Raphael KORNITZER
ATTORNEY & PUBLIC NOTARY

Born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1970. Lives in Jerusalem since immigrating to Israel in 1989; married, father of 2.

Education: Completed his legal studies at the Law Faculty of the Hebrew University in 1995; completed his training in 1996.
Legal Practice: Member of the Israeli Bar Association since 1996. Registered in the Israel Notaries Registry since 2007.
Experience: Pre-training at the State Prosecutor's Office; underwent training and worked as a lawyer at the law offices of Yitzchak Nener, Jerusalem; has an independent practice at the Sherman-Zajfman Law Offices since 2000.
Field of Expertise:
  • Contracts law and conducting negotiations
  • Civil-commercial law in general, and real estate in particular - managing, selling, purchasing, leasing, gift making, bequeathing, planning and construction
  • Estates law: drafting wills in several languages, planning estates in Israel and abroad, probate orders and execution of estates in Israel and abroad
  • Litigation, collecting debts, execution of judgments
  • Corporate law - setting up companies in Israel and abroad (off-shore companies) and nonprofit organizations, day to day counseling for corporations
  • Legal translations (Hebrew, French, English, and Dutch-Flemish)

    • Langues : French (mother tongue); Hebrew (mother tongue level); Dutch (Flemish) (mother tongue level); English (fluent).