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Israeli probate and succession involves courts, registrars, banks, and tax authorities — all conducted in Hebrew under Israeli law. If you're living outside Israel, navigating this alone is nearly impossible. Our office is in Tel Aviv. Attorney Eli Shimony manages the full process on behalf of foreign residents, from obtaining the court order to transferring the final proceeds to your account abroad.
Tell us about the situation — we'll explain your options and next steps.
⚠️ Israeli banks freeze estate accounts immediately after a death notice is filed. Every month without a valid Succession or Probate Order means frozen funds, accumulating municipal taxes on properties, and missed legal deadlines. The process does not start by itself — it needs someone pushing it from inside Israel.
The Israeli probate and succession system has its own rules, language, and bureaucracy. Understanding what makes it different is the first step to dealing with it correctly.
Every court filing, Land Registry document, bank instruction, and government form is conducted in Hebrew under Israeli law — with no exceptions for foreign heirs.
Israeli banks freeze accounts as soon as a death is reported. Releasing funds requires a valid Israeli court order — a Succession Order or Probate Order — presented by a licensed Israeli attorney.
The Registrar of Inheritances, Land Registry (Tabu), Tax Authority, Social Security, and banks each have their own requirements — none of them coordinate with each other automatically.
Flying to Israel for every filing, hearing, and bank appointment is not practical. A Power of Attorney granted to an Israeli attorney allows us to act fully on your behalf without you being present.
These are the most common situations we handle for foreign residents dealing with Israeli estates. If any of them apply to you, we can help.
You stay in your country. We handle Israel — every court, every bank, every government office — on your behalf.
The Succession Order (when there is no will) or Probate Order (when there is one) is the court-issued document that unlocks the estate. Without it, nothing can be touched. We prepare and file the application to the Israeli Registrar of Inheritances, manage objections if any arise, and obtain the order — handling every step of the process locally in Israel.
Once the order is obtained, we manage everything that follows — re-registering property at the Land Registry in the heirs' names, releasing bank accounts and investment portfolios, redeeming pension funds and insurance policies, paying any outstanding municipal taxes or debts, and transferring the net proceeds to your account abroad with full tax clearance from the Israeli Tax Authority.
When heirs disagree — over the validity of a will, the value of assets, or the division of the estate — we represent your interests before the Israeli Family Court. This includes filing or defending against will challenges, negotiating partition agreements between heirs, and where necessary pursuing court-ordered asset division or forced property sales.
A structured, managed process — you don't need to travel to Israel at any stage. We handle it all from Tel Aviv on your behalf.
We start with a video call, email, or WhatsApp conversation. You describe the situation, we assess the assets, identify the heirs, and give you a clear picture of the process, timeline, and costs.
You sign a Power of Attorney at a notary in your country — we provide the exact wording. From that point, we are authorized to act fully on your behalf before every Israeli authority, bank, and court.
Every interaction with the Registrar of Inheritances, Land Registry, banks, Tax Authority, and insurance companies is managed from our Tel Aviv office — in Hebrew, in person, on your behalf. You receive regular updates in English.
Properties transferred into your name or sold. Funds transferred to your overseas bank account with full documentation and Israeli Tax Authority clearance. The estate is closed — cleanly and legally.
Since 2009, Attorney Eli Shimony has represented foreign residents from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and Europe in Israeli probate and succession matters. The combination of inheritance law, real estate law, tax law, and practical knowledge of how Israeli banks and government bodies actually operate is what makes this kind of matter manageable — and what our clients in over thirty countries have relied on to close their Israeli estates cleanly and efficiently.
We appear at the Registrar of Inheritances, the Land Registry, bank branches, and court hearings — in person, in Israel, on your behalf. No remote-only operation.
We understand the document requirements of different countries — notarizations, apostilles, translated certificates — and coordinate between the Israeli side and your side without burdening you with the logistics.
You speak directly with Attorney Shimony — not an assistant. Clear updates by phone, email, or WhatsApp in English, at every stage, timed to work across time zones.