Sternberg & Co. Advocates is an Israel-based boutique law firm founded in 2011. The firm provides legal services in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and nationwide throughout Israel, and regularly represents clients seeking an experienced lawyer in Israel. Sternberg & Co. is recognized for its complex civil and commercial litigation practice, including inheritance and estate disputes, as well as its real estate and property law practice.

Sternberg & Co. represents both corporate and private clients, including local and international investors, real estate developers, contractors, development companies, commercial centers, and entrepreneurs. The firm’s attorneys have also gained valuable experience representing Israeli state authorities, including the State Attorney’s Office and the Israel Land Authority, in the context of external legal appointments. The firm regularly advises clients from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East on cross-border legal matters involving Israel, including commercial disputes, real estate transactions, and regulatory issues.

The firm regularly represents clients before all levels of Israel’s courts, including the Magistrate Courts, District Courts, and the Supreme Court of Israel. Its litigation practice also includes representation in arbitration and mediation proceedings, as well as applications for interim remedies, including injunctions, attachments, and freezing orders.

Its practice includes complex dispute management and high-value commercial claims, contractual disputes, partnership and shareholder disputes, and business and real estate partnership dissolution. The firm also handles business debt collection Israel matters and enforcement proceedings (Hotzaa LaPoal), including objections to enforcement of judgments and promissory notes, receivership proceedings, insolvency matters, company liquidation, and creditor arrangements.

In addition, the firm provides ongoing commercial and corporate legal counsel, including company formation and structuring, founders’ agreements, shareholder agreements, and partnership agreements.

A central focus of the firm’s practice is real estate and property law in Israel. As an experienced Israel real estate lawyer, the firm advises and represents clients in residential and investment transactions, including real estate acquisitions by foreign residents and the sale of Israeli real estate assets. The firm’s work includes court-appointed receiver transactions, legal due diligence, leasing matters, landlord and tenant disputes, eviction proceedings, Tabu registration, real estate taxation, construction defect claims, contractor and development disputes, and representation in urban renewal projects (Pinui-Binui and TAMA 38).

The firm also has substantial experience in co-ownership dissolution proceedings involving real estate and jointly held assets. These disputes frequently arise between partners, investors, family members, or heirs who jointly own property. The firm represents clients in proceedings for judicial sale of property, partition of jointly owned assets, and related litigation concerning ownership rights and asset valuation. The firm also handles disputes involving dissolution of joint ownership in companies, partnerships, and closely held family businesses.

The firm also maintains a significant practice in wills, estates, and inheritance law, with a particular focus on complex inheritance disputes and estate litigation. Acting as an inheritance attorney in Israel, the firm represents heirs, beneficiaries, executors, and estate administrators in contested succession proceedings, including objections to wills, disputes concerning the validity and interpretation of testamentary instruments, conflicts among heirs, and litigation relating to the administration and distribution of estate assets.

The firm regularly handles high-value and cross-border inheritance matters involving assets located in Israel, including real estate, corporate interests, and investment holdings. These matters frequently involve proceedings before the Family Courts and the Registrar of Inheritance Affairs, as well as related litigation concerning co-ownership dissolution of inherited property and disputes arising from estate administration.