"Professional with huge patience and availability."
Sharon Kohane joined the Firm as a partner and manager of the White Collar Department, in March 2017.
Before joining the Partnership, Sharon had, for the past 15 years, served as a senior prosecutor in the Tel Aviv District Attorney’s Office (Taxation and Economics), inter alia as Department Head and as the person in charge of economic enforcement in the District. In this position, Sharon managed cases of public and legal importance in the field of economic-criminal law.
In light of her many years of working in senior positions in the District Attorney’s Office, Sharon gained considerable experience and expertise in the management of complex and broad-based economic-criminal cases (“white collar” crimes) in all of the various courts, including in seizure and forfeiture proceedings. Sharon is well acquainted with enforcement and prosecution personnel and the decision-making mechanisms in those bodies, following years in which she instructed, consulted and assisted them.
Sharon has gained recognition by the leading international ranking guide ‘The Legal 500’ for her achievements in the field of Dispute Resolution – White-Collar Crime, Investigation and Fraud.
The Department that she heads specializes in the field of criminal law, and mainly in economic and white collar cases, with an emphasis on tax offenses (income tax, VAT, purchase tax), securities, antitrust, money laundering, bribery, fraud and breach of fiduciary duties.
Sharon provides clients of the firm, both corporations and private individuals, with broad-based legal services which combine handling on the civil, criminal and administrative levels, including, inter alia, advice, representation before the taxation authorities, from assistance with investigation proceedings, hearings and the running of proceedings before the various courts.
Sharon has special experience in the field of money laundering, including the representation of clients, the provision of expert opinions, the implementation of procedures, lectures and training sessions.
Sharon holds an LL.B. from the Hebrew University (1997), and an LL.M. from Bar Ilan University (2006). She has been a member of the Israel Bar Association since 1998.
Sharon acts as (joint) chair of the Anti-Money Laundering Committee at the Israel Bar Association.
27.03.2022 | A plea agreement was signed between Adv. Shlomo Deri, the brother of former Minister Aryeh Deri; Adv. Deri is represented by Adv. Sharon Kohane, partner and head of our White Collar Department
A plea agreement was signed between Adv. Shlomo Deri, the brother of former Minister Aryeh Deri; Adv. Deri is represented […]
22.02.2022 | “If police officers acted in violation of the law, they should be prosecuted like any other citizen” / Adv. Sharon Kohane, Head of White Collar Department, in an article for N12
Ahead of Dun’s 100 Forum on senior law firms – a ranking of the leading companies in Israel, Adv. Sharon […]
13.02.2022 | Adv. Sharon Kohane, Partner and head of our White Collar Department, participated in a panel on “Trials in the Eye of the Storm” at the Winter Conference of the Tel Aviv District Bar Association
Adv. Sharon Kohane, Partner and head of our White Collar Department, participated in a panel on “Trials in the Eye […]
17.01.2022 | Adv. Sharon Kohane, a partner in our firm and Head of White Collar, in the N12 news edition – regarding the plea deal of former Prime Minister, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu.
Adv. Sharon Kohane, a partner in our firm and Head of White Collar, in the N12 news edition – regarding […]
05.08.2021 | Tax Authority has decided not to file indictments against senior members of ‘Albar Group’ in the parallel import case; The group and the officers were represented and accompanied by Adv. Sharon Kohane, Head of the White-Collar Department in our firm
After six years of investigation by the Tax Authority following suspicion of parallel imports, and after a comprehensive and professional […]
27.07.2021 | Adv. Sharon Kohane, Head of the White Collar Department at our firm, participated in the annual Dun’s 100 Forum on Criminal Law and White Collar.
Adv. Sharon Kohane, Head of the White Collar Department at our firm, participated in the annual forum of Dun’s 100 […]
08.07.2021 | Adv. Sharon Kohane, partner and head of White-Collar department in our firm, in an interview for Galatz following the filing of the indictment against Knesset member David Bitan
Adv. Sharon Kohane, partner and head of the white-collar department in our firm, who jointly represents KM David Bitan, in […]
06.07.2021 | Indictment against KM David Bitan; Adv. Sharon Kohane, partner and head of White-Collar department in our firm, represents KM Bitan in joint representation
Advs. Sharon Kohane, Dror Matityahu and Ephraim Damari – who represent jointly – stated on behalf of KM David Bitan: […]
11.04.2021 | Adv. Sharon Kohane, Head of White-Collar Department, in “Meet the Press”
Adv. Sharon Kohane, head of White-Collar department at our firm, participated in a panel in “Meet the Press” regarding the […]
06.04.2021 | The Israeli rating guide DUN’S100 has ranked our firm as a leader in the Israeli legal market
We are proud to lead the Israeli law market according to Dun’s 100 – a ranking of the leading companies […]