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Real Estate Litigation and Property Dissolution

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Our real estate department, in collaboration with the firm’s litigation department, provides representation and legal support in real estate disputes and real estate partnership dissolution procedures. We handle a wide range of disputes related to real estate, both at the family level and commercial level, aspiring to reach efficient and rapid solutions.

Real estate disputes are among the most complex and sensitive disputes, particularly when dealing with disputes within the family framework or between property partners. Our team, with extensive experience in resolving these disputes, offers our clients a variety of solutions for handling disputes concerning real estate, from conducting negotiations towards agreed solutions, through mediation and arbitration procedures, to managing legal proceedings. Our firm offers one of Israel’s leading and most professional litigation teams, working closely with the real estate team and providing the firm’s clients with professional and extensive legal representation in their legal disputes.

Core Capabilities

  • Contractual and Property Rights Disputes: Representation in disputes concerning contractual and property rights in real estate
  • Partnership Dissolution Procedures: Support in real estate partnership dissolution procedures between partners or heirs
  • Neighbor Disputes and Shared Property: Handling neighbor disputes and disputes regarding shared property
  • Developer-Client Disputes: Representation in disputes between developers and purchasers or tenants
  • Defective Construction Claims: Representation in defective construction and planning and construction claims
  • Mediation and Arbitration: Support in mediation and arbitration procedures in real estate disputes
  • Administrative Petitions: Representation in administrative petitions on real estate and planning and construction matters
  • Agreement Enforcement Litigation: Representation in legal proceedings concerning enforcement of real estate agreements

We handle claims concerning contractual and property rights, real estate projects, administrative petitions, disputes between partners and landowners, construction defects, and planning and construction. In cases of shared property ownership where agreements cannot be reached, we support our clients in partnership dissolution procedures, aspiring to preserve their interests and achieve the best possible outcomes for them. We represent our clients before all relevant forums, including courts at their various levels, administrative committees, the Supervisor of Shared Buildings, and in arbitrations and insolvency proceedings.

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