Ilan Shavit ( he, אילן שביט, born 31 July 1958) is an Israeli lawyer, businessman and entrepreneur. Shavit is a founding partner of the commercial and corporate
Tel Aviv law firm Shavit Bar-On Gal-On Tzin Yagur and of the Shaviram property group.
Personal
Ilan Shavit was born in
London, England and studied at Barclay House School and
JFS. He
immigrated to Israel in 1972 and studied at the
Gymnasia Rehavia
Rehavia Gymnasium or the Jerusalem Rehavia Gymnasium, by its Hebrew name Gymnasia Rehavia ( he, גמנסיה רחביה, Gimnazya Rehavya), is a high school in the Rehavia neighborhood in West Jerusalem.
History
The high school's initial name wa ...
in
Jerusalem from which he graduated in 1976. In 1986 he relocated with his family to
Tel Aviv.
Legal education and career
Shavit graduated from the Law Faculty of the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
in 1984 and continued
LL.M studies at that faculty. He was a lecturer in
Public International Law in the Hebrew University Law Faculty and a member of the Law Review editorial board.
From 1983 to 1985, Shavit clerked at the
Supreme Court of Israel
The Supreme Court (, ''Beit HaMishpat HaElyon''; ar, المحكمة العليا) is the Supreme court, highest court in Israel. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all other courts, and in some cases original jurisdiction.
The Supreme C ...
under Justice
Gabriel Bach
Gabriel Bach ( he, גבריאל בך; 13 March 1927 – 18 February 2022) was a German-born Israeli jurist, who was a judge of the Supreme Court of Israel and was the deputy prosecutor in the prosecution of Adolf Eichmann.
Biography
Bach wa ...
and in Raveh, Abramson & Co. In 1985-1992 he worked as an associate lawyer with Raveh, Abramson & Co., Dan Cohen & Co. and Dan Cohen, Spigelman & Co, where he was a partner until the founding of Shavit, Bar-On & Co. in 1992. Shavit, Bar-On & Co. merged with Gal-On, Tzin & Co. in 2005.
Shavit's main spheres of activities were foreign and local corporate law and international transactions and corporate structures, hi-tech, bio-tech and start-up corporate incorporation and financing, private equity, real estate equity, shareholder rights and other fields of corporate law.
Shavit also practiced municipal law and in 2003-2005 he developed and proposed a two-tier municipal government structure, which was adopted by the Israeli Interior Ministry in
Neve Monosson and
Maccabim-Re'ut, in which the first
boroughs in Israel were created. Shavit served as an elected member of the
Yehud-Monosson
Yehud-Monosson ( he, יְהוּד-מוֹנוֹסוֹן) is a city formed by the joint municipality of the town of Yehud and the neighboring communal settlement of Neve Monosson in central Israel. In the city had a population of .
History
Within ...
City Council, representing the community of
Neve Monosson and was a member of the City Planning Commission from 2003 to 2006. In 2007, Shavit was appointed by the City Council to the position of Mayoral Advisor for Community Administration.
Business career
Shavit is active as a founder, investor and corporate director in technological, medical and trading enterprises. Shavit is the Chairman of
Ryyty, a multi-national group of trading companies which continued the Asian businesses of the
Butonia group. Shavit is a founder and director of UTC - Underwater Technology Center, an advanced underwater communications company, and of the Shamdon Globe and Shaviram real estate private equity groups, which invest in commercial real estate in England and the United States. Shavit is one of the investor-founders of the medical devices companies Medigus (
TASE: MDGS),
OrCam and PulseNMore (
TASE: PULS).
Military service
Shavit served in the regular
IDF
IDF or idf may refer to:
Defence forces
* Irish Defence Forces
* Israel Defense Forces
*Iceland Defense Force, of the US Armed Forces, 1951-2006
* Indian Defence Force, a part-time force, 1917
Organizations
* Israeli Diving Federation
* Interac ...
from 1977 to 1981, in the
Paratroopers Brigade
The 35th Brigade ( he, חֲטִיבַת הַצַּנְחָנִים, ''Hativat HaTzanhanim''), also known as the Paratroopers Brigade, is an infantry brigade unit of paratroopers within the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and forms a major part of ...
, with which he participated in the 1978
Litani Operation, and in the
932 Nahal Battalion as a platoon and deputy company commander in the
Jordan Valley. Shavit served in the
IDF reserves, from 1981 to 2003, as a Platoon Commander in the 1982
First Lebanon War and 1988-1993
First Intifada
The First Intifada, or First Palestinian Intifada (also known simply as the intifada or intifadah),The word ''intifada'' () is an Arabic word meaning "uprising". Its strict Arabic transliteration is '. was a sustained series of Palestinian ...
, and as a Battalion Intelligence Officer and Comptroller Officer in the
Inspection and Supervision Division of the
General Staff
A military staff or general staff (also referred to as army staff, navy staff, or air staff within the individual services) is a group of officers, enlisted and civilian staff who serve the commander of a division or other large military un ...
, reaching the rank of
Rav Seren (
Major
Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...
).
References
External links
Shavit Bar-On Gal-On Tzin Yagur, Law OfficesShaviram real estate groupELG - European Law GroupRyyty Apparel ResourcesMedigusUTC - Underwater Technology CenterBorough of Neve Monosson (Hebrew)*
India: Ryyty Means Fashion In Sanskrit''
Jewish Business News''
Passage To India: 146 Years Of Family History''
Jewish Business News''
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Israeli jurists
Israeli lawyers
British emigrants to Israel
1958 births
Living people