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Fields of Practice
AFIK & Co. is much more than a traditional legal service provider. We take pride in our firm’s ability to provide top-notch legal and business services in almost every area of business law.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Representation in mergers and acquisition transactions, joint venture agreements, investments, complex business transactions and negotiations.
Business, Corporate and Joint Ventures
Escorting businesses, corporates and joint ventures in the day to day activities and managing corporate disputes.
Commercial, Banking and Financial
Supply of full and personal guidance to businesses, corporate law, commercial agreements, license and distribution agreements, labor law, structured finance and "over-the-counter" financial derivatives.
Dispute Resolution
Representation in resolution of corporate or other disputes, tenders and public law (constitutional law & administrative law), whether at Court or in arbitration in Israel and outside of Israel.
Capital Markets and Stock Exchange Regulations
International Transactions and Dispute Resolution
Escorting businesses, corporates and joint ventures in their international activities
Real Estate
Representation in sale and lease and other real estate related issues, in cooperation with Israeli and other experts.
High-Tech and Technology
Representing clients who are in the high tech and technology sector, including developers of software or hardware products and developers of other technologies.
Parentage, Surrogacy and Adoption
Support in parenting agreements, surrogacy and citizenship procedures in Israel
Intergenerational Transfer (Trusts, Estates and Lasting Powers of Attorney)
Labor Law and Immigration
Legal representation on issues of immigration, residency and citizenship.
Representing employers or employees in issues related to labor law, whether at the stage of drafting agreement or in disputes resolution.
Maritime, Aviation and Transportation Law
Legal representation on issues of maritime, Aviation and Transportation
Taxation and Government Incentives and Funding
Supply together with experts in the field of guidance as to tax and government benefits and funding.
Competition
Representation in issues related to antitrust, whether at the stage of drafting agreement or in disputes resolution.
Public Law, Environment and Tenders
Assistance in preparing tenders and tender offers, representation of authorities and vis-a-vis authorities or at Courts with regards to tenders, elections and other issues, including environmental and hazardous materials issues.
Latest Articles
On Necromancy and Claims against Managers of a Company in Liquidation
"10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, 11 or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.
Lasting Power of Attorney – Not Just for the Third Age but also for Young Start-Up Entrepreneurs
An entrepreneur of a startup company which was represented by our firm had a serious illness which caused him to be hospitalized in a coma state for a long period of time, unable to manage the company, which came to a standstill because the entrepreneur was the key person in the company.
The new ASX All Tech Index – commencing in Q1, 2020
The ASX has announced that it is planning to launch a new technology index in February, 2020, giving Australia what some industry players have called a smaller version of the NASDAQ-100 index.
So what are my options
So you succeeded in realizing “the Israeli dream” - you were hired by a high-tech company and are on the right path to "big money".
On Jabotinsky and the new national sport – personal claims against control holders
An article in The Observer newspaper 5.
To disclose or not to disclose, that is the question
A software company developed a product for a client according to its instructions, but the client demands compensation on the grounds that the software company did not reveal to it, before commencement of development, that there are competitors in the market.
December 2019 New ASX Listing Rules Amendments
The ASX has finalised its amendments to the ASX Listing Rules after considering the responses to its November 2018 consultation paper: "Simplifying, clarifying and enhancing the integrity and efficiency of the ASX listing rules".
A triple parental order? And what if the child had three parents…?
A “parental order” is the way for parents, who are not the child's genetic parents, to register in Israel as parents by law - an important legal process that also allows same-sex couples to be both recognized as the minor's parents.
How to avoid being left out of the startup that you established
Steve Jobs, the brilliant mind behind Apple, who founded the company from his parents’ garage, was removed from his position in the company in 1985.
Lasting Power of Attorney – Payments from the Hereafter or from this World
Although inheritance may sometimes be some economic consolation, which is of course minimize compared to the huge personal pain, the heirs are often forced to deal with a cold reality in the most painful era, dealing with the deceased creditors or liabilities, neglection of which may result in debt collection, foreclosure, fines, interest and so on.
The Secret to a Successful IPO in Australia
There are many measures of success for initial public offerings (IPOs).
Latest Legal Updates
Employer Identity is reviewed under a set of material tests and not according to an agreement
Even when a corporation negotiates unfairly or with misrepresentations rarely will a manager be personally liable
A parental order in Israel will not be granted retroactively to a date before the surrogate parent’s relationship was severed