Ofer Shapira

Biography

Founder and Managing Partner at SHAPIRA & Co., 2008-present

Partner at Zellermayer, Pelossof & Co., 2001-2008

Associate Attorney at Kantor, Elhanani, Tal & Co., 1992-2001

Member of Israel Bar Association since 1993

Member of INSOL International  since 2015

Member of BTG Global Network, 2012-2015

 

Education

MBA, NYU Stern School of Business

MBA, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

MBA, HEC Paris

TRIUM Global Executive MBA

LL.M., Cum Laude, Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Israel, 1998

LL.B., Faculty of Law, Bar Ilan University, Israel, 1992

 

Lectures

Lecturer at The Institute for Advanced Studies, Tel Aviv, 1999-2007

Lecturer on Real Estate, Building College, Tel Aviv, 1997-2006

Practice-Lecturer on Contract Law, Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, 1999-2001

Practice-Lecturer on Property Law, The Interdisciplinary Center, (IDC) Herzliya, 1998-1999

Practice-Lecturer on Securities, Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, 1995-1996

 

Languages

Hebrew, English and Spanish

 

Publications

Collection of bad debts under the new Insolvency Law (30.5.2019)

Ofer Shapira, “The loophole in the supervision of American bonds”, Calcalist 11.4.19

Ofer Shapira, Summary speech on the conclusion of the legislation process of Israel’s new Insolvency Law (at the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset, 6.2.2018

Ofer Shapira, Interview to Channel ILTV regarding legal proceedings against Google, 31.10.17

Insolvency Panel, Ahad Ha’am (Haaretz Newspaper), September 2016.

Ofer Shapira, “Institutional Trust Crisis”, Calcalist, 11.9.16

See also an Interview with Ofer Shapira,Globes, 26.11.2015

An Interview with Ofer Shapira,Channel 10, 16.7.15

“Indirect Exposure,” Calcalist, 12.11.2014

“The Chronicle of Debt Settlement” Lecture at the Capital Market Conference, Calcalist, 5.11.2014

Position Paper for the Committee for the Examination of Processes for the formation of Debt Arrangement in Israel, the Andorn Committee, October, 2013

“Between Taas and Negev Textile,” Calcalist, 13.9.2013

“The Next Hit,”Globes, 12.10.2009

“Early Celebration,” Calcalist, 8.9.2009

“Bondholders and Schemes of Arrangements in Israel,” INSOL World, Fourth Quarter, 2010

“Corporate bond crisis: rescuing the business, to rescue the creditors,” The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms, Legal Media Group, 20th ed., (2010) 442

“Insolvency and Business Rescue Procedures in Israel,” INSOL World, First Quarter, 2008

“Bankruptcy and Reorganization in Israel,” The European Restructuring and Insolvency Guide, 2005

“Title Insurance in Israel,” Land B(1), 2003″

“Unencumbrance of Assets Being Sold by an Authority”, Hapraklit 42,1996