Tamir & Co. Law firm
About the firm
Tamir & Co., founded by the late Minister of Justice Shmuel Tamir, is a boutique law firm, with vast experience in the field of complex Litigation, Commercial Law, Inheritance law and Banking. The firm specializes in representing international high net worth families from all over the world.
The firm, which is led for the last thirty years by Adv. Joseph Tamir, provides tailor made legal solutions in the highest standards, adapted to the needs of our clients. Our clients receive legal consultation and representation by senior and seasoned lawyers, who are very much familiar with the special needs of international clientele and international law practice.
Tamir & Co.’s clientele includes leading international businessmen, foreign companies with affiliation to Israel, high net worth families and International law firms which collaborate with us in all aspects relating to Israeli Law
About the firm
Tamir & Co., founded by the late Minister of Justice Shmuel Tamir, is a boutique law firm, with vast experience in the field of complex Litigation, Commercial Law, Inheritance law and Banking. The firm specializes in representing international high net worth families from all over the world.
The firm, which is led for the last thirty years by adv, Joseph Tamir, provides tailor made legal solutions in the highest standards, adapted to the needs of our clients. Our clients receive legal consultation and representation by senior and seasoned lawyers, who are very much familiar with the special needs of international clientele and international law practice.
Tamir & Co.’s clientele includes leading international businessmen, foreign companies with affiliation to Israel, high net worth families and International law firms which collaborate with us in all aspects relating to Israeli Law.
Areas of practice
Commercial Litigation
Commercial Litigation
The firm has a vast experience in the field of Commercial Litigation and Arbitration before all courts instances and tribunals. The firm’s experience in this field includes representation of local and foreign clientele, multinational companies, and international law firms.
Family Law
Family Law
Tamir & Co. has been involved in complex inheritance cases of large scales, involving foreign legal ramifications. The firm has proven excellent results in this field, which also derive from deep understanding of the need to adapt to specific strategies, as well as understanding the commercial and tax ramifications of potential settlements in this special area of practice.
We also advise high net worth families and individuals regarding the preparation of wills and trusts, related tax ramifications and prenup agreements.
Real Estate
Real Estate
The firm has extensive experience in handling both purchase and sale of high end real estate assets, owned by both local and foreign clientele. Our firm extends intensive and close guidance relating to all related aspects, such as capital gain tax and betterment tax as well as thorough due diligence process.
Trusts
Trusts
Adv. Joseph Tamir is an expert in intergenerational transfer and is the founder of the Israeli Bar Association Trusts Committee.
Adv. Tamir and his team accompany families with capital assets in all processes related to intergenerational transfer, from the structuring of the transfer of family wealth to future generations, through drafting relevant legal documents, and concluding with the ongoing management of trust assets and dealing with tax implications.
The office also has extensive experience in litigation in these areas, before all court levels.
Banking
Banking
Tamir & Co has been successfully representing local and foreign clients in “voluntary disclosure” process before the Israeli Tax Authority in order to minimize the tax ramifications.
The representation includes, in many cases, handling the process of transferring the funds from foreign financial institutions and banks into Israel, all per Israeli Law and banking regulation.
Adv. Joseph Tamir
Adv. Joseph Tamir, senior partner (LL.B Hebrew University, LL.M Bar Ilan University) has thirty years experience in handling complex Commercial and Inheritance Litigation as well as legal issues pertaining to International Law, such as high end Real Estate transactions and multinational banking.
Until recently Joseph was a senior partner in the prestigious firm “Haim Zadok and Co.”.
Joseph also served as a director at the Israel Bar Association and as such was a member of its Ethics Committee, chaired its Real Estate committee and was the founder of the Trust Committee.
Joseph Tamir participated in the writing of the Israeli Chapter in several leading International Law Journals in the field of Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation and Dispute Resolution. Joseph is the author of a number of legal text books including “Corporate Law and Ethics” and the editor of the “Tamir Book” written by prominent Israeli Supreme Court Judges, in memory of the late Shmuel Tamir, Joseph’s father and the Minister of Justice
Legal team
Adv. Einat Tamir
With over 20 years legal experience, Einat Kolski Tamir Adv. is an advisor associate in the firm’s Corporate and Commercial Department.
Einat advises international and domestic companies, including venture capital funds and technological companies through all phases of their development, starting from of establishment to capital raising, mergers and acquisitions. Her practice includes, inter alia, complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity transactions, drafting and negotiating technology and commercial transactions and capital financing.
Adv. Efrat Sanzer
holds a bachelor’s degree in law (LL.B.) from Tel Aviv University and is a member of the Israel Bar Association since 2004 and a certified notary since 2014.
Efrat specializes in commercial civil litigation in a wide range of civil disputes, with an emphasis on corporate law, real estate and inheritance law and provides ongoing legal advice to the firm’s cliental in Israel and abroad.
Efrat is a graduate of Translation and Editing Studies program from Tel Aviv University, and a member of the Israel Translators Association (ITA). Efrat has also a good command in French and Italian.
Adv. Ori Zilber
specialises in commercial litigation and has vast experience in complex inheritance cases, as well as consulting entrepreneurs and businessmen.
Adv. Zilber holds a bachelor’s degree in law (with honours) and a master’s degree in commercial law (Tel Aviv University, cum laude).
Adv. Zilber also has a master’s degree in business administration (Bar Ilan University) and a bachelor’s degree in economics and management. In addition he is a graduate of appraisal and real estate management studies (Tel Aviv University).
Adv. Zilber has extensive experience and a deep understanding in the fields of entrepreneurship and accompanying real estate transactions of all kinds.
Mrs. Anat Uzan
has 25 years of experience in managing law firms
Anat serves as the office manager at Tamir & Co. and a personal assistant to Adv. Tamir.