Ziv Lev & Co. Law Office

Ziv Lev & Co. is a leading boutique law firm, founded in 2003, and specializing in real estate, litigation and commercial law. Having implemented uncompromising standards of professionalism, quality, creativity, and integrity, the firm stands out amongst law firms and is involved in many transactions, projects and litigation cases. Giving rise to his desire to implement his ”credo”, Adv. Lev’s integrity and loyalty to his truth stand out along the way and the firm’s clients trust him fully, delegate to him and entrust him with authorities and discretion, as to finalizing and closing transactions, and to resolve disputes on their behalf.
The firm represents commercial clients, developers, corporations (private and public), NPOs, institutional bodies, startups and private clients. The firm is highly experienced in working with some of Israel’s leading entities and corporations and provides its clients with the highest level of legal services in various transactions and projects, including abroad, with emphasis on complex real estate transactions, planning and construction, municipal taxation, permits, arbitration and dispute resolution and more. In addition, the firm has extensive experience in large-scale real estate transactions relating, inter alia, to yielding assets, housing projects (incl. urban renewal projects), commerce, employment, hotels and industry and has set significant precedents and decisions by all courts and tribunals, including by the Supreme Court. The firm highlights devotion as a benchmark standard in providing their clients with personal and professional services while maintaining 24/7 availability and real-time creative solutions. The firm consists of ca. 18 employees specifically selected, while some of the partners have “grown” from within the firm, a testimony to the belief that its employees are assets of the highest degree and the ongoing professional and personal development thereof. The firm aspires to keep its place as a leading boutique law firm, while maintaining its an ongoing professional development and contributing to their clients’ well-being and success.

Professional Excellence and Uncompromising Service

The firm is committed to excellence and to providing uncompromising professional service and constantly strives to uphold the highest standards, while finding creative solutions and successfully managing complex business and legal challenges. The firm views the involvement of its partners in all cases and transactions as a fundamental core value. Many of the firm’s current clients have formerly been the counter-party in cases and transactions and chose to obtain its services after recognizing its professionalism and unique advantages.

Adv. Ziv Lev – Founding Partner and Manager

Adv. Lev specializes in real estate law, finance, civil and commercial law, with an emphasis on complex real-estate transactions and projects, evictions settlements, planning and construction law. Adv. Lev is highly regarded by his clients, who see in him as a trusted confidant. Adv. Lev is also vastly experienced in dispute resolution, including between close or related parties.

Areas of Expertise

Real Estate - The firm’s core activity is in Real estate and it represents in and advises on complex real estate transactions, including yielding assets, acquisition groups, urban renewal, finance of transactions and complex projects, industry and logistics, hotels, planning and construction, building permits and more. In addition, the real estate department specializes in sale and purchase transactions and/or allocation of shares in real estate holding companies, combination transactions etc.. Moreover, the firm represents its clients in proceedings vis-à-vis the Israel Land Authority (“ILA”), local authorities, and planning institutes. Furthermore, the firm has unique areas of expertise, such as in “Hekdeshot” (endowment funds), tracing/registering/selling real estate assets thereof, allocation of land without a tender and working vis a vis the Ministry of Economy and/or the ILA and accompanying industrial and logistic center projects, including the establishment and/or expansion and/or relocation of factories and facilities thereof, as well as municipal taxation, representing both municipal and public bodies/entities in collecting taxation as well as proceedings pertaining to disputes/objections/reduction thereof.
Litigation and Dispute Resolution - The firm represents private clients and corporations and municipalities and public/administrative entities. The firm also provides legal services to NPOs, dealing with public welfare, and represents its clients in high-profile cases, which involve fundamental questions of law, ranging throughout the entire scope of civil, public and commercial law. Considering the firm’s experience in real estate, it also maintains unique expertise in representing its clients in litigation, arbitration and mediation cases in this field. Furthermore, the firm is also highly experienced in conducting mediation and taking part in procedures thereof, with more than 20 years of experience. The firm also provides E.N.E. and others legal opinion papers, aimed at enabling parties to optimally assess the chances and risks involved in a given dispute.
Commercial and Regulatory Law - The firm provides services pertaining to all areas of commercial law, including corporate law, contract law, antitrust, IP, Hotels, labor law, the law relating to senior citizens’ homes, urban and governmental tenders, energy and infrastructure law, marine and marine security and more. In addition, the firm posses unique capabilities in regulatory law such ae licensing law ,GDPR and more.

Clientele

The firm’s clients includes public and private firms, public and quasi-public bodies, associations and charities, private clients, including: Elco Grp, Electra Grp, including Electra Real-Estate, Electra Housing, Electra Construction, Elco Alfa, Elco Hospitality (The George Hotel), Hot Cinema (previously known as “Globus Max”), Electra Consumer Product Grp, Machsney Chashmal (“Electric Depot”), Electra Infrastructure, Electra Afikim, Global Retail (Carrefour chain, previously known as Mega/Bitan chain), Ben Guryon University, Shekem Electric, Columbia, Outsiders, Adidas, Shvilim, Na’amat, Israel Canada, Reality Fund, Ya`acobi Brothers Grp (YSB), Lahav Grp, Om Brothers, Iscur Grp, Avogl Industries, Kashtan Grp, Halilit Grp, M.S. Security Grp, Bezeq, Globus World Wide Logistics, K.S. Holdings, Almog M.D.A (Almogim Compound Eilat), High Gp, Naaman-Eitan, “Queen of Sheba” mall, Bar Yaacov Properties and Investments, real estate entrepreneurs and corporations, Grufit Engineering, and many entrepreneurs and entities, including in the real estate and urban renewal areas.

International Publications

The firm has been part of the contributors to the various chapters pertaining to real estate law and environmental law in “ICLG –The International Comparative Legal Guide” book series, for over a decade. This publication is aimed at providing a professional tool for lawyers worldwide via practical comparative legal information on a range of practice areas, following a question and answer format. In addition, the firm was in charge of writing the chapter regarding Israeli arbitration law in the international arbitration magazine “International Legal Insight”.

Contribution to the Community

The firm contributes to hospitals, researches, charities and represents needy individuals on a pro-bono basis. The firm also contributes to the community in other manners, including via involving its clientele in projects such as “kamcha de-pascha”.