Spigelman, Koren, Zamir & Co. Attorneys at Law & Notaries

Spigelman Koren Zamir & Co. (SKZ) was established in 1969 and has a longstanding tradition of excellent professional service. The firm is considered as one of the leading and most reputable law firms in Israel in various areas of practice. The diversity of the firm’s practice, its knowhow and long-standing experience and placing client satisfaction as its central goal, enables the firm’s clients to benefit from a high-quality, agile, and comprehensive service for all their legal needs, based on a thorough and deep understanding of the legal and commercial requirements of leading players in the Israeli market place. SKZ practices all areas of commercial, public and administrative law, real-estate, planning and construction, and engages in high standard litigation in all these fields.

Areas of Practice

Litigation. SKZ is one of the leading litigation firms in Israel, and represents clients in all courts including high profile and major scope cases. The firm litigates in all areas pertaining to commerce and business, administrative and public law as well as planning and construction, real-state, municipal taxation, and labor law. The firm specializes in class actions and represents some of the largest entities in Israel in this area. The litigation department includes specialized teams experienced in litigation cases involving international issues and aspects, and teams practicing “white collar” offences, including high profile cases involving public figures, international large-scale financial offences, as well as marital disputes involving considerable financial aspects.

Real-estate. SKZ has unique knowhow and experience, as well as a longstanding reputation in all aspects of real-estate and real estate taxation, commercial as well as private-residential real-estate transactions, construction financing transactions, acquisition groups, real-estate asset development, and all aspects of real-estate taxation. We represent some of the leading and most prominent real-estate developers, entrepreneurs and projects in Israel. The firm has many years of experience in providing legal advice and representation to authorities, developers, and land owners in complex urban renewal transactions such as TAMA 38, evacuate & reconstruct and combination transactions.

Planning and zoning. SKZ is one of the leading firms in Israel in this field and has longstanding and unique experience in all its aspects. We provide legal advice to and represent local authorities and planning and construction committees, and private developers. SKZ is highly experienced in leading and promoting city zoning plans and building permits procedures, compensation claims for decrease of real-estate value pursuant to new zoning plans, representation in expropriation, reorganization and registration proceedings. We represent clients before all instances of planning and construction tribunals (local, regional, and national) in all instances, the Agricultural Protection Committee, the Coastal Environment Protection Committee and all planning and zoning institutions and tribunals.

Public and Administrative Law, Regulation and Governmental and Municipal authorities. The firm represents governmental agencies and corporations as well as municipal authorities and corporations in all aspects of their activities. This includes on-going legal consulting, regulation, preparation of public tenders (international and local) and the ensuing contracts and legal documentation. We are highly experienced and represent our clients in all aspects of government and municipal activities, before all governmental ad municipal authorities, agencies and regulators including securities, antitrust and environmental issues and to the extent necessary we file petitions to the High Court of Justice in all public, administrative and governmental issues.

Major Infrastructure, Energy, Waste Disposal and Environmental law. SKZ acquired extensive and unique experience and long-standing reputation in providing legal advice and assistance and support to large scale infrastructure and energy projects, including large scale sewage and waste-disposal installations such as landfills, biogas, industrial sewage control, air pollution monitoring, and water and sanitation infrastructures. As part of the firm’s long standing experience, SKZ provided all the legal advice and assistance pertaining to the construction of the Ben-Gurion Airport Terminal 3 project (one of Israel’s largest infrastructure projects ever); The national natural gas pipe lines; Dan Cities (the Tel Aviv metropolitan area) Sewage Association (Shafdan); establishment of a national landfill energy production from gas site in Rotem Plains; metropolitan light rail construction project (Nata); acquisition and operation of refineries and oil storage, loading and unloading facilities in Israel and Europe; Waste treatment facilities; relocation of the Jerusalem gas tank farm (Pi Glilot Jerusalem); construction of the Herzeliya and Ashkelon marinas; the Tel Aviv new Central Bus Station and more.

Corporate and commercial. SKZ acquired experience and expertise in all areas of commercial and business law related to companies operating in Israel and abroad. These include representation of market leading companies and enterprises, managing major transactions, high-tech companies and investments, drafting complex contracts and agreements, securities law and representation of public companies, Israeli and foreign banks in financial and banking transactions locally and internationally, international commercial transactions, Israeli and international taxation. The firm is highly experienced in the high-tech market, including startup companies, venture capital and investment, distribution and license agreements, mergers, acquisitions and exits, sale of technologies and companies, protecting IP, employees’ stock option schemes and more.

International Activity & Experience. The firm has experience and expertise in the representation of Israeli entities operating abroad in all fields: litigation, real-estate, major industrial and financial projects, oil and energy infrastructures and international tax planning, in Western and Eastern Europe as well as in North America. Additionally, the firm represents foreign companies and individuals operating and investing in Israel, in various and diverse fields of the law, including largescale real-estate projects, oil and energy infrastructure, technology, and of course litigation in Israeli courts.

Labor law. The firm acquired experience in providing legal representation and advise in all aspects of industrial and labor law, specifically to employers such as public and private companies and public sector parties.

Media and Communication. The firm’s media department specializes in the field, including the press, radio and television, internet, the acquisition and sale of broadcasting rights, advertising in various media channels, slander and libel and all aspects related to these matters.