Agmon with Tulchinsky Law Firm
The tax practice is recommended for its
expertise
and vast
experience
in advising on sophisticated
cross-border
transactional tax
issues. The practice
counsel
on all tax compliance and
controversy issues and
specialises in high-tech and venture-capital taxation, investments, and
group
restructuring. Menachem Tulchinsky is the managing partner heading the tax practice
comprising four partners.
Amit Pollak Matalon & Co
The Israeli law firm has an experienced tax team led by
three tax partners,
Doron Levy, Racheli Guz-Lavi and Yifat Weiss. The team has a breadth of experience in all tax domains and is a member of the First Law International network of independent law firms across 100
jurisdictions.
The key points of contact are tax partners Doron Levy, Racheli Guz-Lavi and Yifat Weiss.
Tax partner
Omer Ben Matityahu left the firm in March 2022.
During the research
period the tax team
advised infrastructure fund IFF, with $2.4 billion under management, concerning all tax matters for the fund, their partners, structure of the funds and more.
Arnon Tadmor-Levy
The firm had recently entered the tax legal market in February 2020 with
the leadership of
tax team leader
Boaz Feinberg, who has more than 20 years of experience, and the team that previously led the tax practice at ZAG-S&W. Tax practices key tax focus is on compliance and tax controversy advice.
Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co
The tax department
is recommended for its tax
legal and advisory
services
with a focus on structuring complex cross-border transactions, both inbound and outbound. The team
assists
in a variety of
tax matters such as indirect tax, dispute resolution, tax planning and more. Its client portfolio includes MNEs, local firms, non-profit organisations, and private clients. Harel Perlmutter is the tax
partner heading the practice.
Case study shows that the firm
advised Shift4 Payments, an American payment processing company, on tax matters concerning its reverse triangular merger with Credorax Inc. The value of the deal was $575 million.
Deloitte
The Big Four accounting firm has one of the largest tax practices in Israel, offering full tax service including contentious and non-contentious tax advice.
During the summer of 2022, the tax team grew with the addition of tax partners Sharon Litke Regev, Willy Elizarov, and Yair
Zorea, which bring the total partner headcount to nine.
Case studies show the tax team advised an educational services company on transfer pricing matters concerning its operations in Israel and the US. The key aspects involved
analysing and implementing a new intercompany pricing model to achieve better compliance
between
the
two jurisdictions.
Erdinast Ben Nathan Toledano & Co
The Israeli law firm’s tax practice has in-depth experience in tax advisory and dispute resolution across industries such as Hi-Tech, real estate, finance, retail, insurance etc. However, the tax team lead by partners Eran Lampert and Tal Alon, is specialised in transactional tax matters
At the beginning of 2023, the team advised Apollo Global Management and Yahoo in a 30-year commercial
agreement,
valued at $30 Billion,
which the client will receive 24.99% of Taboola Ltd,
an
advertising company.
Client feedback
'In the area of tax litigation, the EBN tax team's capabilities are extraordinary. They have the required litigation skills to present and convince the judges. Very professional, efficient, and very responsive to our needs.'
'Very efficient, reliable and value for money.'
Goldfarb Gross Seligman
The
firm’s
stand-alone tax department
assists clients
in all tax legal and compliance matters with
expertise in
handling
litigious
cases
and dispute
resolution. The firm has a branch in Zurich, Switzerland, offering legal counsel to local and international clients in Switzerland and Israel. The tax team consists of 11 tax partners led by co-heads of tax Tal
Atsmon and
Yaron Sever.
Case study shows the tax
team is
representing
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in its planned appeal to the Supreme court
regarding
trapped profits, estimated at $350 million.
Gornitzky & Co
The tax practice
has extensive experience in
dispute resolution and
advises on
a multitude of
complex tax cases
providing innovative solutions. Clients include MNEs, large and small domestic companies, HNWI and private clients. The team also
assists on filing voluntary disclosures before the Israel Tax Authority, negotiation and obtaining debt settlements. Tax partner
Daniel
Paserman
leads the practice.
