EBN’s White Collar Crime Department provides comprehensive legal counsel and representation in complex and sensitive matters at the intersection of criminal law, commercial law, and administrative law. The department advises leading companies, senior executives, directors, businesspeople, and entrepreneurs operating in a highly regulated environment, where every proceeding may carry significant legal, business, and reputational consequences.
We believe that effective handling of white-collar matters requires a broad perspective and a multidisciplinary approach. The combination of deep criminal law expertise with the firm’s extensive capabilities in corporate law, securities, competition, tax, regulation, and technology enables us to provide our clients with precise, strategic, and uncompromising representation, grounded both in legal excellence and in a thorough understanding of the business environment in which they operate.
The department provides legal support throughout all stages of the process:
Immediate legal advice and close guidance from the very first moment, whether upon the opening of an investigation or upon being summoned for questioning. We work to protect our clients’ rights, manage legal risk effectively, and develop strategies to prevent indictment at the earliest possible stage.
Representation before prosecutorial authorities in pre-indictment hearings to close cases, as well as managing criminal proceedings before all judicial instances in matters involving fraud, securities offenses, money laundering, bribery, tax offenses, competition law, insolvency, negligence, and other economic crimes.
Handling asset seizure, forfeiture, and freezing proceedings, while developing strategic legal solutions aimed at minimizing harm to the client’s property rights, releasing assets, and preserving business continuity.
Advising multinational companies involved in proceedings in Israel, representing Israeli clients before foreign enforcement authorities, and handling extradition proceedings and cross-border economic enforcement matters.
The department is committed to professional excellence, strict confidentiality, and the highest level of sensitivity, recognizing that protecting our clients’ reputations is an integral part of the legal defense required.
Our team has extensive familiarity with all relevant investigative and enforcement authorities, including the Israel Police, the State Attorney’s Office, the Israel Securities Authority, the Israel Tax Authority, the Israel Competition Authority, the Capital Market Authority, and additional regulatory bodies, alongside significant experience in managing complex white-collar cases before all judicial instances.
The department is headed by Adv. Sarit Misgav, Partner and Head of the practice, brings more than two decades of experience in white collar crime, economic enforcement, and public corruption matters, including her previous role as Head of the White-Collar Crime Division at the State Attorney’s Office. Her profound expertise and institutional experience of the enforcement system enable the department to provide clients with strategic, precise, and effective legal counsel, combining a broad perspective with creative solutions in the modern enforcement landscape.
