Academics
The law is ever-changing and growing. We believe a good lawyer must keep pace with it. We therefore encourage our team to keep on learning and researching. We currently maintain two Ph.D. researches, one on housing policy and another on urban democracy. We participate in several professional and academic associations and research groups, give lectures, and write articles.
Real estate investment funds (REIT funds) in Israel: The housing policy and proposals to change the existing law.
The article surveys the existing legal framework for Israeli REIT funds and examines the effect thereof on the local housing market. The article criticizes the current law, claiming it fails to fulfill its promises.
more“Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?” The legality and necessity of agreements between authorities and entrepreneurs.
The article describes the current Israeli law that strictly limits the creation of agreements between local authorities and private entrepreneurs. The article claims that such agreements are essential for an efficient real estate market, and suggest remedies for various concerns that were raised.
morePlanning in the US and Israel
A lecture for the Columbia University Real Estate Program, providing a comparison between the zoning and planning systems in the US and Israel, indicating the specific attributes of each regime.
moreReal Estate Development in Israel – legal aspects
A lecture for the Columbia University Real Estate Program describes the Israeli legal environment for real estate development and construction ventures while comparing it to the American regime.
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