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  Dr. Meir Rosenne

Office Location

Jerusalem

 

Contact Info

Mrosenne@bgalaw.co.il

Areas of Practice

International business law, comparative law, European law, international estates and trust law, extradition law, privatization in eastern Europe countries.

Education

University of Paris (Sorbonne) (B.A. Political Science, M.A. and Ph.D. International Law).

Professional Career

Israel Consul, New York, 1961-1967. Coordinator, Atomic Energy Commission, 1969-1971. Legal Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1971-1979. Participated in the International Conference on Civil Aviation; International Atomic Energy Agency; International Committee of the Red Cross (Geneva Convention Protocols). Member, Israel Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly. Member, Israel Delegation to Geneva Peace Talks, 1973. Participant, Camp David, Israel-Egyptian Peace Negotiations and Drafter, Camp David Accords. Participant, Israel-Syrian and Israel-U.S. negotiations. By decree of the French Republic President, on May 15, 2000, Dr. Meir Rosenne was promoted to the rank of Commander in the National Order of the Legion of Honour. Israeli Ambassador to France, 1979-1983. Israeli Ambassador to the United States of America, 1983-1987. President and Chief Executive Officer, Israel Bonds Organization, 1989-1994, raising more than U.S. $5 billion in investments in Israel. Senior Lecturer on International Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Law. Senior Lecturer on International Law, Tel Aviv University. Lecturer on International Law, University of Haifa. Member, Board of Trustees, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Member, Board of Trustees, Ben-Gurion University. Member, various international law organizations in the United States and Canada. Member, Board of Directors, IDB Holdings Ltd. Member, Board of Directors and Audit Committee, Jerusalem Mortgage Bank. Author of numerous articles in the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, and various French and Canadian newspapers.

Year of Birth/Place

1931, Jasy, Romania

Languages

Hebrew, English, French, Romanian, German and Yiddish