Ben Ari Fish, Law Firm is the prominent law firm in Israel in the field of public higher education. For many years the firm has provided ongoing services of legal counseling to, and representation in legal proceedings of the leading and largest higher education and other educational institutions in Israel, including, among others, The Technion, The Association of University Heads, various research universities and a number of the largest public colleges in Israel, among them The Academic College of Tel Aviv – Yaffo, Tel-Hai Academic College and many others.

The legal services in which our firm specializes include ongoing legal services in all areas of activity of budgeted higher education institutions, from day-to-day matters to unique and groundbreaking scientific and technological projects.

The legal team of our firm is regularly involved in regulatory matters pertaining to higher education, and in providing legal counseling on corporate and legal governance.

Our firm believes in providing “enabling counseling”, aimed at realizing the objectives of the organization and promoting research and teaching according to the need of the institution, subject to the law and rulings, and is not intended to halt development and to impede management decisions. In this spirit, we always work jointly with the institutions in identifying ways to achieve their goals within the framework of the law.

The legal team of our firm participates in managing crises that may befall a higher education institution, in all legal and regulatory areas, and have acquired vast experience in handling unique events and special projects and bringing them to safe harbor.

In addition, our firm represents higher education institutions in all courts in a wide range of legal areas relevant to their activities, among them: commercial disputes management; labor law; student and disciplinary matters; patents and intellectual property; donations, estates and endowments; freedom of information; academia; research; tenders; municipal taxation of entities “volunteering for the public benefit ” and more.

Our firm regularly accompanies all regulatory issues, legislative proposals and governmental decisions related to the public higher education sector in Israel, and has acquired unique expertise in this field that combines legal professionalism and deep practical understanding of this sector.

Our firm works closely on a daily basis with higher education institutions, to better understand their needs and requirements and to provide them with the best legal response most suited to their needs. Our team of attorneys, engaged daily with the routine work and conduct of higher education institutions, is highly proficient and skilled in higher education law and in the unique legal aspects relevant to these institutions.