Bank Leumi Legal Department

Bank Leumi is Israel's largest bank and one of the country's oldest financial institutions, founded in 1902. Headquartered on Yehuda Halevi Street in Tel Aviv, Bank Leumi serves millions of customers across retail, commercial, and private banking. The Bank Leumi Legal Division is one of the largest in-house legal teams in Israel, employing over 100 lawyers and legal professionals. The team handles banking regulatory compliance with the Bank of Israel (Supervisor of Banks), commercial lending documentation, real estate finance, capital markets transactions, anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions compliance, consumer protection law, and litigation management across Israeli courts. Bank Leumi's legal department also advises on the bank's growing digital banking and fintech initiatives, including its digital bank subsidiary Pepper. Lawyers at Bank Leumi work at the intersection of the Banking Ordinance 1941, Prohibition of Money Laundering Law 5760-2000, and Israel Securities Law 5728-1968.