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Law Firms - Real Estate
Hartavi Bornstein Basson & Co. Law Offices
Hartavi Bornstein Basson & Co. (HBB) is
an exceptional law firm with a unique
professional real estate outlook. Over
several decades the firm has built a reputation for
specializing in all aspects of real estate including
litigation, contracts, urban renewal projects, TAMA
38 earthquake retrofits, routine support acting for
contractors, and planning and building. All these
give the firm’s lawyers a broad and overall perspec-
tive including all aspects of the field, and bestow
the ability to conduct themost complex real estate
cases and lead clients out of the bureaucraticmaze
of government real estate bodies.
History
The firm in its present form was founded in 1996
before which it was part of Sochovolsky -Hartavi,
which operated from the late 50s until the death
of Adv. Sochovolsky. In 1996, Zeev Hartavi joined
Mira Bornstein and David Basson to found a part-
nership and build a team of 16 lawyers, most
rising through the firm’s ranks, and 12 other
employees.
Vision & Strategy
To lead Israel’s land, planning and building, and
real estate sector as a one-stop-shop by conduct-
ing themain andmost complex cases, and leading
complexed deals. The firm’s work procedures are
conducted through personal service to every cli-
ent by partners and assistants. The firm’s leaders
aspire to uncompromising professionalism in all
areas of real estate and provide clientswith profes-
sional knowhow and a candid work approach.
Practice Areas
Litigation – One of the firm’s core specializa-
tions in all courts and committees in real estate
including; land disputes and clarifying rights,
tenant protection suits, land expropriation and
compensation, liquidating property partnerships,
historical rights, arbitration and mediation. The
firm represents companies, local authorities, kib-
butzim, moshavim, cooperative associations, and
private clients.
Planning & Building – The firm plans and devel-
ops urban building plans from initiation through
approval, construction and sale including coop-
eration with planners, consultants, planning and
appeals committees, and administrative peti-
tions. The firmacts for local planning and building
committees and municipalities in suits including
tenders, contracts, planning and building, and
provides legal responses for problems arising from
committee works including regularly participat-
ing in plenary meetings, providing routine legal
consultancy to officials, appearing before appeals
committees, and acting regarding betterment fees,
including routine consultancy, appearing before
assessors and courts.
Real Estate Projects – The firm leadsmany projects
and supports apartment sales by contractors. The
firmhas supported building projects of thousands
of housing, industrial, commercial and office units
including agreements and contracts, land plan-
ning, legal contacts, tax, parcel registration, shared
housing, listing land registry rights, appearing be-
fore appeals committees etc. Well known projects
led by the firm: Neve Avivim (Tel Aviv), Neve Amirim
(Herzliya), Merom Naveh (Ramat Gan), Givat Mer-
om (Givat Shmuel), Givat Savion Hahadasha, Lev
Rehavia, Migdal Neve Tzedek, Hamashtela Tel Aviv,
Beit Yadlin (Nof Hayam project), Custom House
Jaffa, Hatzrot Hamoshava Rehovot, Lugano Yehud,
Beit Avgad, Oasis Building, Hamachlavot Ramat
Gan, Mamilla Jerusalem, Herzliya and Holon In-
dustrial Zones.
Urban Renewal and Earthquake Retrofits – The
firm manages large clear and build urban renew-
al and TAMA 38 earthquake retrofit projects and
their regulations promoted by large development
companies. Examples: representing landowners
in Ramat Aviv G, projects in Yad Eliyahu, Ramat
Hatayasim, Givat Shmuel, Uziel St. and Arlozo-
rov St. Ramat Gan, central Yehud, two Kiryat Ono
complexes, Givatayim and Petah Tikva complex-
es. These projects involve vacating thousands of
apartments with luxury projects built instead.
Kibbutzim and Moshavim – The firm supports
many dozens of kibbutzimandmoshavimand acts
for cooperative associations before government
authorities and the Israel Land Administration
(ILA) in land compromises, rezoning, expanding
and developing building land.
Clients
Private landowners, kibbutzim, moshavim, Prima
hotel chain, Almog Red Sea, Solomon Construc-
tion, Histadrut assets – Hevrat Ovdim, Hadassah
Hospital, Hod Hasharon local planning and build-
ing council, Discount Bank assets department,
Mercantile Discount Bank asset department, His-
tadrut, Aspen Group, Trigo Group, Kfar Shmariya-
hu, Rishpon, Kfar Maccabi, Kfar Hasidim, Heftziba,
Ein Hamifratz, Tzomet Sfarim, Ministry Of Defense,
Israel Military Industries ltd, Bar-Ilan University.
The Partners
Zeev Haratavi, Founding Partner – planning and
building –acting before planning authorities in-
cluding expropriations, compensation, real estate
deals, registering land parcels and deals, prepar-
ing contracts and conducting land, planning and
building court cases, arbitration and mediation,
judge in the Israel Bar disciplinary court for many
years, national president Young Israel Bar 1965,
Member Merhavit Planning &Building Committee
for Planning and Building 76-85.
Mira Bornstein, Founding Partner – acting for cli-
ents in real estate deals and legal proceedings
in all courts regarding property rights, protect-
ing property and planning procedures, acting for
churches in land deals, and complex legal pro-
ceedings, acting in deals and legal proceedings
for settlement and moshav rights, handling clear
and build and urban renewal projects.
David Basson, Founding Partner – coordinates the
firm’s litigation cases, acts for companies and pri-
vate clients in real estate, deals and proceedings
in all courts regarding property rights, protecting
property and planning and building, provides tax,
land and real estate consultancy in complex deals,
acts for businesses in legal proceedings on rights
of settlers, kibbutzim and moshavim.
Esta b l i s h e d
1996
L i n e o f B u s i n ess
Law Firm
Hamigdal Building, 3 Daniel Frisch St.,
Tel Aviv 6473104
Tel: 972-3-6967272
Fax: 972-3-6967276
Mira Bornstein
Founding Partner *
David Basson
Founding Partner *
Hagai Medan
Partner *
Ezra Kokia
Partner *
Zeev Hartavi
Founding Partner *
* See Top Executives Profiles - Page 582