David Abadi is the Founder and Managing Partner of Abadi & Co., with nearly three decades of experience advising private and business clients on complex commercial and corporate matters. Renowned for combining legal sophistication with sound judgment and a deeply principled approach to client service, David’s practice focuses on commercial law, corporate law, and M&A transactions,.
Before setting up the firm, David served as Head of the Commercial Department and a senior partner at one of Israel’s largest law firms, alongside other senior roles in private practice. He founded Abadi out of a clear conviction that outstanding legal work must be grounded in integrity, fairness, and genuine respect for people. In his view, strategy and technical excellence are essential, but they only have value when paired with honesty, full attention, and personal accountability.
David advises clients on complex transactions across the full commercial lifecycle, including investments, joint ventures, founders’ agreements and separations, licensing, distribution, trade arrangements, and multi-layered business processes. He accompanies transactions from the structuring stage through to execution, bringing a broad strategic perspective while maintaining precision in legal detail.
His client roster includes leading Israeli corporations, international companies across consumer goods, energy, commerce, food, education, medicine, and complementary health, as well as industrial companies, start-ups, private funds, non-profit organizations, charities, private investors, and multinational groups. He also advises foreign corporations entering or investing in Israel, including on regulatory and compliance matters.
Alongside his commercial practice, David is a certified mediator with a successful record in resolving complex business disputes. He has served two terms on the National Disciplinary Court of the Israel Bar Association, acted as a director of the Israel Bar Association’s publishing house, and lectured in law at the Academic Track of the College of Management. These roles reflect his standing within the profession and his long-standing commitment to ethical practice and leadership.
Languages
Hebrew
English
Education
College of Management, Academic Track, LL.B (1995), with honors
Fordham University, New York, LL.M (1999)
Admissions & Certifications
Israel Bar, 1996
Micaela Askin is an associate in the firm’s Commercial Law Department, advising Israeli and international companies on commercial matters, with a particular focus on privacy law and complex transactions. She supports organizations operating across diverse sectors, combining regulatory insight with practical commercial understanding.
Prior to joining the firm, Micaela completed her internship in the Litigation Department of one of Israel’s largest law firms, where she handled complex legal issues and led legal processes requiring precision, analytical depth, and structured thinking. In her current role, she accompanies companies in implementing regulatory requirements in the privacy field, including advising on data protection compliance, drafting and regulating engagements with suppliers, building information-security mechanisms, and supporting organizations in the management of information-security incidents, including matters involving the Privacy Protection Authority.
Micaela’s work is characterized by thoroughness, professionalism, and a strong ability to bridge legal analysis with business sensitivity. Her broad academic background enhances her capacity to understand technological, regulatory, and commercial challenges, and to deliver precise, practical legal solutions, particularly in the areas of technology, privacy, and complex contractual frameworks.
Languages
Hebrew
English
Education
Bar-Ilan University, LL.B (2023), with honors
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, B.Ed. in Romance & Latin American Studies (Italian track) (2016)
Admissions & Certifications
Israel Bar, 2024
An associate in the Commercial Department, Gil Boker acts for companies and corporations on a wide range of complex commercial transactions. His practice focuses on accompanying businesses across mergers, acquisitions, and commercial agreements spanning multiple sectors, with an emphasis on delivering clear, practical legal support aligned with commercial objectives.
He approaches his work with diligence and a strong commitment to continuous learning and professional development. Alongside addressing legal issues, he seeks creative and workable solutions tailored to each client’s specific needs, ensuring advice is not only legally sound but commercially effective.
His working method is grounded in uncompromising professionalism and close familiarity with each client. By investing the time to understand clients’ businesses, challenges, and guiding principles, he is able to act in a precise, thoughtful, and effective manner, supporting clients through both day-to-day activity and significant transactional milestones.
Languages
Hebrew
English
Education
College of Management Academic Studies, LL.B (2022)
Admissions & Certifications
Israel Bar, 2024
Amir Cohen is an associate in the firm’s Commercial Department, advising Israeli and international companies on a broad range of commercial and corporate matters. He focuses on commercial law and supports clients across transactions and ongoing business activity, combining legal precision with a strong understanding of business dynamics.
Prior to joining the firm, Amir worked at one of Israel’s largest law firms, supporting multiple corporations in diverse and complex transactions. He advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, international transactions, negotiation management, and the drafting of commercial agreements of all types. His work is marked by a thorough, disciplined approach and an ability to identify clients’ commercial objectives and translate them into clear, practical legal solutions tailored to their operating environments.
Amir brings added value through his academic background in business administration, enabling him to approach legal issues through both legal and economic lenses. This dual perspective allows him to support clients not only on legal risk, but also on growth processes and strategic decision-making, particularly in commercial transactions and cross-border activity.
