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Practice 08

Private Clients & Global Mobility

Private clients reach Israel through the same institutions their businesses do — banks, registries and government authorities — and usually with a life in more than one country behind them. We act on the Israeli part of those affairs and keep it aligned with the rest.

How we work on these matters

The clients in this practice are, for the most part, the people behind the businesses in the practices above: owners, executives and investors whose personal affairs cross the same borders their companies do. The work is advisory and documentary, and each file is taken on its own facts.

Most of it concerns status, assets and coordination — what a person's position in Israel is, what it requires of them, and how it fits with the country they are coming from or keeping ties to. Where a matter touches Israeli assets, whether a property, an account or an inheritance, the Israeli part is handled here and the rest with the client's own advisers abroad.

We do not undertake that any status, permission or registration will be granted, and we put no timetable on an authority. What we undertake is to establish the position accurately, prepare the file properly, and conduct the dealings that follow.

What this practice covers

  • Israeli residency and citizenship

    Establishing a client's position in Israel and what it requires of them, and conducting the dealings with the authority that decides it.

  • International relocation

    The legal side of a move to or from Israel, taken together with the assets, the family and the business that move with it.

  • Global mobility planning

    Setting out, before anything is committed to, what a planned move involves in Israel and where it meets the rules of somewhere else.

  • Cross-border family matters

    Family matters connected to more than one country, where the Israeli element has to be dealt with in Israel.

  • Israeli assets and inheritance

    Property, accounts and other assets held in Israel, including what becomes of them on a death abroad.

  • Legal matters involving multiple jurisdictions

    Matters in which Israeli law is one of several that apply, and the answer depends on how they fit together.

  • Relocation of business owners and executives

    A personal move that comes with a company attached, arranged so that the two are not handled as separate files.

  • Coordination with foreign lawyers and advisers

    Acting as the Israeli member of a client's existing professional team, and reporting to it in English.

  • Residency and citizenship programs through international partners

    Work of this kind outside Israel is conducted through professional partners abroad; our own role remains the Israeli one.

Banking, Payments & Financial Compliance

Because personal funds, inherited assets and relocation money reach Israel as transfers that have to be documented.

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Employment & Corporate Immigration

Where the move is made by an employer for an executive, and the permits are the company's to apply for.

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Real Estate & Investments

Because a home or an investment property in Israel is bought, held and passed on under Israeli procedure.

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Discuss Your Business or Legal Matter in Israel

Tell us what you are dealing with and where it stands. We will tell you what it involves in Israel and who at the firm will handle it.

Discuss Your Matter