Kanir & Co. Law Office

For many decades, Kanir & Co. Law Office has been noted among the most prominent Israeli law firms in the field of family law, under the leadership and management of attorneys Pesach and Yonathan Kanir. The firm was founded by Adv. Pesach Kanir over 50 years ago, and later joined by his son and partner, Adv. Yonathan Kanir. The firm is widely regarded as a frontrunner in the Israeli family law arena, and, as such, it is consistently ranked within the top 10 law firms in the field, since the induction of the legal ranking system in 2004. The notable reputation acquired by the firm is a product of decades of hard work and professional legal representation, based on a profound acquaintance with the relevant legislation and case law, and a true understanding of each client’s individual needs.
The dedicated care received by the firm’s clients include its accompaniment by Adv. Yonathan Kanir, from the beginning to the successful conclusion of each case, whether in a settlement agreement or a judgment, alongside a team of lawyers who provide a network of solutions and extensive possibilities for achievements and finding appropriate ways to solve any crisis in the family. Kanir & Co. has made a significant mark in the Israeli family law arena by means of uncompromising professionalism in seeking to reach the optimal agreements for the firm’s clients according to their specific requirements.
Kanir & Co. provides skilled legal presentation to all of its clients – among them judges, lawyers, public figures, doctors, department managers, startups companies owners, media people and more. Among others, the firm’s legal team has led to numerous highly influential precedential rulings over the years. For example, the firm argued the famous affair of the embryos V. Assuta Rishon LeZion hospital; a case involving protection of privacy in the scope of family law proceedings; in matter of a forgotten will in inheritance laws; in a precedential proceeding in the matter of taxation of the value of a company owned by the spouse; temporary alimony between civil partners and divorcees; the rabbinical court’s jurisdiction to handle claims for divorce, alimony and property when the divorcees wed in a civil marriage and hundreds of more verdicts, that reveal little about the knowledge that the firm has gained in its work.
The human capital in the firm consists, for the most part, of lawyers who began their systematic careers as interns in the firm and were taught by the lawyers Pesach and Yonathan Kanir. The office staff speaks Hebrew and English.

Practice Areas

Kanir & Co. specializes in managing proceedings before the different judicial instances – including family courts and rabbinical courts, providing legal representation in a wide variety of matters:
Handling inheritance proceedings and drafting wills; Estate management; Handling high profile divorce proceedings; Drafting prenuptial and divorce agreements ; Asset transfers between family members and family capital management; Dissolution of joint property ownership; Custodila cases and lasting power of attorney; Negotiation management and out of court dispute resolution ; and more.

Legal Precedents

Many of the firm’s successes in handling its clients’ cases, have become milestones in family law and personal status in Israel. These include, Capital Tax Gains Appeal 55729-10-21 in a matter of a forgotten will; Family Court Appeal 856/23 in the matter of the embryos V. Assuta Rishon LeZion hospital; (Big) Rabbinical Case 1325589/1 in the matter of taxation of the value of a company owned by the spouse ;the High Court of Justice Appeal 6650/04 The issue of protection of privacy in family law proceedings; Motion to Appeal (Haifa) 3198/08 temporary alimony; Family Court Appeal 1059/17 Intention to share property and the woman’s right to the property; Family File 728212-09 Ruling on a woman’s alimony even after she is divorced from her husband; Family File 9792/04 Determination of child support based on the high standard of living in which the parties lived; Inheritance File 3260/06 Recognition of a couple as common law spouses and the woman’s inheritance rights; Family File 10521-03-15 Ruling on property, alimony and the application of French law between spouses who are new immigrants from France, and hundreds of other rulings that reflect the firm’s knowledge and successes.

The Firm’s Staff

Adv. Pesach Kanir, Founder - Adv. Pesach Kanir graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has been a member of the Israel Bar Association since 1971. Adv. Pesach Kanir founded the firm in 1973, and is considered an oracle in the field of personal status.
Adv. Yonathan Kanir, Senior Partner & Owner - Adv. Yonathan Kanir has an LL.B. in Law and a B.A. in Government. For more than 17 years, Adv. Yonathan Kanir has been a partner in the professional development and growth of the firm, he has lead and represented clients in hundreds of high profile cases and has extensive experience in conducting negotiations and representation before the courts and the rabbinical courts. Since 2017 and until today serves as athe legal consultant to the show wedding at first sight (Keshet 12), Founder, CEO, Business Dev. (formerly) Of FAMILIST - an application for divorced couples.* Lecturer in seminars and professional conferences of the Bar Association and companies in the private sector.
Adv. Michal Kanir-Lublin - Attorney at the firm, holds an LL.B. degree in Law and a B.A. degree in Government. Michal has been a member of the firm’s team since 2007. Leads and represents in cases in the Family Court as well as the Rabbinical Court, with specific expertise in the field of goodwill and companies (valuations, distribution of options and shares), inheritances and estates. *
Adv. Dana Galanti - Attorney at the firm, holds an LL.B. degree in Law (cum laude) and a B.A. degree in Communications and is a certified mediator in the field of family law (certified by the Israeli Bar Association). Dana has been a member of the firm’s team since 2015.*
Adv. Shahar Malul Shiber - Attorney at the firm, holds an LL.B. degree (cum laude) and is a certified mediator in the field of family law (certified by the Israeli Bar Association). Shahar has been a member of the firm’s team since 2017. *
Adv. Inbal Laor-Zadik - Manager of the firm’s northern branch - Inbal specializes in family, inheritance and real estate law, holds an LL.B. degree in Law and a B.A. degree in Political Science (cum laude), an LL.M. degree in law (cum laude), and has been a member of the firm’s team since 2002.
* Qualified to issue lasting power of attorney, preliminary instructions for the appointment of a guardian and an “expression of will document” in accordance to the Legal Capacity and Guardianship Law, 5722-1962.