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Ohad Abrahami, Adv.
Adv. Ohad Abrahami focuses on trusts and estates litigation, wills, probate proceedings, estate administration, heir representation, enduring power of attorney, philanthropy, private international law, and more.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics, Political Science and History from the University of Toronto, Canada; a master’s degree in International Relations with a focus on Public International Law from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel (with thesis); and a Law degree from the University of Haifa, Israel.
Throughout his graduate studies, Adv. Abrahami has served as a research assistant for numerous professors in the fields of international humanitarian law, investor state arbitration, and transitional justice; and was the recipient of the Malka and Simcha Pratt Award for Outstanding Seminary Paper which later served as a basis for his master's thesis on Reciprocity in International Humanitarian Law. He also served as a legal researcher in several international arbitration cases.
Upon completion of his law degree, Adv. Abrahami articled and later worked as an attorney for the Guardian General of the State of Israel's Estates and Trusts Department (part of the Ministry of Justice), where he handled complex litigation cases in Israel and abroad totaling hundreds of millions of Shekels. While there, he represented the State of Israel and its institutions in all matters concerning estates and bequests made to them, worked vis-à-vis heirs, trustees, trust companies, banks, estate executors and testators, instructed foreign law firms representing the department abroad, and appeared before various Israeli courts. He also supervised the completion of various charitable projects made possible through those bequests.
Adv. Abrahami is fluent in both Hebrew and English; with basic command of Arabic.
He now practices in the private sector; and is available for your probate, trusts and estate and civil litigation, enduring power of attorney and philanthropy needs in Israel.