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Law Firms - Higher Education
Ophir Katz & Co. Law Offices
O phir Katz & Co. Law Offices is one of Is-
rael’s leading law firms, providing legal
consult to not-for-profit organizations
(NPOs) and public institutions, specializing in
higher education matters.
The firm has been operating for over 37 years,
in Tel Aviv and in Jerusalem. The office was es-
tablished in Jerusalem by its founder Adv. Ophir
Katz, and a few years later started its Tel Aviv op-
eration. The Tel Aviv office was headed by Adv.
Miri Katz, whomanaged it until retiring, upon her
appointment as head of the Israel Securities Au-
thority. Today, the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem offices
are managed by Ophir Katz and his partners Yair
Seelenfreund andMenachemLamm. As part of its
civil law activities, the firm specializes in NPOs,
and public institutions specializing in higher edu-
cation, public benefit companies, trusts, statutory
corporations, and NPO corporations registered
abroad and operating in Israel.
Ophir Katz & Co. is recognized as Israel’s lead-
ing firm in NPO law and provides legal services
to NPOs and institutes of higher education. The
firm also operates in other civil law areas includ-
ing corporations and commercial law, contracts
law, tax, IP, real estate law, planning and building,
construction and development, wills and estates,
environment, tenders, labor law and public law.
The firm’s activities focus on providing legal con-
sultation and services to corporations and NPOs
and others both in their activities and conduct as
a corporation and as organization. Legal activi-
ties are reflected in routine handling of clients’
operations including negotiations, acquisitions,
contracts, tenders, employees, real estate, con-
struction and development, computers, tax (main-
ly NPOs), IP, legal opinions, participating in board
meetings (as requested) and AGMs, reporting to
authorities, representation before the NPO, trusts
and companies registrars, external authorities,
and other administrative bodies and courts.
The combination of expertise and experience in
NPOs and the firm’s commercial activities gives
Ophir Katz&Co. an advantage in situationswhere
skills in both areas are needed.
The Firm’s Clients
The areas of activity of corporations and organiza-
tions receiving the firm’s services include pub-
lic institutions, institutes of higher education,
culture, art, education, research, community
activities, social change, sport, welfare, immi-
gration and foundations, as well as all aspects
of commercial law. The firm’s clients include,
“budgeted organizations”, “supported organi-
zations”, organizations receiving “support”, and
organizations providing “services” to the various
authorities. Thus the firm has major experience
in all procedures relating to receiving budgets,
support, negotiations to provide services, nego-
tiations with budgeted bodies, which support
or purchase services (mainly the government),
and fulfilling formal demands on these matters.
The firm specializes in ways of financing NPO’s
activities: means of raising funds, independent
revenue, donations and grants (from individuals
and foundations) establishing and maintaining
contact with alumni, and establishing and regis-
tering trusts. The firmprovides ongoing services to
12 institutes of higher education and occasional
services tomany others, to statutory corporations
and a very long list of NPOs, Umbrella organiza-
tions, charities, public benefit companies, trusts
and other public bodies.
Other Areas of Specialization
Real Estate & Construction - Activities include
real estate deals and initiating them (income-
producing, residential, industry etc.) planning and
building, various registering activities, provision
of legal support to projects, including procedures
from planning procedures to negotiations with
professionals, preparing contractors tenders,
supporting tender processes, negotiations with
contractors and providing routine leading advice
during construction and after.
Labor Law - The firm’s vast experience in labor law
derives, inter alia, from the fact that organizations
that are its clients have largeworkforces. Asmany
clients are public bodieswhichmust observe civil
service regulations - the firm has major experi-
ence in procurements, public service labor law,
and in handling special employment conditions.
The firm specializes in individual and collective
labor law and provides litigation services in the
labor courts.
Tenders - Many of the firm’s clients are governed
by the Tenders Law. The firmwrites tenders in all
its clients’ areas of activity, both large and small,
and supports and advises bodies participating in
tenders and sits on many tender committees as
legal advisor.
Administrative Law - As “public” and “dual-
substance” bodies make up many of the firm’s
clients, and are subject to administrative law, the
firm provides consultancy in this area, supports
procedures and represents clients before tribu-
nals and other judicial forums and courts.
IP - Some of the firm’s clients are engaged in cre-
ations and developments which have IP aspects.
Some of the firm’s services to clients involve ad-
vice in this area including drawing up documents
(contracts, NDAs, commitments etc.) project sup-
port, etc.
The firm also works with government and public
bodies in promoting topics in Knesset commit-
tees, promoting relevant legislation and other
relevant activities in these areas. The firm is also
active in a range of Civil Law areas including wills
and estates. The firm represents companies, busi-
nesses and individuals such as industry, com-
merce, foreign residents, foreign investments,
real estate planning and building, development,
infrastructures, computers, banking, advertising,
public relations, etc. The firm provides these cli-
ents with all the required legal services.
Pro Bono and Contribution to the Community
The firm provides pro bono routine legal advice
in its areas of specialization to organizations and
NPOs.
Esta b l i s h e d
1979
L i n e of B u s i n ess
Not-For-Profit Organizations, Higher
Education, Commercial Law, Real Estate,
Construction and Development, Tenders,
Labor Law, Intellectual Property (IP), and
Administrative Law
Yair Seelenfreund
Partner
Menachem Lamm
Partner
Ophir Katz
Partner
Ophir Katz & Co.
Law Offices
Jerusalem Office: 19 Hartom St., Har
Hotzvim, Jerusalem
Tel: 972-2-6520052
Fax: 972-2-6535360
Tel Aviv Office: 52 Menachem Begin Road,
Tel Aviv
Tel: 972-3-7914774
Fax: 972-3-7914773