Jerusalem Report

Tele-soliciting from Tel Aviv

Trevor Asserson runs an English law practice from the top of a tower overlooking the Mediterranean.

Tele-soliciting from Tel Aviv
Photo by: ASSERSON LAW OFFICES
A very Israeli view can be seen through the windows of Asserson Law Offices on the 32nd floor of the circular tower of the Azrieli Center in Tel Aviv. The city is spread out at your feet. In the distance, the Mediterranean sea sparkles on a sunny day, dotted with white pleasure craft.

Inside, however, you might as well be in central London. The firm’s partners and associates are virtually all graduates of Oxford or Cambridge. The books lining the shelves of the offices are devoted to English law. Clients come to Asserson Law Offices expecting lawyers to argue their cases before judges and courts in England. In fact, if they need representation in an Israeli court, they will be directed elsewhere.

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