Achiad Harel & Co. Law Firm

Areas of Specialization
Insolvency and corporate recoveries – the Firm is one of the most experienced and skilled in this field of specialization. The Firm’s team represents and provides support and advice to creditors and debtors in Israel and abroad in corporate recovery procedures, liquidations, asset receiverships, and financial rehabilitation (bankruptcy) procedures. The Firm’s team took a central part in some of the most publicized cases in the Israeli economy, including the collapse of the “Haftzivah” and Inbal Or real estate groups, the liquidation of the Tadiran Telecom communications company, and the liquidation of the Agrexco agricultural export company. The Firm’s uniqueness, among other things, is its ability to provide its clients with a complete legal envelope, which includes first-class legal advice and financial and accounting understanding, which is necessary for economic rehabilitation and treatment of credit crises.

Services in the Fields of Insolvency and Corporate Recoveries:
• Advice to shareholders and officers when the company is in financial distress;
• Formulation of recovery plans;
• Accompanying shareholders and officers in formulating creditor arrangements;
• Representation of companies in requests for issuing an order to initiation of insolvency proceedings;
• Representation of commercial entities in the acquisition of insolvent companies (or the acquisition of their activities);
• Representation of officers in proceedings against other officials;
• Representation of shareholders in personal insolvency proceedings;
• Representation of creditors in complex collection procedures.

Commercial-Corporate Litigation – The Firm represents its clients in all legal tribunals, from the magistrates’ courts to the Supreme Court. The team provides legal support and representation in many commercial and corporate disputes. It has extensive experience in managing technology and venture capital disputes, including conflicts between founders, disputes surrounding the implementation of investment agreements, and disputes with officers. The Firm has extensive experience in legal disputes concerning conflicts between shareholders and control struggles, disputes concerning securities (including derivative claims and class actions ), financial, contractual, and proprietary disputes, including disputes concerning intellectual property rights.

Arbitration and Mediation – Achiad Harel is an arbitrator and mediator in commercial disputes. The Firm also represents clients in arbitration and mediation procedures in complex commercial disputes. These procedures are flexible, efficient, and faster than court hearings. Added to these advantages is the commercial experience of the Firm’s team, both as representatives and as mediators, and their abilities to lead to optimal arrangements for their clients.

Commercial Law – The Firm provides ongoing legal advice to corporations of various types, including start-up companies, public companies, government companies, and public authorities. The Firm accompanies investors, entrepreneurs, and companies in investment and other commercial transactions, both in the hi-tech industry and the traditional sectors, starting from the negotiation stage until the transaction’s completion.
The Firm’s team is experienced in drafting commercial agreements – license agreements, pilot agreements, commercial agreements with suppliers and customers, issues related to privacy protection, information and cyber security, and more. The team is also experienced in providing legal advice to boards of directors and senior management regarding aspects of corporate governance, implementing the bylaws and other incorporation documents (as far as they exist), and the current areas of the company’s activities, including issues related to labor laws.

Areas of Expertise of Achiad Harel – Firm Founder
Achiad Harel holds an LL.B. from Tel Aviv University, an LL.M. from Bar Ilan University, and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University. He has taken part in advanced professional development courses in insolvency, debt settlement, and corporate recovery at New York University (NYU), and is a Member of the Israel Bar Association since 2004.
Achiad Harel is experienced in corporate recoveries, insolvency issues, commercial-corporate litigation, and commercial law. He has particular expertise in insolvency, and besides his appointment as an officer for companies in financial distress, he specializes in representing creditors, companies, and officers in legal proceedings related to corporate recoveries, liquidations, foreclosures, and economic rehabilitation (bankruptcies). Achiad Harel’s counsel combines legal, accounting, and financial perspectives. It enables him to secure, for example, in credit crises, creative solutions that will lead to the best result.
Achiad Harel also specializes in complex commercial disputes – control struggles, shareholder disputes, shareholder deprivation, disputes surrounding insolvency events, conflicts between entrepreneurs and companies and investors (venture capital), disputes concerning technologies, securities, intellectual property, liability of officers, and conflicts between partners.
With extensive experience in all commercial and corporate law aspects, Achiad Harel provides ongoing commercial advice and support for companies and legal advice for shareholders, officeholders, and entrepreneurs.

The Firm’s Values
Constant professionalism and creativity – an uncompromising pursuit of excellence.
Deal Making – The Firm believes that the legal process is not a goal but a means to achieve the best result for the client if negotiations for a deal or conflict resolution have reached an impasse.
The Client is Always at the Center – the Firm’s team treats each case according to the client’s dimensions and in accordance with his unique needs, tailoring a personal approach and planning the most creative, appropriate, and effective legal solutions. It is about individual and attentive service, direct involvement of the Firm’s owner in every case, and uncompromising striving to achieve the best deal while focusing on the business and personal interests of the client.
A long-term relationship with clients – A result of the unique service experience the Firm provides.