Languages
Hebrew
English
Education
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, LL.B (2021)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, MBA (2022), with honors
Admissions & Certifications
Israel Bar, 2023
Partner Yoav Kramer is a commercial lawyer with over 20 years of practice, including nearly a decade as a partner at one of Israel’s heavyweight law firms. He represents companies, corporations, and entrepreneurs in complex commercial and transactional matters across a wide range of traditional and knowledge-intensive industries, including import and export, international distribution, consumer and restaurant businesses, tourism and hospitality, workspaces and office leasing, fashion, and consumer protection.
His practice covers M&A transactions, complex sale transactions, founders’, partnership, and shareholders’ agreements, investment agreements, financing and loan arrangements, and a broad spectrum of international commercial agreements, including licensing, distribution, franchising, joint ventures, and entrepreneurial frameworks. He accompanies transactions and business processes end-to-end, from structuring and negotiation through to implementation.
Clients rely on him not only for technical accuracy, but for advice that is precise, actionable, and tailored to the realities of their business. By combining strategic thinking with hands-on involvement, he provides legal support that creates real value and allows clients to operate with confidence and clarity over time.
In recent years, he has become deeply familiar with the commercial leasing market, its standards and dynamics, and has carved out an expertise in office lease agreements in Tel Aviv’s most sought-after employment areas. He also offers a distinct specialization in accessibility law for people with disabilities, acting for leading Israeli companies on compliance while integrating responsible and sensitive business conduct. He regularly accompanies companies from establishment through growth, consolidation, separation, and winding-down processes, bringing legal depth, commercial understanding, and discretion to complex situations.
Languages
Hebrew
English
Education
Tel Aviv University, LL.B (2005)
Tel Aviv University, B.A. in Economics (2005)
Tel Aviv University, LL.M, Commercial Law (2011)
Admissions & Certifications
Israel Bar Association, 2006
Ronit Scharf is a senior lawyer in the firm’s Commercial Department, bringing many years of experience advising on commercial law matters at the intersection of technology, innovation, and business growth. Prior to joining the firm, she practiced at one of Israel’s largest law firms and served as in-house legal counsel at start-up and technology companies, giving her a well-rounded perspective on both external advisory work and internal business decision-making.
Ronit combines strong legal foundations with commercial judgment and a deep understanding of how technology-driven companies operate. Her experience working within technology teams, alongside her background in leading commercial practices and boutique environments, enables her to provide advice that is practical, precise, and closely aligned with clients’ business objectives. Clients value her ability to anticipate legal and regulatory risk, create clarity in complex situations, and support efficient execution of commercial initiatives.
Her practice focuses on ongoing legal support for technology and commercial companies, complex commercial agreements, transaction analysis, and navigating evolving regulatory frameworks. She regularly advises clients operating in fast-moving and competitive markets, where timing, certainty, and informed risk management are critical to success.
Ronit’s working style is defined by professionalism, availability, and structured thinking. She approaches each engagement with a clear understanding of market dynamics and client priorities, delivering legal solutions that support confident decision-making and sustainable business growth.
Languages
English
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Education
University of Warwick, England, LL.B (1996)
Fordham University, New York, LL.M in International Business & Trade (1999)
Admissions & Certifications
Israel Bar Association, 1999
Partner Oshrat Yitzhak is a commercial and corporate lawyer with a strong track record in supporting corporations, entrepreneurs, and Israeli and international companies in complex transactions and ongoing legal matters across the full spectrum of corporate and commercial law.
Having built her career in the commercial department of one of Israel’s largest law firms, where she also served as a partner, Oshrat’s practice is defined by precision, accountability, and commercial focus. She works closely with clients to understand their business, decision-making processes, and risk profile, delivering advice that is clear, practical, and aligned with commercial objectives. Clients value her direct involvement, responsiveness, and attention to detail, as well as her ability to anticipate issues and drive matters forward efficiently.
With particular strength in company law and mergers and acquisitions, her work includes sale transactions, investments, joint ventures, founders’ agreements, and special projects, alongside a broad range of local and cross-border commercial agreements, including computing, licensing, distribution, franchising, and entrepreneurial arrangements. She also provides ongoing corporate advice on structuring, governance, and shareholder relations.
She advises on day-to-day commercial activity across diverse sectors, including consumer goods, e-commerce, distribution, software and computing, mapping, and supply-chain management of chemicals and gases, as well as organizations in the third sector, including non-profits and public-benefit companies.
Languages
Hebrew
English
Education
Bar-Ilan University, LL.B, (2011)
Admissions & Certifications
Israel Bar Association, 2011