Profile
Yif’at is a partner in the firm’s Private Clients, Trusts and Estates Department and is also active in its Real Estate and Planning and Building departments.
Yif’at’s handles inheritance matters – drafting wills, handling probate or inheritance order petitions, estate management, filing of reports with the Custodian General on estate management, appeals to the courts regarding the management of estates, etc.
In addition, Yif’at specializes in complex real estate transactions. She handles sale agreements, lease agreements, pledge agreements, co-ownership agreements and option agreements – including their related taxation aspects. She also specializes in transactions on real estate owned by the Israel Land Authority (including transactions on estate blocks in agricultural communities), renewal and extension of long-term leases vis-à-vis the ILA, transfer of leaseholds, etc. Yif’at also engages in consolidation and parcellation plans, rental agreements for income-producing properties, and more.
Yif’at works regularly with many authorities – the Tax Authority, local authorities, the Israel Land Authority, the Land Registry Department, various planning bodies and more. She also handles objections and other legal proceedings vis-à-vis these authorities.
Biography
Bar Admissions
Israel, 1999
Education
LL.B., Tel Aviv University, 1998
Prior Experience
Yif’at worked as a legal assistant to then-President of the Tel Aviv District Court, the Honorable Justice Uri Goren.
Before her admittance to the Bar, Yif’at worked at the Ministry of Defense as legal intern to its Legal Advisor, attorney Tzvia Gross.
During her academic studies, Yif’at was a member of the editorial board of Law Review, the law journal of the Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University.
Languages
Hebrew, Engish