants on planning and zoning matters and accompanies complex high-value real estate projects.
Civil and Commercial Law: The firm represents private clients, business clients and commercial companies in civil and commercial law matters, accompanies money damages lawsuits and business disputes cases, including labor disputes. The firm also provides ongoing legal counsel to private businesses and chains, from the company’s incorporation, through drafting contracts for a variety of topics and up to ongoing counsel on labor agreements, franchise agreements, licensing proceedings etc.

Uncompromising Professionalism Alongside with a Warm Attitude and Emotional Containment

Clients who require legal representation in the family law field are often situated before or at the midst of a significant personal and/or family crisis. This delicate and sensitive situation requires maximal professionalism in combination with compassion and containment. Accordingly, the service in the firm is personally customized for each client according to their personal requirements and particular circumstances - an attentive ear and a shoulder for difficult times alongside with analytical and accurate professionalism that identifies and outlines, in every case, the best way to reach optimal legal achievements – whether through a beneficial agreement or through the management of court proceedings.

In-Depth Commercial and Economic Understanding – Your Gamechanger

The firm has two additional main practice areas which complement the family law practice - real estate law and taxation and civil-commercial law. Our vast understanding and experience in these practice areas contribute decisively to the success in the marital status cases that it handles. The team’s toolbox helps it build for the client rational and forward-facing mechanisms into the divorce and settlement arrangements. This applies also to estates which include diverse properties and assets– such as investment portfolios or properties in Israel or abroad. Our deep understanding of these complementary practice areas is your gamechanger.

The Partners

Adv. and Notary Asaf Laor
Senior Partner and Owner. Admitted into the Israel Bar Association since 2003. An expert on family and inheritance law, including in building strategies and managing lawsuits, drafting agreements, guardianships and lasting power of attorney. An expert in real estate properties and taxation, commercial law and complex litigation.
Manages asset-intensive estates – through personal appointment and court appointment. He has extensive experience in appearing before all of the courts including the rabbinical courts. He is a popular lecturer in his areas of expertise, and lectures before companies and senior executives in the private and business sectors.
Adv. Dana Meshulam (Partner)
Admitted into the Israel Bar Association since 2014. Practices family and inheritance law including cases of divorces, alimony, child support, custody, visitation arrangements, common law spouses, civil marriages, child abduction, drafting wills, contesting wills, heir agreements, dissolution of property partnerships. Certified to prepare LPAs. She has vast experience in counseling and handling family and inheritance cases alongside litigation cases in the real estate and commercial law practice areas.

The Legal Team

The firm’s team includes six lawyers, and has at its disposal leading experts from a variety of professions which are relevant to its practice. Over the years, the firm gained a leading position in its practice area – particularly in complex and multifaceted family and inheritance cases, divorce cases, distribution of family assets, inter-generational transfers, management of estates of hundreds of millions of Shekels, including aspects of guardianship, LPAs, wills, complex real estate disputes, third-age challenges and more.
Our team appears before all of the courts and tribunals which are relevant to their practice areas, including: family courts, rabbinical and other religious courts, labor courts, district courts and the Supreme Court.
The firm takes pride in its small team, personal attention and familial atmosphere. The interns and administrators serve an important function in the ongoing operations of the firm.