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Exhibit 5.1
SHARIR, SHIV, FRIEDMAN & CO. LAW OFFICES
GALAI SHARIR TOP-DAN BUILDING
YORAM SHIV 72 PINHAS ROSEN ST.
DR. YAIR FRIEDMAN TEL AVIV 69512
EMMANUEL KADOUCH TEL: 972-3-644-0105
SIGAL MEGED-ROSEN FAX: 972-3-644-0106
DEBBIE GOODMAN
AMIR TIROSH [email protected]
ANAT SHINAR
EXHIBIT_5_1_OPINION.DOC
Exhibit 5.1
August 2, 2000
RadView Software Ltd.
7 New England Executive Park
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
USA
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as Israeli legal counsel to RadView Software Ltd., an
Israeli company (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation and filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), of the Company's registration statement on
Form F-1 (the "Registration Statement"), relating to the registration of an
aggregate of 5,750,000 ordinary shares, nominal value NIS 0.01 per share
(including up to 750,000 ordinary shares to cover over-allotments, if any), of
the Company (the "Shares").
In our capacity as counsel to the Company, we have examined originals
or copies of such corporate records, instruments and other documents of or
pertaining to the Company, and have reviewed such questions of law as we have
considered necessary and appropriate for purposes of the opinion set forth
below. In such examination and in rendering the opinion set forth below, we have
assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the
conformity to authentic originals of all documents submitted to us as certified,
conformed or photostatic copies, and that the documents examined by us are in
full force and effect and have not been amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the
Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered by the Company
against payment therefor, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Israel, as the same are
in effect on the date hereof.
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We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement and to the references to our name under the captions "Legal Matters"
and "Enforceability of Civil Liabilities" in the prospectus contained therein.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Sharir, Shiv, Friedman & Co.
Sharir, Shiv, Friedman & Co.
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