Herzog Fox & Neeman
The
domestic law firm’s
tax team is one of the largest in Israel with more than 45 professionals and 15 partners.
The firm
advises
clients on all tax areas including private equity and investment fund formation, HNWI, real property tax, outbound international tax planning and more. The firm’s separate tax teams
such as the private client and individual tax team
is led by Meir
Linzen and Guy Katz. Other separate
tax teams within
the practice
includes international tax,
VAT, and customs. Meir
Linzen is the managing partner heading the team.
Following the departure of tax partner Tali Azriel to PwC, the team recruited Elad Pinchas, tax partner who joins from the Israel Ministry of Justice.
H-F & Co
The
Israeli law firm’s tax practice has a wealth of experience and knowledge in transactional tax, obtaining tax rulings from the Israeli tax authority on matters such as
restructuring, structuring transactions, options and more.
The
firm’s
clients typically consist private equity, public companies, funds, and individuals, engaging in the tech industry. Tax partner Danielle Skald is the key figure leading the practice.
In November 2022, the team
counselled
Nordic Capital on its $300 million acquisition of 25%
stake in
Equashield Medical Ltd., an Israeli medical devices company.
Meitar | Law Offices
The tax department
is highly recommended for its comprehensive tax service offerings. The firm has assisted a mixture of domestic companies and MNEs in complex and innovative cross-border transactions. With
broad client base,
as for an example private equity, hedge funds and senior executives,
the tax practice has extensive experience and knowledge
across
various
industries and sectors for instance
capital markets, real estate, oil and gas and digital currency.
Eldar Ben-Ruby is the partner leading the tax practice.
Case studies show the tax team is advising
a tech company in the
blockchain
sector on precedential issues concerning issuance of tokens, token-based employee compensation, structure of
token issuance and more. The client’s equity-raising was valued at $8 billion.
Client feedback
'Very professional, responsive, and thoughtful.'
'Highly knowledgeable on the subject matter from an Israeli tax perspective and also north American (Canada and USA). Responsive to questions and emails.'
'Very professional and pleasant co-workers.'
'Vast experience in complex cross-border tax restructuring with unparalleled knowledge of the subject matter and analyses the issue from a broad holistic view.'
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
The
firm’s
tax team works closely with clients on
a variety of
tax issues, whether
assisting
in compliance or contentious tax matters.
Similarly, the firm is
well
experienced in
advising
on
variant
tax
matters
pertaining to intellectual property.
The client portfolio counts
local small companies, MNEs and senior employees, which the firm counsel
on individual tax issues
including employment benefits and equity rights.
The key tax figures leading
the tax practice
are
Oz Halabi and
Moshe Sister.
However, senior tax partner Henriette Fuchs left the firm in
January 2022
to join
Yaron-Eldar Paller Schwartz.
S Horowitz & Co
The Israeli law firm is
highly recommended for its tax legal services and vast
experience in private client
tax
advisory. The team
provides comprehensive tax services covering dispute resolution and tax compliance, which it provides on a stand-alone basis and as support to other firm departments.
Furthermore, the
practice
has a focus on real estate tax – in which the team has extensive experience
representing
and advising
clients
– complex dispute resolution, transactional tax, indirect tax and more. The client portfolio includes a mixture of domestic companies, MNEs and private clients in many distinctive
industries. Leor Nouman, Ophir
Kaplan and
Moti Saban
are the three tax partners at the firm.
Shekel & Co
The established,
boutique
tax
law
firm
is
reputed
for supporting large firms on
all
tax issues with
expertise in tax controversy. Some of the
key industries it specialises in include energy, telecoms, and financial services. There firm has four senior partners
leading the tax practice
including name partner Yaniv Shekel.
Case studies show the tax team is
representing
Isracard and other Israeli credit card companies, in a precedential tax dispute,
regarding the tax authorities VAT assessment for the client’s foreign operations.
