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
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
Nir Steinberg is a technology, venture capital, and corporate lawyer with 17 years of combined experience as a high-tech lawyer, venture-capital investor, and M&A and corporate-development executive for start-up companies. Prior to joining the firm, Nir held senior management roles in the venture-capital industry, including co-leading the corporate venture-capital arm of a NASDAQ-listed global corporation.
Nir co-led SSYS Ventures, the corporate venture-capital arm of Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS), a global leader in 3D-printing technologies, and also co-led its buy-side M&A activity for start-ups, alongside managing strategic partnerships. Additional roles include serving on the investment team of a Hong Kong-based venture-capital fund founded by a former senior Morgan Stanley executive, and as Vice President at a Zurich-based investment fund. Nir has also served as a director and board observer for several start-ups and began a professional career in the Intelligence Corps.
This unparalleled background enables Nir to seamlessly advise start-ups, investors, and corporate acquirers with a deep understanding of how venture capital, corporate innovation, and strategic transactions operate in practice. Work includes sourcing, analyzing, investing in, acquiring, and selling start-ups, as well as advising on a wide range of international commercial transactions. Over the years, he has accompanied start-ups from Israel, the United States, and Europe, across diverse technologies and industries, from early stage through growth, exit events, or continued expansion.
Legal and strategic advisory services extend beyond traditional legal work and include guidance on business-model design, competitive positioning, corporate partnerships, product-market fit, GTM strategy, resource allocation, and financial modelling, including valuations. Within this framework, Nir actively assists clients in identifying customers, distribution channels, investors, and potential acquirers.
Languages
Hebrew
English
Education
Reichman University (IDC Herzliya), LL.B (2006)
Reichman University, B.A. in Business Administration (Finance) (2006)
University of St. Gallen (HSG), MBA (2014)
Admissions & Certifications
Israel Bar Association, 2008
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