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Law Firms - White Collar
Uri Keynan & Co. Law Office
Uri Keynan & Co. Law Office was founded
in 1997 by Adv. Uri Keynan. The firm
represents customers in public high
profile cases and complex procedures in and
outside the courts. Throughout the years the firm
has become dominant and among the leading
in its field. Adv. Uri Keynan participated and led
teams defending suspects and convicts from the
economy’s elite and closely accompanied busi-
nessmen and liberal professionals that became
involved in criminal charges.
The firm renders regular consultation to com-
mercial and public entities in its line of expertise
and keeps close relations with law offices that do
not deal in this area and outsource their clients
to the firm.
Uri Keynan & Co. is a boutique firm which deals
only in criminal/white collar law, therefore its ex-
pertise and proficiency in all the aspects of this
area are boundless. The firm’s staff deals in this
field since the internship of its lawyers and the
services are rendered to the clients throughout
all the procedures, based on vast experience.
One of the most outstanding features of the firm
is the personal and quality treatment provided
to the clients. Every client receives professional
and customized handling for his needs. Since
the firm is a niche one, the team is in constant
and direct contact with the client, keeping the
highest standard level of representation and
handling of their cases. The firm’s staff is also
regularly engaged in academic matters. Adv. Uri
Keynan and the other firm’s lawyers teach and
lecture before students, advocates, interns and
more. The firm’s ties with the academic world
strengthen its professional representation of
the clients.
Areas of Expertise
The firm provides services in the criminal and
white collar areas, including:
Consultation before and during the interroga-
tion – The firm accompanies its customers dur-
ing the interrogations, consulting and rendering
legal opinion before and in the course of them.
The handling of the interrogations includes,
among others, consultation regarding arrest
procedures.
Hearing procedures and requests to close crim-
inal files – Previous to the filing of charges in
preliminary procedures before the prosecution
entities in the course of hearings, as well as
requests to close criminal files, change of clos-
ing grounds, requests to erase criminal records,
etc.
Discipline procedures – The firm represents law-
yers in the framework of the Court of Discipline of
the Israel Bar Association as well as other liberal
professionals subject to discipline courts (Civil
Servants Court, the Ministry of Health’s Court,
etc.).
Representation in criminal procedures before all
the instances – Representation of clients in the
framework of indictments and appeal proceed-
ings in all kinds of criminal charges of the white
collar including, among others, tax files, securi-
ties, extradition, bribe, anti-trust, money laun-
dering, malpractice, fraud and breach of trust,
sexual harassment and all the other issues in
the criminal and white collar areas.
Foreign clients and extradition procedures – The
firm renders consultation services to foreign and
Israeli residents who are involved in criminal pro-
cedures abroad, as well as extradition proceed-
ings conducted by foreign countries and by the
State of Israel.
Personal Service, Thoroughness and
Professionalism
The firm’s philosophy is based on personal and
professional handling of the clients, paying spe-
cial attention to all the details related to their
representation, being aware of the fact that we
are serving people that often undergo a serious
crisis in their life, with all its implications.
The vision of the office is to strengthen its posi-
tion as one of the leaders in the criminal and
white collar areas in Israel and continue rendering
to its clients the best service in the area.
Clients
The firm has been representing clients from the
economy’s elite and the private market, including
the most complex affairs. Among its clients are
city majors, senior officers at the economy, traded
companies, leading businessmen, public officers,
associations, non-profit organizations, etc.
Adv. Uri Keynan
Adv. Uri Keynan was qualified as a lawyer in 1996
and in 1997 he founded his law office.
Throughout the years he has been representing
and leading defense teams in the largest andmost
complicated criminal cases heard by the courts and
he is responsible for many of the most important
precedences and verdicts. Due to his experience
and expertise in the economic field, Adv. Keynan
also acts asmediator and arbitrator in various busi-
ness arbitrations.
Adv. Keynan fulfilled a series of public positions,
including member of the Criminal Matters Com-
mittee of the Israel Bar Association between 1999
and 2003 and in 2007 he was appointed as Vice
Chairman for Criminal Matters at the Tel Aviv Central
District of the Israel Bar Association. In 2009 he
was appointed as acting Chairman of the Criminal
Matters Committee of the Tel Aviv Central District
of the Israel Bar Association and in 2011 was ap-
pointed as member of the Tel Aviv Central District
Committee of the Israel Bar Association and as
Chairman of the National Criminal Forum of the
Israel Bar Association. In 2015 Adv. Uri Keynan
was elected as the Deputy of the Head of the Israel
Bar Association.
Adv. Keynan lectures in diploma advanced stud-
ies and seminars and is the editor of the “Pen &
Criminal Law” magazine, published by the Israel
Bar Association. Adv. Keynan lectures at the Judge
Zussman Institute of Advanced JudicialStudies. He
is amember of the staff at the Center for LawStud-
ies in Kiryat Onu and a lecturer and staff member of
the Legal Practice School. In addition, Adv. Keynan
lectures and acts as academic coordinator at the
Practical Law Academy.
Contribution to the Community
Since its establishment, the firm has dedicated
energy and expertise on behalf of the commu-
nity, contributing, among others, by lecturing
at schools on law, volunteering at a school for
children with special needs and more.
Esta b l i s h e d
1997
L i n e o f B u s i n ess
Law Office
L aw y e r s
Sara Harel
Gil Keren
Liel Avisar
39 Shaul Hamelech Blvd., Tel Aviv 6492807
Tel: 972-3-620-0150
Fax:972-3-620-0180
Uri Keynan
Founder & Owner *
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