Areas of practice:
International Commercial Law
Mergers and Acquisitions
Joint Ventures and Industrial Cooperation
Anti-trust and Competition Law
International Commercial Arbitration
International Commercial Litigation
Education:
LL.B, in the University of Geneva, Switzerland, 1991
Admissions:
Member of the Geneva, Switzerland Bar, 1992
Member of the Israel Bar Association, 1996
Adv. Eytan Liraz is considered one of Israel's leading commercial lawyers, being highly experienced in international commercial transactions and litigation;
Qualified as a lawyer in both Switzerland and Israel, Mr. Liraz has many years' extensive experience worldwide, including several years of practice in Geneva, Switzerland and New York City.
Mr. Liraz represents a large number of major multinational corporations operating in the Israeli market in a variety of spheres, as well as numerous key Israeli corporations; since the mid-90's, Mr. Liraz gained particular experience in accompanying a large number of major multinational corporations, operating in a variety of domains, (including banks; financial institutions; pharmaceutical companies; service companies; tobacco corporations) into the Israeli market; and is thus particularly experienced in all aspects regarding the penetration of the Israeli market, such as Tax, Anti-Trust, Corporate, Regulatory, and more.
Mr. Liraz is further involved in a series of 'high profile' litigation files in Israel; such as the representation of the former Israeli Minister of Defence before the Vinograd Committee, investigating the Second Lebanon War.
Mr. Liraz is a frequent guest lecturer in leading Israeli academic institutions, including Tel Aviv University, where he lectures in the Kellogg - Recanati Executive MBA Program; and including the Israeli Bar Association.
Through the years, Mr. Liraz has held several positions in international business organizations, acting as the President of the Legal Commission of the French - Israel Chamber of Commerce; as the Israeli representative of the Swiss - Israel Chamber of Commerce; as the Vice - Chairman of the Israel - South Africa Chamber of Commerce; and more.
Born in Israel, Mr. Liraz is fluent in Hebrew, French and English. |