Bio

Shalom Hershkovitz is a partner in FISCHER’s (FBC & Co.) Litigation practice and the Head of the Private Clients and Intergenerational Transfer practice. Mr. Hershkovitz also heads the firm's Family & Inheritance disputes practice. Mr. Hershkovitz’s practice centers on all aspects of family wealth management and intergenerational transfers to achieve the clients' objectives, i.e., conducting an efficient integrational transfer while minimizing the risk for future family conflicts. Mr. Hershkovitz plans complex intergenerational transfer systems of assets and businesses for high-net-worth families, creates and manages various trusts, for different purposes, including trusts for family members with unique needs and for public purposes, drafts customized family constitutions and other family agreements all aimed to manage the family wealth for the benefit of the next generations. Mr. Hershkovitz also serves as an estate administrator, drafts wills, spousal agreements and gift agreements within the family, provides counsel on legal capacity and guardianship issues, and drafts agreements between heirs (including estate distribution agreements). Mr. Hershkovitz also serves as a receiver for the improvement and realization of real estate assets relating to family disputes. Additionally, as a partner in our firm's litigation practice, Mr. Hershkovitz handles complex domestic and international litigation matters before the Israeli courts (including the Supreme Court and the Economic Department of the District Court), mediators and arbitrators, as well as inheritance and family disputes before the Family Courts, while also cooperating with international law firms on multinational disputes. Mr. Hershkovitz’s extensive experience in handling both large inheritance and family disputes and complex intergenerational transfer projects provide him with unique perspective, which gives him an advantage to optimally handle the legal, family, and economic needs of our firm's clients, and help them to achieve their aims. In addition, Mr. Hershkovitz provides ongoing legal counsel to Israeli business leaders and to some of the most notable Israeli companies concerning various commercial disputes before different courts and in mediation and arbitration proceedings. Mr. Hershkovitz also serves as a mediator and an arbitrator in commercial, family and inheritance related disputes. Mr. Hershkovitz serves as a member of the Disciplinary Court of the Israel Bar Association, Tel-Aviv District. Prior to joining FISCHER (FBC & Co.), Mr. Hershkovitz served as a Legislative Analyst in the Office of Congressional Affairs of the Embassy of Israel, in Washington, D.C.