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Guy Katz has over 20 years of experience as a tax lawyer and accountant. He specialises in advising multinational companies on their activities in Israel. In recent years, Guy has handled hundreds of cases including negotiations with the tax authorities, tax planning for assets valued at billions of dollars, and significant M&A transactions. The disputes with the Israeli Tax Authority were highly complex cases involving criminal aspects, revolutionary issues of international taxation such as Hybrid Entities, management and control, as well as the existence of a permanent presence in Israel. In the last year Guy advised Pepsi Inc. with respect to its purchase of Sodastream Ltd. for $3.2 billion, and Oaktree with respect to its sale of its holdings in Veridis for more than NIS1 billion.

Guy graduated as first in his class from both New York University’s Tax LLM program, and Tel Aviv University’s BA program. He has lectured for the last 20 years at Tel Aviv University and the College of Management. He also served as the Israeli correspondent of Tax Notes International and IBFD, and was a member of the team responsible for preparing the CPA taxation exams in Israel.  On behalf of the Israeli Bar Association, Guy recently participated in negotiations with the ITA regarding required changes in the taxation of trusts as well as the tax authority circular with respect to reportable transactions and Section 77 of the Tax Code.

Hebrew, English

Israel, 2003

New York University, USA, LL.M (Taxation); Tel Aviv University, Israel LL.B (magna cum laude); Tel Aviv University, Israel, BA (Accounting) (summa cum Laude)