Amir Chen

Managing Partner

Practice Areas

Real Estate Planning & Zoning Hotels & Tourism

Contact Details

T +972.3.694.4144
F +972.3.694.4244
achen@fbclawyers.com

“Selected by his colleagues as ‘the lawyer to turn to at 3 in the morning’ to deal with complex real estate matters” Legal 500 “Valued for his well-rounded advice, and is an 'excellent combination of lawyer and businessman'” Chambers & Partners “Has an exceptional reputation and is consistently singled out as ‘one of the top lawyers in this area’” Chambers & Partners "One of the best for big projects and complicated transactions” Legal 500 "Earns recommendations from market sources, and clients value his personal involvement in the matters and his business skill, praising him as 'a deal maker'" Chambers & Partners

Mr. Chen serves as FBC’s Managing Partner and heads the Real Estate and Planning & Zoning Department. He focuses on the planning and execution of large-scale and complex real estate projects, real estate-related financing, and real property tax matters.

Mr. Chen is recognized as one of Israel’s leading deal-makers and is consistently ranked by international and domestic indices as one of the pre-eminent Israeli real estate attorneys.

Mr. Chen advises and comments upon legislation in the real estate sector and frequently provides interviews, publishes and lectures on current trends in the Israeli real estate market.

Mr. Chen serves as Chairman of the Property and Real Estate Committee of the Tel Aviv District of the Israel Bar Association, is a Member of the Board and Academic Coordinator in the Tel Aviv College for Practical Law and the Academic Director of the advanced real estate management course as part of the Gazit Globe Institute for Real Estate Research at the IDC Herzliya.

Mr. Chen is active in a number of non-profit organizations and led FBC’s establishment of the Senior Citizen Support and Social Facilitation Clinic at the IDC Herzliya.

Rankings

Real Estate

Planning & Zoning

Urban Renewal

Real Estate

Bar Admission

Israel, 1988

Education

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, LL.B., 1986

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