Dr. Katy Elmaliah

Practice Areas

 

• Commercial Law

• Corporate Law

• Tax Law

• International and Commercial Litigation 

• Inheritance and Trust Law 

• Civil Law 

• Real Estate Law

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Professional Experience

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• Research assistant for Contract and Private International Law, University of Zurich (1989-1991).

• Awarded a grant from the Swiss National Fund for the Support of Scientific Research and the French National Fund for scientific research for her doctorate in international media law.

• Associate at a major Swiss commercial law firm

• Associate at a major Israeli commercial law firm (M. Seligman) 

• Lecturing at various professional organizations in Germany, Switzerland, and Israel.

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Memberships

 

• Israel Bar 

• Israeli German Lawyer`s Association

• Bavaria Bar (as foreign Lawyer)

• Swiss Bar

• German Israeli Chamber of Commerce 

• STEP Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners

• Israel-Switzerland & Liechtenstein Chamber of Commerce

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Languages

 

 German, Hebrew, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Czech

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Publications

 

• The Recognition of Divorces form Non-European States – the Example of Israeli Divorce: Katerina Elmaliah / Felix S. Thomas, FamRZ 2018, 739-746.

• Chapter on Israeli Foundation Law in: Handbook on the International Law of Foundations (Zerb Verlag, Germany, 2007);

• Report on Germany and Switzerland in: Elmaliah, Samarelli, Ernest et al., Inheritance Law in Israel and in the other States of the World (Hebrew), Ozar HaMishpath, 2007;

• Alon Kaplan, Katy Elmaliah, Estate Planning under Israeli Law, Internationale Wirtschaftsbriefe 2000, 989-992;

• Alon Kaplan, Katy Elmaliah, Erbschaftsplanung nach israelischem Recht (Estate Planning under Israeli Law), Internationale Wirtschaftsbriefe, 2000, 989-992;

• General Editor of Israelisches Wirtschaftsrecht (The Commercial Laws of Israel), a book pulished in German at Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich, 1998; Israeli Law of Agency (publication in German), Internationale Wirtschafts-Briefe, 1996, p. 131-134;

• Israeli Law of Enterprise (publication in German), Internationale Wirtschafts-Briefe, 1995, p. 937-944;

• The New Practice of the Swiss Court of Commerce regarding the Term “International” as a Part of the registered Trade Name of a Company (publication in German), Yearbook of the Commercial Register, 1994;

• Right of Reply – Droit de Réponse, a Comparative Study on the Mass Media Laws of Germany, France and Switzerland (publication in German), a book published at Stämpfli Verlag, Berne 1993, as a part of the Publication Series on Mass Media and Intellectual Property Law;

• Right of Reply or Right to Publish Extremist Views? (publication in German), Plädoyer 1993/6;

• Contribution to a Commentary on the Swiss Act on Private International Law: Heini/Keller/Vischer/Volken, IPRG Kommentar, published Zurich 1993; Political Criminal Law in Turkey (publication in German)

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elmaliah@elmaliah.com

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