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Law Firms - White Collar
Bartal, Cohen, Advocates
B artal, Cohen, Advocates is one of Is-
rael’s leading boutique firms in the
field of Criminal Law. For over 20 years
the firm has specialized in legal consultancy
and representation for suspects and accused
in Criminal Law, White Collar Offenses, Disciplin-
ary Proceedings, and serious criminal cases. The
two partners, Ofer Bartal and Dov Gilad Cohen
have rich experience in consulting, representing
and court litigations in the entire spectrum of
criminal offenses, and disciplinary charges in
public service and more. The firm’s staff pos-
sesses multidisciplinary knowhow in economic,
civil and commercial law such as securities, an-
titrust, cyber, protection of privacy and copy-
right, taxation and more – knowhow that grants
it an advantage in representation of complex
offenses. The firm stresses personal service by
the partners who conduct complex legal cases
requiring thorough understanding of the finest
details, creativity and quality litigation. Over the
years, the firm has gained experience and a repu-
tation in representing suspects and the accused
in complex, large-scale cases of public interest
and with a high media profile in offenses such
as serious fraud, bribery, money laundering,
gambling, tax offenses, securities, antitrust and
more, alongside “classic” criminal offenses, and
serious crime cases such as property offenses,
sexual offenses, violence and offenses involving
death. The firm has three lawyers.
Practice Areas
Criminal Law
The firm represents clients in White Collar Of-
fenses in relation to breach of trust, such as cor-
ruption of public officials, embezzlement, fraud,
deceit and theft by authorized officials, securi-
ties offenses, insider trading, antitrust offenses
and more. The firm also represents clients in
offenses causing death by negligence (fatal road
and work accidents).
Prominent clients in this field include:
Siemens case – Representation of a former IEC
executive.
“Fischer - Malka - David” case - Representation
of a former LAHAV 433 investigator.
Holyland case – Representing Shula Zaken, as-
sistant to former Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud
Olmert.
Tzachi Hanegbi case – Representing Shmulik
Hershkovitz, director general of the Ministry of
Environmental Protection.
Remedia case – Representing three Health Min-
istry employees.
Eitanim case – Representing the hospital’s direc-
tor Dr. Yaakov Margolin.
Hirschson case – Representing the financial di-
rector of the Histadrut Haleumit.
Ashdod Port affair, Netivei Israel bribery cases,
Ashdod, Petah Tikva and Lod Municipalities’
bribery cases.
Classic Criminal Cases
The firm’s staff handles special cases regard-
ing sexual offenses, violence, narcotics and
attempted murder. The firm’s clients include:
entrepreneurs, businessmen, doctors, public
officials, and others.
Disciplinary Proceedings
The firm represents state employees, Israel Po-
lice and security forces in disciplinary hearings
and committees. The firm also handles adminis-
trative proceedings against public officials such
as suspension or lowering in rank. The firm’s
clients include: soldiers, police senior officers
and army and security services.
Administrative Law
The firm chooses to handle cases regarding se-
lected issues in the Supreme Court filed against
state authorities in fields relating to Criminal Law
and human rights.
Preliminary Proceedings in Criminal Law
Arrests and detentions, litigations regarding gag
orders, forfeiting funds (prohibition of money
laundering), returning seized assets, etc.
Routine Legal Consultancy
The firm’s clients enjoying legal consultancy
are public and private companies, executives,
accountants, doctors and lawyers, on subjects
of criminal exposure. This includes risk man-
agement and prevention to public companies,
pre-inquiry counseling, litigation in preliminary
proceedings and managing cases from start to
finish.
Adv. Ofer Bartal – Graduate Bar Ilan University
Faculty of Law, IBA member since 1995, served
as an Israel Police Prosecutor and Tel Aviv District
police officer for 2 years. In recent years, he has
appeared in large-scale White Collar Offenses
with a high media profile. Mr. Bartal occasionally
publishes professional academic articles. He has
major experience in extradition cases and work
with defense lawyers worldwide in jointly act-
ing for accused and suspects wanted by several
countries. He possesses high security clearance
allowing him to act for the accused requiring
such classification. He is authorized to serve
as a defense attorney in the military court. Adv.
Bartal has lectured in all areas of Criminal Law
throughout the past 20 years. He teaches LL.B.
and LL.M. at Tel Aviv and Bar Ilan Universities,
Netanya College, Shaarei Mishpat, the College
of Academic Management Studies and Kiryat
Ono. He lectures at the Judges Training Institute,
the Prosecutors Training Institute, the Lawyers
Training Institute, the IBA and the Police. Mr. Bar-
tal teaches courses in Criminal Law, Witnesses
Examination, Cultural Protection, White Collar
Offenses, Economic Law and more.
Adv. Dov Gilad Cohen - Bar Ilan University, Fac-
ulty of Law, Graduate, IBA member since 2005,
Chairman (joint) of the Tel-Aviv District Criminal
Forum, serves as a defense attorney in the mili-
tary court. Specializes in Criminal Law andWhite
Collar Offenses, publishes academic articles in
various legal periodicals, some of which are
quoted and adopted in court rulings and deci-
sions, and lectures at the IBA. In recent years he
mainly dealt with support during questioning and
conducting large-scale fraud, money laundering,
bribery and securities cases, and acting for state
employees in disciplinary proceedings including
those requiring a high security clearance.
Esta b l i s h e d
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L i n e o f B u s i n ess
Law Firm in the Field of Criminal Law,
White Collar Offenses, and Disciplinary
Proceedings
Granite House, 5 Hahilizon St.,
Ramat Gan 5252269
Tel: 972-3-9499666
Fax: 972-3-9499667
Dov Gilad Cohen
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Ofer Bartal
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