Municipalities
Barnea Jaffa Lande’s Municipalities Department is one of the most prominent in its field in Israel. The department’s team provides ongoing legal support to a variety of municipal bodies, including municipalities, local and regional councils, and municipal corporations, companies, and associations. The department offers a unique combination of legal expertise and extensive practical experience in the unique challenges and needs of the municipal sector, including with regard to strategic planning.
The team specializes in providing customized legal solutions to each authority according to its specific needs and characteristics, while factoring in all relevant regulatory, economic, and strategic aspects.
Spheres of Expertise
Planning and construction: We offer comprehensive legal services to planning and building committees, including representation before the various authorities and statutory advice during planning processes and approval processes for outline plans and detailed plans. We also provide legal advice to various authorities on issues such as betterment levies, land appreciation, property devaluation compensation claims, and nonconforming uses. We offer representation before all planning institutions (district and national committees) and at all appellate levels.
Urban renewal: We provide comprehensive legal services to urban renewal administrations, including legal support in the establishment of administrations in municipalities (such as Rishon LeZion and Sderot) and representation before planning committees and institutions and relevant government ministries (including the national planning committee, the Israel Land Authority, and the Ministry of Housing and Construction etc.). We also conduct negotiations with developers and residents, perform preliminary feasibility analyses of proprietary and planning aspects of various projects, and negotiate and draft development agreements.
Tenders, contracts, and projects: We offer comprehensive legal services for diverse projects, including infrastructure projects and public land development projects. We draft the various agreements involved in local and international procurement tenders, construction and infrastructure tenders, communications tenders, tenders for professional advisors, and complex technological tenders. Our services also include providing legal advice during submissions of bids to tenders and handling all associated agreements. In addition, our team provides legal services to tender committees, including drafting legal opinions and offering representation during all proceedings.
Land management: We provide comprehensive legal services to municipalities relating to land management, including in relation to land allocation and expropriation proceedings, easement agreements, development and lease agreements, and rezoning.
Municipal regulations: We offer comprehensive legal support to municipalities with regard to complex regulatory issues, including structural and procedural issues, such as establishing institutions, local election procedures, defining the powers of elected public officials and their activities, drafting bylaws, and guiding clients until they are approved and enacted. The team also advises local authorities and represents them before all relevant courts and authorities.
Municipalities
Barnea Jaffa Lande’s Municipalities Department is one of the most prominent in its field in Israel. The department’s team provides ongoing legal support to a variety of municipal bodies, including municipalities, local and regional councils, and municipal corporations, companies, and associations. The department offers a unique combination of legal expertise and extensive practical experience in the unique challenges and needs of the municipal sector, including with regard to strategic planning.
The team specializes in providing customized legal solutions to each authority according to its specific needs and characteristics, while factoring in all relevant regulatory, economic, and strategic aspects.
Spheres of Expertise
Planning and construction: We offer comprehensive legal services to planning and building committees, including representation before the various authorities and statutory advice during planning processes and approval processes for outline plans and detailed plans. We also provide legal advice to various authorities on issues such as betterment levies, land appreciation, property devaluation compensation claims, and nonconforming uses. We offer representation before all planning institutions (district and national committees) and at all appellate levels.
Urban renewal: We provide comprehensive legal services to urban renewal administrations, including legal support in the establishment of administrations in municipalities (such as Rishon LeZion and Sderot) and representation before planning committees and institutions and relevant government ministries (including the national planning committee, the Israel Land Authority, and the Ministry of Housing and Construction etc.). We also conduct negotiations with developers and residents, perform preliminary feasibility analyses of proprietary and planning aspects of various projects, and negotiate and draft development agreements.
Tenders, contracts, and projects: We offer comprehensive legal services for diverse projects, including infrastructure projects and public land development projects. We draft the various agreements involved in local and international procurement tenders, construction and infrastructure tenders, communications tenders, tenders for professional advisors, and complex technological tenders. Our services also include providing legal advice during submissions of bids to tenders and handling all associated agreements. In addition, our team provides legal services to tender committees, including drafting legal opinions and offering representation during all proceedings.
Land management: We provide comprehensive legal services to municipalities relating to land management, including in relation to land allocation and expropriation proceedings, easement agreements, development and lease agreements, and rezoning.
Municipal regulations: We offer comprehensive legal support to municipalities with regard to complex regulatory issues, including structural and procedural issues, such as establishing institutions, local election procedures, defining the powers of elected public officials and their activities, drafting bylaws, and guiding clients until they are approved and enacted. The team also advises local authorities and represents them before all relevant courts and authorities.