Alter Attorneys at Law

The firm: Alter Attorneys at Law is a leading tax law firm in Israel, exclusively handling tax law. The firm provides tax counseling to Israeli and foreign clients, including large multinational corporations, families and trusts. The firm also serves as a professional address in Israel to the most prestigious global law firms and tax service providers. Alter Attorneys is well known for its tax planning and its rulings and tax agreements with the Israel Tax Authority. The firm was founded in 1990 by the late Dr. Avi Alter, and is managed today by partners who have been part of the firm since its inception. The firm is ranked as one of the top Israeli tax firms by ranking agencies.

Areas of practice:  International taxation, corporate and individual taxation, mergers and acquisitions, real estate taxations, Value Added Tax, capital settlements and trusts, energy and infrastructure taxation, encouragement laws, capital gains tax, employee compensation, and other tax spheres. The firm has a proven track record in its field, including obtaining approvals for tax rebates and/or reduced tax, concerning demands of the authorities, as well as obtaining precedents in matters of taxation in court.

Partners
Anat Tenne-Engel, Adv. (CPA) – Senior and Managing Partner: LL.B and Accountancy, Cum Laude, from Tel Aviv University. Specializes in all tax areas. Considered as one of Israel's leading tax experts and has successfully handled hundreds of transactions and tax matters before the various tax authorities,. She has successfully achieved tax arrangements, minimizing tax liabilities, while guaranteeing the finalization of proceedings. In the last few years, she has been involved in capital settlements, trusts, international taxation, activity-sales, and settlement of conflicts with the tax authorities. Adv. Tenne-Engel previously held positions with the Israel Tax Authority. Lectures before various forums on tax matters and publishes professional tax articles and responses, in the written media.

Nir Horenstein, Adv. (Accountancy) – Partner:  LL.B, LL.M. and accountancy from the Tel Aviv University, Cum Laude, and an M.B.A., Summa Cum Laude, from Tel Aviv and ESADE Universities. Specializes in international taxation, including representation of multinational corporations, VAT, real estate,  energy and infrastructure taxation, and income tax (individual and corporations). Adv. Horenstein is the joint author of various books in the tax field, as well as the author of hundreds of professional articles in the financial press. Adv. Horenstein represents international public listed concerns located in Europe, the United States and other countries, and serves as the Israeli expert for international tax practice firms. Adv. Horenstein is a lecturer in tax matters at the Israel Bar Association, the Bureau of Appraisers and other professional forums.

Udi Shostak, Adv. (Economics) – Partner: LL.B and Economics, Cum Laude, from Tel Aviv University. Previously served as a teaching assistant at Tel Aviv University and Ramat Gan College. Author of numerous journalistic and professional articles. Specializes in international taxation, multinational tax shelters, accompanying Israeli's operating in Africa, trust arrangements and oversea funds, taxation of online sales, option and controlling shareholder's taxation, with a specific specialty in mergers, divestitures and Value Added tax issues.

Helena Ben-Baruch, Adv. (Accountancy) – Partner: LL.B and Accountancy, Cum Laude, from Tel Aviv University. Specializes in capital market taxation, trust taxation, international taxation, mergers, and divestitures. Co-author of a capital market taxation book and authors professional articles in various tax matters. Provides tax advice to some of the largest entities in the Israeli market, including banks, investment companies, insurance companies, trust funds, venture capital funds, and real estate development companies.
A partner in precedential tax arrangements in the field of corporate restructuring, employee stock options, taxation of passive income from securities, foreign income taxation, capital gains taxation following corporate divestitures, foreign resident and returning resident taxation.

Eyal Schwarzwald, Adv. (Accountancy) – Partner: LL.B and BA (Accounting), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Specializes in real estate taxation, income tax, international taxation and VAT. Advises and accompanies complexed real estate transactions, including urban renewal transactions and taxation of the energy and infrastructure sector. Adv. Schwarzwald is a partner in accompanying voluntary disclosure arrangements in complexed cases of individuals and trusts, handling VAT cases including cases in which our clients received tax refunds in significant sums, and writing complexed opinions in various tax areas.