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"Our goal is to be one of the largest firms in Israel"

Adv. Anat Adar-Kfir, a founding partner at the law firm KR, has an extraordinary career that began at the age of 22. Nine months ago, she founded the law firm KR, which she hopes will become one of the largest in the country.

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Tuesday, 17 November 2020, 13:34

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"As cliché as it sounds, from the age of five when I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I replied that I would be a lawyer," recalls with a smile Adv. Anat Kfir, a founding partner at the law firm KR.

KR is a bit unusual in the legal landscape in Israel. "Our goal is to be one of the largest firms in Israel," says Adar-Kfir without blinking.

Indeed, today, only nine months after the firm began operations, it is already listed above. From 20 lawyers and is considered the largest in the Rishon Lezion and Shefela area. "I started from a modest boutique firm, seven years ago," Adar-Kfir recalls, "about a year and a half ago and in light of the many referrals on various legal issues and customer satisfaction, the need for legal services was expanded. , In a short time we started recruiting top-notch lawyers, each in his own area of ​​expertise.

"Today, the company has eight departments in our new office located in the Seven Stars Mall complex in Rishon Lezion, and in addition we are facing the opening of additional branches around the country. The additional goal is to expand overseas as well."

She finished high school at the age of 16.5

The path of Adv. Adar-Kfir, one of the most prominent young jurists in the arena, was not routine at any stage. She was born and raised in the city of Lod, and is very proud of it. "Despite the stigma attached to the city, Lod has developed in recent years.

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Adar-Kfir made a force in the school, and during her studies a class jumped.

As a result, she graduated from high school at the age of 16.5, and immediately afterwards began doing national service in the operating rooms at Assaf Harofeh Hospital.

"Shortly before I turned 18 I started law school, when everyone around me was much older," she says.

When asked what it was like to start studying at such a young age, Adar-Kfir replies: "The truth? I was terrified. When I started law school I came with a lot of concerns. Especially given the age gap between me and most students was significant."

"In the end," she continues, "I got along very well socially, and I also got to know my husband" (Adv. Liran Kfir - who co-founded the firm).

Adar-Kfir specialized in real estate, and when she finished the internship she took the exams. The bureau was certified as a lawyer at a particularly young age.

"I was certified at the age of 22, and immediately after the certification we decided to open a law firm together."

Along the way, Adv. Liran Kfir was appointed CEO of the Bar Association's Economic Company, and the management of the family law passed into the hands of Adar - Kfir.

In parallel with the management of the private office, Adar-Kfir began to serve as legal advisor to various corporations and even to serve as a director in leading companies in the economy.

"It was during this time that I found the field of corporate litigation fascinating and realized that it was a matter of time before I would establish a company under my ownership," she says.

Tell us about the firm

"This is a multidisciplinary firm with more than 20 lawyers and jurists and eight different departments. We deal in a variety of different areas in the legal world. What stands in its interest is the client's benefit and uncompromising protection of his rights.

" Today the firm is considered a leading firm of eight different departments Among them - labor law, execution, banking law, traffic law, family law and personal status, commercial litigation, civil department and tort and insurance department. "

According to Adar-Kfir," What characterizes our firm is the fighting spirit and uncompromising pursuit of justice and the best result For our customers.

"We do not compromise on any case and treat every case under our care as if it were the only legal case in the firm. The vast knowledge and experience we have alongside an elite team we have built leads us to significant achievements in the legal world."

When Adar-Kfir is asked if she has an established agenda or legal worldview, she replies: "My goal from an early age is to help people who do not have the knowledge or tools to defend themselves against something they see as stronger than them, sometimes it's even the law itself." .

According to Adar-Kfir, KR firm is careful to take pro-bono cases, and one of the ministry's most prominent cases is the management of a case of a Holocaust survivor who was deceived and lost all her fortune - "we made sure she got all her money back and even proper compensation for the mental anguish caused to her."

One of the difficulties that lawyers in large firms have to deal with is the heavy workload, which makes it very difficult to manage family life.

Adar-Kfir agrees that this is a charged issue, especially when both spouses are the lawyers and especially when it comes to partners in the same firm, but she says she manages to keep all the balls in the air.

"Luckily I have a business partner who is also a life partner who allows me to combine career and family. There is a kind of 'forceps movement' between us when he understands the importance of my career development, so there is more understanding that sharing the family burden should be equal. This is a good opportunity to thank him about it.

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