Eli Wilchek

Eli Wilchek, head of Planning & Zoning practice and a member of the firm's executive committee, is a prominent attorney in Israel specializing in planning and zoning law and the municipal field (local authorities). He represents major institutions and leading businesses in these areas and serves as legal counsel for several local committees and authorities. Adv. Wilchek also regularly provides comprehensive legal advice and services to municipalities, planning committees, public bodies, contractors, real estate developers, and private individuals on matters related to zoning approvals, property development, public procurement, and more. Adv. Wilchek interned with Justice Menachem Alon of the Supreme Court of Israel and later for Justice Michael Cheshin. After four years at Naschitz Brandes Amir, he was appointed legal counsel to the Netanya Municipality, a role he held for three and a half years until establishing Cohen, Wilchek & Co. Other roles include approximately four years as legal counsel to the Southern District Planning & Building Committee and two and a half years as legal counsel to the Tel Aviv District Committee. Adv. Wilchek joined the firm in 2024, following the merger between Cohen, Wilchek & Co. and Naschitz Brandes Amir. · Naschitz, Brandes, Amir & Co.

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Eli Wilchek is a prominent Israeli attorney specializing in planning and zoning law and the municipal field, representing major institutions, leading businesses and serving as legal counsel to local committees and authorities. He advises municipalities, planning committees, public bodies, contractors, real estate developers and private individuals on zoning approvals, property development and public procurement; he previously served as legal counsel to Netanya Municipality, the Southern District Planning & Building Committee and the Tel Aviv District Committee, and joined Naschitz, Brandes, Amir & Co. in 2024 following a merger with Cohen, Wilchek & Co.

Practice areas

Planning & ZoningReal EstateMunicipal LawPublic Procurement

Office

Israel

Naschitz, Brandes, Amir & Co. · Eli Wilchek, head of Planning & Zoning practice and a member of the firm's executive committee, is a prominent attorney in Israel specializing in planning and zoning law and the municipal field (local authorities). He represents major institutions and leading businesses in these areas and serves as legal counsel for several local committees and authorities. Adv. Wilchek also regularly provides comprehensive legal advice and services to municipalities, planning committees, public bodies, contractors, real estate developers, and private individuals on matters related to zoning approvals, property development, public procurement, and more. Adv. Wilchek interned with Justice Menachem Alon of the Supreme Court of Israel and later for Justice Michael Cheshin. After four years at Naschitz Brandes Amir, he was appointed legal counsel to the Netanya Municipality, a role he held for three and a half years until establishing Cohen, Wilchek & Co. Other roles include approximately four years as legal counsel to the Southern District Planning & Building Committee and two and a half years as legal counsel to the Tel Aviv District Committee. Adv. Wilchek joined the firm in 2024, following the merger between Cohen, Wilchek & Co. and Naschitz Brandes Amir.

Israel

Expertise

Local authorities / MunicipalitiesZoning approvalsProperty developmentPublic procurementPlanning committees

Education

LL.B. (cum laude), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1986)
LL.M., University of Pennsylvania (1989)

Admissions

Israel (1988)
New York State (1990)

Languages

HebrewEnglish