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Law Firms - Local Authorities

Avi Goldhammer & Co. – Law Office

he office of Avi Goldhammer & Co. is

one of the leading and esteemed law

offices in Haifa, and the leading office

in Israel in the field of local authorities. In 2014

and 2015, the office had been consecutively

rated by D&B as one of the top offices in the

field of local authorities. The office was estab-

lished in 1979, and since 1990 it represents a

large number of local authorities on a regular

basis, including the municipalities of Nahariya,

Nazareth, Kiryat Yam and Kiryat Motzkin, the

local councils of Jezreel Valley and Rekhasim,

as well as planning and construction commit-

tees, the Haifa District Municipal Association

for Environmental Protection and the Galilee

Development Authority, and “Yamim” water and

sewage corporation. The office also engages in

land laws (including TAMA 38 and real estate

taxation), corporate laws, corporations, busi-

ness ventures, torts and medical malpractice.

It represents a large variety of Israeli and inter-

national companies, as well as private clients

in those matters. The office has approx. 13 em-

ployees, of which 9 are advocates.

Main Fields of Expertise

The office specializes in litigation and appears

before all instances, including the Supreme

Court and the National Labor Court; it also

represents clients in arbitration proceedings.

The office’s main fields of expertise are:

Administrative Law:

The office specializes in

administrative law with an emphasis on local

authorities, and it represents local authorities

in all civil proceedings and cases, before all

instances. The office provides representation

and advice in a whole range of topics in the

field, including financial tenders and employ-

ee absorption tenders, labor law, negotiations

and contract drafting, municipal property and

other taxes and levies, planning and construc-

tion, performance of municipal projects and

contracts with service and equipment provid-

ers, etc. The office also engages in representa-

tion and counseling to officers in the municipal

authorities against whom a personal charge

proceeding had been initiated, representation

of municipal corporations, and the estab-

lishment of water and sewage corporations

and their representation following establish-

ment (within that framework, the office was

involved, for instance, in the establishment

of “Yamim”, Kiryat Yam’s water corporation)

and the establishment of the water corpora-

tion “Ma’ayanot Ha’Amakim” (incorporating

Yokne’am, Tivon and Ramat Yishai).

Labor Law:

The office represents public enti-

ties, local authorities, companies, employ-

ees’ boards, as well as employees on private

representation basis, in all matters related to

labor relations and labor issues, including em-

ployee admission proceedings, employment

contracts drafting, employee rights, social

benefits, employer’s authorities, resignation

and dismissal and retirement.

Land and Real Estate:

The office provides cur-

rent legal counseling and representation in

the real estate field, including drafting real

estate agreements, handling apartment and

lot transfers, and registration and transfer of

real estate properties, and it represents many

housing companies and contractors, including

TAMA 38 projects. The office also specialize in

the various aspects of real estate taxation.

Medical Malpractice:

The office specializes

in representing complainants in medical mal-

practice cases against doctors and medical

institutions.

Class Actions:

The firm specializes in the rep-

resentation of both plain plaintiffs and de-

fendants (institutional or otherwise) in class

action suits.

Achievements, Significant Cases and

Precedents

The office has participated in a large number

of important cases, some of which had at-

tracted wide media coverage, and achieved

significant precedents. Below are some of the

notable achievements and cases:

Cancellation of the Elections in Nahariya –

The

office represented Nahariya’s mayor who lost

the 2003 elections. An appeal for cancellation

of the elections was filed and the demand to

cancel the elections leaned on the claim that

they were tainted by election bribe. The Haifa

District Court, by its president, his Hon. Justice

Lindenstraus (his title at the time) accepted

the appeal, and the Supreme Court rejected

an appeal against it. That was the first time

in which elections had been cancelled at a

town of that magnitude. Afterwards, the of-

fice succeeded in the cancellation of elections

in three other local authorities – Beit Zarzir,

Peki’in and Arabe.

Pizza Express –

A law suit for the enforcement

of a foreign ruling.

Nahariya Municipality v. Income Tax –

appeal by Income Tax regarding surplus ex-

penditure. The District Court accepted the Mu-

nicipality’s position and cancelled the bylaw.

Significant Cases in the Past Year

Mifram Ltd. v. Tiberias Municipality

– A

petition to withdraw winning due to a ma-

nipulative offer. Our office represented the

petitioner. The petition was accepted, in the

terms of revoking the manipulative claim. An

appeal that was submitted to the Supreme

Court on the bail issue was accepted, and Mi-

fram’s offer was approved despite the guaran-

tee beneficial.

Y.D. ALON v. Israel Land Authority

– A petition

to cancel decision regarding winning a tender.

The petition was accepted and the winning

has been restored.

Avi Goldhammer & Co.

LAW OFFICE

Oren Building, 2 Pal Yam Blvd., Haifa 3309502

Tel:

972-4-8626244

Fax:

972-4-8621533

office@avi-goldhammer.com avi-goldhammer.com

Oded Dong

Advocate

Miri Walther Reuven

Advocate

Tali Goldhammer

Advocate

Liran Cohen

Advocate

Avi Goldhammer

Founder & Owner

Uri Goldhammer

Advocate

Amit Mooncher

Advocate