Mr. Pines joined Weksler, Bregman & Co. in 2000, as a partner. He is heading the insolvency department and is responsible for handling complex liquidation, receivership and suspension of proceedings cases.
Mr. Pines has an extensive and diverse experience in complex and comprehensive liquidations, and has broad experience in all matters relating to insolvency procedures. Mr. Pines acts from time to time as Liquidator, Receiver or Trustee of companies or other entities and, especially on behalf of commercial banks. Mr. Pines has been nominated and is serving as legal advisor to the insolvency proceedings of the Trade Bank Ltd (in liquidation) and represents the Israeli Official Receiver in the legal proceedings taken against former officers, directors and accountants of the bank.
Mr. Pines has also vast experience in non-profit organizations` laws, after serving as liquidator and/or special administrator to substantial amount of non-profit organizations, some of them were political prties and sport enterprises.
Mr. Pines also represents major clients in complex and comprehensive commercial disputes, and deals with diverse legal matters, including representation in civil and commercial cases in court, arbitrations and serves as an Arbitrator.
Mr. Pines was elected by the Maariv newspaper as one of the ten most promising leaders of the Israeli Economy in the next decade (
click here to read the article).
Bar Admission
Israel Bar Association, 1990
Education
Tel Aviv University (LLB, 1989), the Faculty of Law.
Practice Areas
Liquidations and Receivership
Non-Profit Organizations Laws
Special management & liquidations of Banks
Automatic Stay of Proceedings
Creditors` Agreements
Litigation & Arbitration
Sport Laws
Highlights
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Represented one of the largest Real Estate Groups in Israel (which shares are traded in the Israeli Stock Exchange) in the largest Creditors` Arrangement and Debt Reorganiztion ever executed in Israel, during all the legal proceedings before courts and during the commercial negotiations with 13 Series bondholders (
click here to read an interview with Amit).
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Served as a Trustee (by appointment of Israeli court) of the ARKAL factory (
read article).
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Legal advisor and Special Administrator of the Trade Bank Ltd. (In Liquidation).
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Liquidator of Bney-Yehuda Tel Aviv (Sport Enterprise)
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Special Administrator of Beitar Jerusalem (Sport Enterprise).
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Served as legal counsel to one of the most recognized basketball groups in Israel.
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Represented one of the largest creditors in the Heftziba`s creditors arrangement (
read article).
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Represented the buyer of Macabi netanya soccer group.
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Represented a special legal consultant in a transaction with respect to the selling of the ownership rights in one of the Prime Soccer League groups.
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Served as a Temprary Operting Liquidator of the GESHER political party (on behalf f the Israeli Non-Profit Organizations Registrar).
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Served as liquidator of "Bnei Yehuda" (Sport Enterpsrise). Amit was also appointed as a special investigator on behalf of the Israeli Non-Profit Organization Registrar in order to investigate the reasons which led to the dissolving of the organization.
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