Yigal Arnon ( he, יגאל ארנון; December 9, 1929 – April 27, 2014) was an Israeli
lawyer
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and founder of
Yigal Arnon & Co.
Biography
Yigal Arnon received his
LL.M.
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degree from 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 1953, and was admitted to the Israel Bar in 1954. On the Israeli Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem web site, he is described as one of the leading jurists in Israel.
Legal career
He served as the chairman of the
First International Bank of Israel
The First International Bank of Israel ( he, הבנק הבינלאומי, translit=HaBank HaBeinleumi) is an Israel-based bank. Its commercial base consists primarily of large corporate clients as well as end-market consumers. , the fifth largest bank in Israel, between 1987 and 2000, followed by becoming Chairman of F.I.B.I Holdings Ltd.; chairman of the Board of Governors of the Hebrew University; and Chairman of
Arkia Israel Airlines
Arkia, legally incorporated as Arkia Israeli Airlines Ltd ( he, ארקיע, ''I will soar'', ar, خطوط أركيا), is an Israeli airline. Its head office is on the grounds of Sde Dov Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. It is Israel's second-largest ...
, the second largest airliner in Israel, of which he was reported to own almost 20%.
Arnon was known to represent the
Safra brothers' Israeli interests and has represented
Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert (; he, אֶהוּד אוֹלְמֶרְט, ; born 30 September 1945) is an Israeli politician and lawyer. He served as the 12th Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009 and before that as a cabinet minister from 1988 to 1992 and ...
and
Aryeh Deri
Aryeh Makhlouf Deri (, ), also Arie Deri, Arye Deri, or Arieh Deri (born 17 February 1959), is an Israeli politician. He is one of the founders of the Shas political party, and has served as Israel's Minister of the Interior, Minister of the D ...
in the past.
Former Israeli Minister Appeals for Rehearing of his Case
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References
Further reading
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External links
Yigal Arnon & Co.
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1929 births
2014 deaths
Israeli Jews
Israeli lawyers
Law firm founders
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law alumni
Israeli chairpersons of corporations