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Law Firms - Family Law
Kanir & Co. Law Office
Kanir & Co. Law Office is one of Israel’s
long-standing and prestigious law firms
in the field of family law, inheritance and
personal status. The firmhas wonmany important
rulings, legal interpretations and significant prec-
edents with major impact on the field of family
and inheritance law in Israel. The firm, founded
40 years ago by Adv. Pesach Kanir, provides first-
rate legal services in family law and personal sta-
tus, and is ranked among Israel’s top 10 firms
in its field. The firm represents thousands of cli-
ents with creativity, innovation, dedication and
determination.
Over 40 Years of Uncompromising Excellence
Adv. Pesach Kanir founded the firm in 1973 and
over the past 40 years has represented clients in
a long list of cases. He paved the way for fam-
ily law practice in Israel with uncompromising
professionalism and dedication. The firm’s team,
headed by Advs. Pesach Kanir and Yonathan Kanir,
provides clients with professional legal support in
a wide range of legal activities relating to family
law. For the last two years the firm is operating
subsidiary office in Northern Israel managed by
Adv. Inbal Laor-Zadik, an authorized mediator
and real estate law expert. The firm specializes
in the following fields: civil child support, psy-
chological harassment, managing proceedings
in legal courts and debt collection, conducting
out-of-court negotiations and settling disputes,
drawing up prenuptial and divorce agreements,
handling and conducting proceedings on inheri-
tance issues and drawing up wills, managing fam-
ily wealth, custody of minors, protection orders,
liquidating asset partnerships, appointing experts
etc. As part of the comprehensive legal package
of services the firm provides it is positioned as
a leader in the field of planning and managing
family wealth. The firm has international expe-
rience in handling family portfolios managed
outside of Israel, and family portfolios of foreign
residents managed in Israel. The firm handles
a broad variety of clients including educational
professionals, judges, lawyers, public figures and
celebrities, TV personalities, doctors, psycholo-
gists, company owners, including commercial and
Hi-Tech companies, intellectuals and more. The
impeccable reputation of the firm is the result of
decades of hard work. The firm provides clients
with the highest level legal advice and service
based on professionalism, profound familiarity
with the law and its rulings, and a genuine under-
standing of the client’s needs. The firm believes
in breaking new ground in Israel’s developing
family law practice and conducts every case with
careful attention to optimize the client’s needs
and protect his interests.
Practice Areas
Kanir & Co. Law Office handles the entire field of
family and inheritance law, including civil child
support and alimony, from a perspective of equal-
ity, justice, mutual responsibility and good faith.
The firm has developed the field of law suits that
address the damage caused to a person by their
spouse on the psychological level. The firm repre-
sents clients before all courts on issues of divorce,
civil marriage, common law marriage, prenuptial
agreements, parenting agreements, same-sex
couples agreements, separation and divorce
agreements, drawing up wills, representation
in inheritance proceedings and protesting wills,
managing family wealth, child support, custody,
child abduction, property, liquidating partner-
ships, orders, custodianship, appointing experts,
domestic violence, protection orders etc.
Legal Precedents
The firm has many achievements that have be-
come milestones in family law and personal
status in Israel. These include: a High Court of
Justice appeal on protecting privacy during family
law proceedings; an appeal on temporary child
support; a rabbinical case on the authority of the
rabbinical courts to discuss divorce cases, child
support and property in cases of civil marriage;
in addition to hundreds of rulings that reflect the
expertise and success that the firm acquired.
The Firm’s Staff
Adv. Pesach Kanir - The founder & owner, gradu-
ated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
became a lawyer in 1971, founded the firm in
1973, and for the past 40 years acted in a long list
of leading cases. He lectures at Israel Bar courses,
seminars and conferences, and has paved the
way in Israel’s world of family law.
Adv. Yonathan Kanir - Senior Partner &Owner. For
the last 15 years he has been part of the profes-
sional development and growth of the firm, pre-
sented in hundreds of high profile cases before
all civil and rabbinical courts. Adv. Kanir serves
as head of the firm’s litigation sector.
Adv. Adva Lev - Managing Partner. Prior to joining
the firm, she was the coordinator of international
relations of the Israel’s Bar’s Central Committee.
She serves as head of the international law and
external relations sector.
Adv. Vicki Puni - An expert in the field of criminal
law and white collar offenses and the correlation
of these fields with the world of family law and
inheritance. She serves as head of the white collar
and domestic violence sectors.
Adv. Michal Kanir-Lublin - Joined the firm in 2007
and has acted in dozens of cases in the field of
family law and inheritance. She serves as head of
the family wealth and dispute resolution sector.
Adv. Shay Gabay - Joined the firm in 2012 and
serves as head of the new parenthood & new
relations sector.
Adv. Inbal Laor-Zadik - Joined the firm in 2002 and
manages its northern branch. An expert in family
and inheritance law, specializes in real estate law
and heads the real estate sector of the firm.
Est.
1973
1 King David Boulevard, Tel Aviv 6495301
Tel: 972-3-6966903, 972-3-6916375
Fax: 972-3-6960907
Adv. Yonathan Kanir
Senior Partner & Owner *
Adv. Michal Kanir-
Lublin
Associate
Adv. Adva Lev
Managing Partner
Adv. Inbal Laor-Zadik
Manager, Northern
Branch
Adv. Shay Gabay
Associate
Adv. Pesach Kanir
Founder & Owner *
Adv. Vicki Puni
Associate
* See Top Executives Profiles - Page 582