Adv. Avi Arad specializes in complex real estate transactions, including large scale residential projects which include hundreds or thousands of housing units, and possesses significant reputation regarding Tama 38 (a National Outline Plan for the reinforcement of buildings against earthquakes) and urban renewal projects.
Avi provides ongoing legal consulting to real estate companies, developers and infrastructure companies regarding various projects and transactions, including commercial projects, public housing projects, hotel projects and more.
Avi advises public and private real estate companies, as well as leading Israeli and international entrepreneurial companies. In recent years, he handled a significant portion of the largest and most complex real estate transactions in Israel – both from the legal rights’ status aspects of the relevant real estate, and from the transaction’s commercial and financial aspects.
Avi advises clients from the planning and acquisition stages, through the development stages and construction and registration stages. He advises on financing procedures, and on real estate tax aspects, and represents clients before various government authorities.
Among Avi’s clients are public companies, private companies, holding groups and entrepreneurs of large-scale real estate projects.
Avi has been repeatedly recognized, year after year, by various international directories, among them is Chambers & Partners, by domestic directories and by professional magazines, as one of Israel’s leading attorneys in the real estate field.
In the past, Avi was a senior partner at Dankner Lusky & Co., a leading Israeli law firm in the real estate, commercial and corporate fields.
Avi is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
LL.B., Tel Aviv University, 1987
Israel Bar Association, 1988
“Co-head of the law firm’s real estate group, Avi Arad is routinely called upon for his expertise in real estate M&A and joint venture transactions. He also provides counsel on a wide array of urban renewal projects.”
Chambers Global Guide, 2026
“Avi Arad is very experienced, creative and committed to the task.”
Chambers Global Guide, 2026
“Avi Arad is routinely called upon for his expertise in real estate M&A and joint venture transactions. He also provides counsel on a wide array of urban renewal projects.”
Chambers Global Guide, 2025
“Avi Arad works with very good-quality clients who trust him a lot. He is a very experienced lawyer who works hard.”
Chambers Global Guide, 2025
“Highly regarded for his transactional expertise.”
The Legal 500, 2025
“Goldfarb is an office that I can trust. I can properly consult with the people, they are not just here for transactions. Lawyers demonstrate the highest level of professionalism, deep knowledge of the market, and strong relationship skills, particularly Levy Amitay, Avi Arad, Idan Menchel and Israel Aziel.”
The Legal 500, 2025
“Avi is strong in real estate matters within the residential sphere.”
Chambers Global Guide, 2024
