Adv. Lior Ogintz has practiced commercial law since 2004, with over 22 years’ experience in insolvency, corporate governance, risk management and compliance. He advises companies and organizations on complex transactions, negotiations and substantial commercial agreements. He is also a qualified internal auditor. His ongoing work with management teams and boards combines a business and strategic perspective with detailed legal knowledge.
Since 2004, he has owned and managed Ogintz & Co., employing and managing a team of approximately 15 staff concurrently.
Practice Areas
- Insolvency and Finance: Representation and advice in insolvency and bankruptcy matters, corporate rehabilitation and substantial debt arrangements involving corporations, banks, financial institutions and third parties.
- Commercial Transactions and Negotiations: Ongoing legal advice to companies and organizations, and drafting and negotiating commercial agreements and tenders.
- Corporate Governance and Strategic Advice: Legal operations advice to management teams and boards on decision-making, implementing corporate governance principles and risk management.
- Compliance and Regulation: Developing and implementing compliance programs, reducing legal exposure and addressing changing regulatory requirements.
- Internal Audit: Operational, financial and information systems audits, as well as risk-based auditing.
Audit and Corporate Governance Experience
In 2020–2023, Adv. Ogintz served as internal auditor of Shilo — Association for the Development of Community Services for Senior Citizens. Since 2023, he has chaired the association’s audit committee, overseeing corporate governance and reporting directly to its board.
Education and Qualifications
- LL.B., College of Management Academic Studies.
- LL.M., Bar-Ilan University, concentrating in business law.
- Internal audit qualification (550 hours), University of Haifa. The program is recognized by the training committee under the Internal Audit Law.
- Chief Innovation Officer – Practitioner (CINO-P) certification from the Technion Knowledge Center for Innovation and the Israel Society for Quality and Innovation.
- Directors’ training, Israel Bar Association.
- Qualification to prepare enduring powers of attorney, advance instructions and documents expressing wishes under the Legal Capacity and Guardianship Law.
- Reading and analyzing financial statements course, Israel Bar Association.
- Mediation training.
- European Union law studies at Queen Mary College, University of London.
Adv. Ogintz completed his internship in the international commercial department of Baratz & Co. in Tel Aviv.
Academic Activities and Publications
Adv. Ogintz assisted Prof. Russell G. Pearce of Fordham University in New York in research on lawyers’ professional responsibility. He also served as teaching and research assistant to Prof. Suzie Navot in constitutional law. He taught Business Law, Communications Law and Labour Law at the Open University, the College of Management and the Academic College of Tel Aviv–Yafo.
He served on the editorial board and as a section editor of HaMishpat law journal, and on the editorial board of the Shamgar Book project, a Supreme Court initiative honoring former President Meir Shamgar. In 2003, he received an award from the Israeli Association for Parliamentarism for research on “Judicial Oversight of the Knesset.”
His article on implementing the Failing Company Doctrine in Israel was published in 2015 at Poznań University of Economics and Business.
Public Activities
Adv. Ogintz was a member of the Carmel Rotary Club in Haifa, holding several roles including club president and legal adviser to Rotary Israel. He is a graduate of the Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) and a leadership development program at Kibbutz Tuval.
Languages
Hebrew, English and Russian