Simon-Vekslar, Spierer, Maoz Law Office

Simon-Vekslar, Spierer, Maoz Simon-Vekslar, Spierer, Maoz is a boutique law firm with a distinctive specialization in infrastructure, project finance, public tenders, and administrative law. The firm is consistently ranked among Israel’s leading law firms in the fields of Infrastructure and Project Finance, Public Tenders, and Administrative Law by prominent Israeli and international legal guides.
Over the past two decades, the firm’s team has been involved in many of the most significant transportation and water infrastructure projects in Israel. Today, the firm provides legal services to several of the country’s largest and most complex infrastructure projects across a wide range of sectors, with a particular emphasis on transportation (including roads, railways, light rail systems, BRT lines and Fast Lanes projects), water (desalination, treatment, filtration and conveyance), energy (electricity, gas and wind energy), ports, technology and defense.
In addition, the firm advises on a broad spectrum of tenders, agreements and commercial matters within the construction industry and has a particular specialization in complex international public-private partnership (PPP) projects. The firm’s clients include Israel’s largest governmental infrastructure companies, government ministries and leading private-sector companies.

Practice Areas

The firm specializes in legal advisory services for infrastructure projects covering design, construction, operation and maintenance, including project finance, as well as comprehensive legal support throughout the procurement and tender process. This includes pre-qualification procedures, bidder selection, contract execution and financial close.
The firm’s team has extensive experience in large-scale infrastructure projects and complex PPP/PFI/BOT frameworks, with a strong focus on representing public authorities. The firm regularly provides comprehensive legal support to tender committees, sub-committees and professional teams.
The firm’s legal advisory services commence at the early stages of a project and include review of technical specifications, drafting tender and contract documentation, managing clarification procedures, bid evaluation and project award. During the execution phase, the firm advises on contract implementation, variation and change orders, timetable adjustments, contractor claims, dispute resolution mechanisms and all legal aspects arising during construction and ongoing operation.
The firm also has substantial expertise in administrative litigation and has successfully represented clients before administrative courts and the High Court of Justice, as well as in complex arbitrations and court proceedings.
Simon-Vekslar, Spierer, Maoz is widely recognized as a market leader and a key source of professional knowledge in its fields. The firm has been involved, inter alia, in drafting the Standard Form Design-Build Contract and the Standard Form Contract with Bill of Quantities, which serve as the legal foundation for tenders issued by numerous governmental companies.

The Partners

Adv. Ayelet Simon-Vekslar
Adv. Simon-Vekslar is one of Israel’s leading lawyers in public tenders and infrastructure projects, with over 30 years of experience. She specializes in PPP infrastructure procurement and project advisory and regularly accompanies complex dispute resolution proceedings arising during project implementation. She is consistently ranked as a leading lawyer by all major legal guides. Adv. Simon-Vekslar holds an LL.M. (magna cum laude) from Tel Aviv University (Berkeley Commercial Law Program) and an LL.B. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Adv. Shira Spierer
Adv. Spierer has extensive experience in administrative law, infrastructure projects and public tender law. She specializes in PPP transactions and infrastructure project finance and advises governmental and private entities in complex public tenders. Her experience includes involvement in tender procedures, financial close, administrative litigation, legislative processes and the execution of some of Israel’s largest national infrastructure projects. She holds an LL.M. (magna cum laude) from Bar-Ilan University and an LL.B. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Adv. Shmuel Maoz
Adv. Maoz specializes in administrative law, public tenders, infrastructure projects, project finance and related litigation. He has been involved in numerous public tenders initiated by the State of Israel and leading governmental infrastructure companies and supports some of the country’s largest and most complex projects in transportation, water, technology, logistics, services and procurement.
He holds an LL.B. and a B.A. in Business Administration (specialization in real estate) from Reichman University.
Adv. Talia Yerushalmy
Adv. Yerushalmy previously served as Legal Advisor to Cross Israel Highway Ltd. She has extensive experience in administrative and commercial law and specializes in all stages of complex infrastructure projects, including planning and design, drafting legislation and regulations, statutory and property aspects, tenders and contracts, project implementation and operation, and dispute resolution. She holds an LL.M. (magna cum laude) from Tel Aviv University (Northwestern Program in Public Law) and an LL.B. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Adv. Barkan Barazany
Adv. Barazany specializes in infrastructure and project finance. She has extensive experience advising on infrastructure projects and tenders, including PPP projects, and provides legal support throughout the tender process and all stages of project execution. She holds an LL.M. in Business Law and an LL.B. from Reichman University.
Adv. David Dado
Adv. Dado specializes in tender and administrative law. He advises tender committees in complex infrastructure procurements, represents private entities participating in major tenders, and appears in administrative petitions, particularly those challenging decisions of tender committees. He holds degrees in Law and Psychology from Reichman Universitygraduating magna cum laude.
Adv. Shimon Shamia
Adv. Shamia has extensive experience providing legal counsel for infrastructure projects at various stages of execution and operation, including complex public-private partnership (PPP) projects. In addition, Adv. Shamia has experience in handling dispute resolution proceedings. Adv. Shamia is a graduate of the joint program in Law and Economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (LL.B).