Ben-Yacov Law Firm

The firm has cemented its reputation as one of the prime destinations for the full range of services offered to HNW clients. This is best evidenced by the firm's extensive roster of High-Net-Worth Families and Individuals. Many of the firm's clients are ranked in the exclusive Forbes Billionaire list and are some of the most prominent and wealthiest individuals and families in Israel – many are owners or part owners of Israel’s most recognizable businesses, and some are third or fourth generation clients of the firm.

The Most Trusted Boutique Firm 

With more than three decades of combined experience in the HNW field, the firm is regularly instructed by a raft of longstanding clients, including the families of the most well-known lawyers themselves, on a wide range of legal matters relating to their personal life, businesses and corporations. This includes family-owned businesses, cross-generational business transfers, transition to the transferee individuals, and more.

Ben-Yacov commands the respect of existing clients and continues to attract new instructions on the back of a deep familiarity with strategic wealth planning, tax-planning and cross-generational wealth and business transfers, always sensitively addressing the different interpersonal relationships between family members across generations. These are skills that are as important as the technical advice itself.

This winning combination – of expertise and personal skills – guarantees that we win a large number of mandates in relation to setting up and structuring trusts, managing them and acting as their protectors. The firm also advises on last wills and testaments, estate and inheritance planning and management, and more.

As administrators of estates and the protector of numerous trusts and estate administrators, Ben-Yacov is one of the most trusted boutique firms in advising on and managing the financial wealth of clients during their lifetimes and beyond.

Furthermore, the firm acts for UHNW clients in relation to their acquisition of assets around the world, as well as the purchase, registration and overall management of special types of assets, such as personal aircrafts, yachts and more.

In addition to family office services, the firm specializes in all major aspects of commercial law, with a focus on international and Israeli commercial law, fintech (including electronic money institutions), real estate, mergers and acquisitions, high tech, intellectual property protection and compliance (such as CRS, FATCA).

At Ben-Yacov, the firm believes that comprehensive and effective legal service integrates in-depth understanding of a multitude of fields, a very broad-based view and an approach that demonstrates the analytical skill, precision and ingenuity of one who can provide clients with more than the just the narrow definition of legal services. Members of the firm are proud of their passion for the work and commitment to clients. Above all, the team put themselves in the client's position to ensure that the client's needs and interests are fully understood, and that they are receiving the very best care and advice there is.