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An eight-slide overview of his practice, selected international matters, professional leadership and recognition.
Scan to open on your phoneSharon Nahari is an Israeli criminal defence lawyer with nearly three decades of experience representing clients in complex, sensitive and high profile criminal proceedings. His practice focuses on international extradition, INTERPOL matters, transnational crime, white collar investigations, financial offences, cybercrime, cryptocurrency related cases and cross border asset proceedings.
Nahari founded Sharon Nahari & Co. Law Offices in 1998. He regularly represents businesspeople, public figures, foreign nationals and individuals sought by law enforcement authorities in Israel and internationally.
He has appeared extensively before Israel’s criminal courts and Supreme Court. His international work has involved proceedings in Europe, the United States and other jurisdictions. Many matters require close coordination between defence teams, foreign counsel, diplomatic representatives and government authorities.
Nahari has been involved in dozens of extradition, international arrest, deportation and INTERPOL related proceedings. His work includes extradition requests to and from Israel, United States federal extradition proceedings, European Arrest Warrants, INTERPOL Red Notices, international fraud and cybercrime investigations, money laundering cases, cross border asset proceedings and parallel prosecutions in several jurisdictions.
His experience includes matters connected with the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Romania, Greece, Cyprus, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and the United States. His professional network also extends across Latin America and other regions where local counsel must act urgently in detention, extradition and INTERPOL cases.
Nahari acted following the detention in Belarus of Israeli lawyer Maya Reiten-Stoll. He led coordinated legal and diplomatic efforts seeking her release. Reiten-Stoll was released and returned to Israel. She later discussed her detention and release in a public interview.
Nahari has represented Yitzhak Abergil in international proceedings, including extradition related matters involving European jurisdictions and the United States. Background on the wider proceedings appears in the public profile of the Abergil crime family.
Nahari represented Rabbi Eliezer Berland following his arrest in Amsterdam in connection with an Israeli extradition request. He acted in the Dutch proceedings and helped secure Berland’s release under restrictive conditions while the extradition process continued. Contemporary reporting identified Nahari as counsel: Ynet and Mako.
Nahari acted for Israeli modelling agent Shai Avital in international proceedings arising from his arrest in the Netherlands and the request for his return to Israel. Israeli media identified Nahari as a member of the legal team in Channel 13 coverage.
Nahari represents Simon Leviev, also known as Shimon Hayut, who became internationally known following the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler.
Nahari has acted in international proceedings involving arrest requests, INTERPOL cooperation and a German extradition request. International reporting identified Nahari as Leviev’s counsel and described him as a leading Israeli practitioner in white collar crime and extradition: Georgia Today.
Nahari’s professional record includes involvement in the Israeli extradition phase concerning Rostislav Panev, a dual Russian-Israeli national charged by United States authorities with alleged participation in the development of the LockBit ransomware platform.
The United States Department of Justice announced the charges and Panev’s arrest in Israel pending extradition in its official case statement. The Department later announced that Panev had been extradited to the United States. The public DOJ material confirms the case and extradition but does not identify Israeli counsel.
All allegations in the Panev proceedings remain subject to the presumption of innocence unless proved in court.
All allegations in referenced criminal matters remain subject to the presumption of innocence unless proved in court.
Nahari proposed and helped establish the Israel Bar Association’s Extradition and International Crimes Committee, and serves as its co-chair. The committee was established at his initiative to develop professional knowledge, international cooperation and legal standards in extradition and transnational criminal law. His role and the establishment of the committee were reported by The Jerusalem Post.
Nahari has participated in the Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum and European professional discussions concerning extradition law. He maintains an extensive network of defence lawyers and international legal specialists. He also leads Global Lawyers Link, a network focused on cross border legal coordination.
Nahari regularly participates in conferences and professional forums concerning extradition, INTERPOL, European Arrest Warrants, cybercrime and international criminal defence.
In June 2026, he was invited to take part in the ninth edition of the International Extradition and the European Arrest Warrant seminar at Lake Iseo, Italy. The official participant list identifies Sharon Nahari as the Israeli lawyer in the programme. The international seminar series is described on the International Extradition Conference portal. Earlier editions have also been documented by eucrim, the European Criminal Law Associations’ Forum.
Nahari is an experienced lecturer on criminal procedure, white collar crime, extradition, international criminal law and INTERPOL proceedings. He lectures in academic and professional settings and teaches lawyers and other practitioners about the practical management of complex criminal and international cases. His teaching includes programmes organised through Practical Law.
His legal commentary and professional analysis have appeared in Israeli and international media and legal platforms.
Nahari and his firm have received recognition in Israeli legal rankings, including Dun’s 100 and BDI Code, for criminal law, white collar crime and international work.
Throughout his career, Sharon Nahari has developed a practice that combines courtroom advocacy, international legal coordination, strategic crisis management and a detailed understanding of extradition treaties, INTERPOL procedures and cross border enforcement mechanisms.
Short briefings on extradition, INTERPOL notices, and cross-border financial crime.
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Admitted to practice in Israel. Founder of Sharon Nahari & Co., established 1998.
Ranked among Israel’s leading white-collar and criminal law firms by Dun & Bradstreet (annually since 2011) and BDI Code.
Proposed and helped establish the Extradition and International Crime Committee of the Israel Bar Association; serves as co-chair alongside Gal Levertov, former head of the Justice Ministry’s extradition department. The Jerusalem Post →
Appointed Israel’s official representative to the Defense Extradition Lawyers’ Forum (DELF), London. Also a member of the Extradition Lawyers Association (ELA).
Regular legal commentator on Israeli television; author of position papers and legal reviews for the Israel Bar Association.
Member, European Criminal Bar Association.
Formal recognition from the Israel Bar Association and independent industry rankings.
Certificates issued by the Israel Bar Association and Dun & Bradstreet.
Represented a client sought by US authorities on fraud and impersonation charges. Successfully avoided extradition through a negotiated resolution within the Israeli courts, keeping the matter within Israeli jurisdiction.
Engaged as lead counsel in a complex extradition matter that unfolded across several years and multiple jurisdictions. Coordinated with local counsel in both the Netherlands and South Africa, conducted extradition hearings, and raised human rights arguments before European courts — illustrating the cross-border coordination required when a single case moves through more than one legal system at once. Source →
Regularly instructed in significant domestic financial crime matters, including large-scale fraud and money-laundering allegations against corporate executives and public officials.
Represented a defendant in a significant indictment involving fraud offences worth NIS 15 million, including charges of money laundering, tax offences, and obstruction of justice — illustrating the firm’s work on large-scale financial crime matters. Source →
Representation in any matter reflects a lawyer’s professional and ethical obligation to ensure a fair legal process; it does not constitute an endorsement of a client’s alleged conduct. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome in any future matter.
Appointed Israel’s representative to the Defense Extradition Lawyers’ Forum.
Panelist on Interpol Red Notice removal and revocation of international arrest warrants.
Regular lecturer on extradition and international criminal law at Israeli academic institutions.
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