Yoram Raved

Yoram Raved was born in 1956 in Jerusalem

Yoram Raved was born in Jerusalem in 1956. His father, Dan, was a Holocaust survivor who worked as a bacteriologist at the Hadassah Ein Karem blood bank. His mother, Miriam, worked with Diaspora Jewry at the Jewish National Fund.

His parents died when he was a child, and he and his older brother Ari were sent to the Hadassim youth village. He later moved to Tel Aviv and went to high school there. He earned a law degree from Tel Aviv University in 1982.

In 1991 he opened his own commercial law office, and in 1994 Yossi Benkel and David Magriso joined as partners. The firm merged with Shibolet in 2018. His clients have included Bank Hapoalim, Elbit Systems, Mekorot, Cellcom and Japanese companies.

From 2000 to 2006 he was the private lawyer of Ariel Sharon and his family, and he belonged to the Ranch Forum of advisors. In 2004 he led the Likud team in coalition talks, and in 2005 he took part in founding Kadima. In 2008 he helped Tzipi Livni in her coalition talks.

He chairs an association named for Ariel Sharon and sits on boards of Tel Aviv University. In July 2020 he was appointed Liberia's honorary consul in Israel. He is married to Ayala and has four sons.