Shira Lahat

Practice Areas

Labor Law

Employee Compensation and Option Plans

Class Actions

Career

Shira Lahat provides on-going legal advice, mainly to corporations, in all labor law aspects. Shira supports our clients on a routine basis regarding day to day issues such as recruiting new employees, disputes with employees, advice regarding employment terms and conditions, disciplinary issues, compensation and retirement packages, HR policies, employment termination, as well as issues concerning sexual harassment, equal opportunities in the workplace, work place safety issues and so on.

Shira drafts versatile agreements, such as employment agreements, consulting and services agreements, manpower agreements, non discloser and confidentiality agreements, IP rights agreements, separation agreements. Shira also has expertise in employee equity-based incentive plans and executive compensation.

Shira advises clients as to labor law ramifications in complicated commercial reorganizations and RIFs, including accompanying managers step by step in downsizing procedures, and supporting the clients post process. In addition, Shira is experienced in mergers and acquisitions, including conducting due diligence, assessing legal risks, drafting employment related provisions in transaction documents, advising on aspects relating to the change of employers, and preparation of retention agreements.

Shira regularly appears before various judicial instances such as the regional and national labor courts. In addition Shira represents clients in procedures and hearings conducted by different governmental authorities such as application for termination of pregnant employees, employees on military reserve duty and other protected employees, requests for special work permits (weekend work, overtime etc).

Shira delivers training to clients in various labor law aspects, such as prevention of sexual harassment, recruiting procedures, equal opportunities, termination and hearing procedures, etc.

Personal

Shira runs a blog (in Hebrew) about labor and employment issues (https://shiralahat.wordpress.com/)