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Law Firms - Planning & Construction
Ofer Toister Advocates
Ofer Toister Advocates is a leading, well-
reputed boutique law firm specializing
in providing legal services in planning
and building. As planning and building has be-
come more complicated and extensive as each
year passes, it requires special skills, as well
as an in-depth familiarity with existing rulings
and future trends. The firm follows every legal
development originating in planning institu-
tions and courts as well as legal amendments
and the progress of basic plans. This allows
the firm’s staff to provide its clients the most
comprehensive, thorough legal services in the
field. In order to implement an overall package
of solutions to the firm’s clients, the firm oper-
ates in close cooperation with leading firms
in the areas of real estate, contracts, taxation,
and more. The firm’s clients include real estate
development companies, companies handling
TAMA 38 earthquake retrofits, contractors, land-
owners, leading commercial companies, local
authorities, corporations, not-profit funds and
individuals. The firm is known and respected for
possessing major expertise by those involved in
the real estate field such as developers, plan-
ners, architects, contractors and real estate ap-
praisers. The firm handles high profile planning
and building cases and has been involved in
setting many legal practices in the field.
The Firm’s Practice Areas
Supporting planning proceedings – Urban build-
ing master plans, TAMA 38 Earthquake Retrofits,
preservation proceedings, allowance procedures,
exceptional use proceedings, support in local,
district and national planning committees, in ap-
peals committees, and the court for administrative
affairs.
Betterment fees – Following approval of master
plans, approval of exceptional use, and approval
of allowances.
Fall in value claims – Following planning, reduc-
tions in rights, construction, rezoning, and more.
Conservation – The firm specializes in support-
ing conservation proceedings and handling
betterment fees and the fall in value due to
conservation plans.
Administrative Law – Mainly in planning and
building.
Expropriations
About the Firm
Ofer Toister Advocates was established in 2009
and is based in central Tel Aviv.
The reputation acquired by the firm is based on
professionalism, reliability and fairness. The
firm’s aim is to provide clients with excellent
service combined with rich legal experience and
knowhow in its areas of specialization, while
consistently keeping up with the various new
developments in its fields of endeavor, creative
thinking, personal attention and relations. The
firm is geared to providing clients practical and
quality solutions that will contribute to the suc-
cess of their businesses.
The firm has six lawyers and an administrative
staff, working in cooperation to bring about op-
timal legal results for the firm’s clients.
The firm’s lawyers are experienced in the field
of planning and building, and have the relevant
education in legal specializations and business
administration.
Among other things, the firm handles proceed-
ings related to preservation plans in Tel Aviv,
the overall plans for Tel Aviv (TA/5000), the Tel
Aviv quarters plan, and TAMA 38 earthquake
retrofit, and is thoroughly acquainted with
these plans.
Adv. Ofer Toister
Adv. Ofer Toister is a graduate of Tel Aviv Univer-
sity Faculty of Law and has an LL.M. in Law from
the London School of Economics.
Adv. Ofer Toister has specialized in planning and
building law for more than 30 years and is con-
sidered one of the leading lawyers in this field.
As a leader in this field, Adv. Toister appears be-
fore appeals committees, planning committees
and other legal jurisdictions, as well as presiding
as an arbitrator and a mediator.
Adv. Toister also lectures for training courses
for the Israel Bar Association, the Real Estate
Appraisers Association in Israel and other train-
ing courses.
For the past 20 years, Adv. Toister has also de-
livered the final lecture at the annual Appraisers
Conference, summarizing the new rulings on
planning and building.
Over the years, Adv. Toister led a series of pub-
lic moves for top professionals in the field of
building and construction, concerning impor-
tant issues that are in the center of the field’s
public attention.
Adv. Toister is an ‘honorable member” of the
Real Estate Appraisers Association in Israel.
Adv. Meital Toister Rosenthal
Adv. Meital Toister Rosenthal is a graduate of
Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law, and she com-
pleted her studies with the Rector’s Summa
Cum Laude Award.
She served her internship in the office of the Emer-
itus President of the Supreme Court Dorit Beinisch
and has six years of experience in litigation at the
Erdinast, Ben-Nathan & Co law firm.
Adv. Meital Toister Rosenthal has been a part-
ner at the firm since 2014, and has extensive
knowledge in all its areas of expertise, along-
side with vast litigation experience.
The Firm’s Publications
One of the firm’s priority values is publishing
the major knowhow it has acquired over the
years and the latest updates and developments
in the field of planning and building.
The firm publishes through two main
channels:
“Kol Yom” – a daily magazine surveying de-
velopments in the field for lawyers, appraisers,
engineers, developers and those interested in
the field.
“Ktiva Tama” – a newsletter on the subject of
TAMA 38 earthquake retrofitting distributed for
free for all those who are interested.
Esta b l i s h e d
2009
L i n e o f B u s i n ess
Legal services in the field
of planning and building
including supporting plans and
permits in planning institutions
and courts
3 Daniel Frish St., Tel Aviv 6473104
Tel: 972-3-5228445
Fax: 972-3-5228446
Adv. Ofer Toister
Owner *
L aw y e r s
Ofer Toister
Meital Toister Rosenthal
Ayelet Huta
Chen Peres
Itay Frenkel
Rotem Raziel
Adv. Meital Toister
Rosenthal
Partner
* See Top Executives Profiles - Page 582