Amalia Meshi is a lawyer based in Tel Aviv, Israel, and a partner of Yigal Arnon & Co., where she has built her practice around real estate, planning, and construction transactions. Born in Poland, she earned a Bachelor of Laws at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1970 and was admitted to the Israeli bar in 1972.
Background
Amalia Meshi was born in Worozlav, Poland, and her documented education and professional life unfolded in Israel. Her formative legal training took place at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she studied law before entering the Israeli legal profession.
The legal profession she entered was shaped by the institutions of the young Israeli state. Israel had become independent in 1948, and the Israel Bar Association Act of 1961 established the statutory body that would incorporate the country's lawyers and oversee the standards of the profession.
Education
Meshi studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, receiving a Bachelor of Laws in 1970. The university's cornerstone was laid in July 1918 and its official opening took place on April 1, 1925. It is the second-oldest institution of higher learning in Israel and was founded as a university of the Jewish people in Jerusalem.
The university's law faculty was established in 1949 as the first law faculty at an Israeli university. The faculty moved to the Mount Scopus campus in 1969, the year before Meshi completed her degree.
Career
Meshi joined Yigal Arnon & Co. in 1971 and became a partner in 1980. The firm was founded in Jerusalem in the late 1950s by Yigal Arnon and grew into one of the larger law firms in Israel. In March 2022 it announced a merger with the Israeli firm Tadmor-Levi, after which it operated as Arnon, Tadmor-Levy.
Her admission to the Israeli bar in 1972 followed her entry into the firm, placing her in private practice in Israel as a licensed lawyer. Her work has concentrated on real estate, planning, and construction transactions, including the negotiation of property acquisitions, construction agreements, joint ventures, bank financing, and mergers and acquisitions. She also conducts due diligence reviews for Israeli and international businesses and handles complex land planning programs.
The firm's published announcements credit Meshi with real estate transactions for major clients. In 2018 she was among the lawyers who represented Azorim Group and Ofer Investments in a ten-year office rental agreement with Noble Energy in the Herzliya Hills Complex. In the same year she was part of the team that represented Azorim Construction and the Gabbay Group in the purchase of 45 acres of land in Kfar Shalem, Tel Aviv, for a planned residential and commercial development.
Membership
Meshi's admission to the Israeli bar in 1972 connects her with the Israel Bar Association, which was established in 1961 as an autonomous statutory entity to incorporate the lawyers of Israel and safeguard the standards and integrity of the legal profession. Membership in the association is compulsory for lawyers licensed in Israel.
