Gafnit Lagziel Shababo

Gafnit Lagziel Shababo is a partner in the M. Firon & Co. law firm. Gafnit has rich experience and extensive knowhow in all aspects of real estate law, and planning and building, including representing private clients in real estate deals, and representing developers and contractors including in TAMA 38 deals (strengthening and enlarging buildings, or demolition and rebuilding).

Gafnit has major experience in supporting clients in all stages of real estate deals from the initial stages including negotiations over sale or purchase, undertaking relevant due diligence of the real estate, through to drafting legal agreements for the deal, registering the transaction in the relevant institutions, and onto registering rights (including registering condominiums), through to the successful completion of the deal.

Gafnit’s extensive experience in Tama 38 deals includes legal assistance in obtaining consent from tenants (representing both developers and tenants), through keeping and enforcing the agreement between the developers and the tenants, including but not limited to compliance with and protecting the required collateral, dealing with the banks involved, issuing permits, appointing supervisors, reporting real estate taxation, representing the contractor in the sale of new apartments,

registering as a condominium, supporting contractors and subcontractors in commercial proceedings and litigation proceedings and so forth.

In addition, Gafnit has major practical experience in representation in legal proceedings before various courts and legal committees, including regarding planning and building proceedings relating to TAMA 38 projects.

Gafnit served as an Intern in the Haifa District State Attorney Department and after being admitted to the Israel Bar Association in 2004 worked in litigation and representation in cases in the field of auditing, including appearing on behalf of heads of local councils and political figures as well as protecting whistleblowers. In 2018, her firm merged with M. Firon & Co.