Abitbol & Associés prepares foreign law opinions, combining expertise in both Israeli and French law.
These opinions are delivered promptly and at reasonable fees in the following areas: inheritance, wills, real estate, family law and divorce. In particular, the firm drafts the opinions required to obtain an inheritance order or a probate order in Israel when the deceased lived abroad and left assets in Israel.
They cover the law of most French-speaking countries, including France, Belgium and Monaco. They are written by lawyers admitted to both the Israel Bar and the Paris Bar, which strengthens their evidential weight before courts and authorities.
Areas of practice:
- Inheritance and wills: inheritance orders, probate orders
- Family law and divorce
- Real estate
- Compensation
- Hague Convention, French Civil Code
Abitbol & Associés has extensive experience of proceedings to enforce foreign judgments in Israel and in France, acting both for the party seeking enforcement and for the party opposing it, whether a French judgment is to be enforced in Israel or the other way round.
Its knowledge of Israeli law, French law and international procedure helps reach a favourable outcome more quickly.
Areas of practice:
- Applications to enforce a foreign judgment in Israel
- Applications for exequatur of a foreign judgment in France
- Defence against applications to enforce a foreign judgment
