Cross-border tax structuring expert Anat Shavit and experienced former Israel Tax Authority official Noa Lev Goldstein jointly lead the taxation team at FISCHER (FBC & Co.), which handles the full spread of contentious, transactional and regulatory work. Yaron Mehulal, who is highly recommended for tax planning on behalf of both corporations and high-net-worth individuals, is also integral to the team, as is municipal taxation specialist Sagit Avital Assaf. Further notable practitioners in the sizeable team include Yuval Peled, who has experience working in the US as well as Israel, the highly recommended Adam Kadesh, and the income tax focused Ofir Nahum Fartuk. Real estate taxation specialist Jonathan Shtang is another key contact.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The best team for tax court cases. Appreciated by the tax judges.’

  • ‘Noa Lev Goldstein and Adam Kadesh are true experts and bring a lot of passion to their profession.’

  • ‘Yuval Peled - I could not be more pleased with the level of professional service provided.'

  • ‘Highly experienced professionals with out of the box thinking. While other firms know how to do more generic work, Noa and Adam are always creative.’

  • ‘Noa Lev is an exceptional lawyer in the field of tax, very professional.’

Key clients

  • Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
  • Clal Industries Ltd.
  • Medtronic Trading Ltd.
  • Mobileye B.V.
  • Israel Ports Development & Assets Company (IPC)
  • Tidhar Group Ltd.
  • Julius Bär Group AG
  • Tidhar Rothschild Ltd. (Tidhar Group)
  • Lime Network Ltd.
  • MetaliconeTechnologiesLtd.
  • Dentsu Aegis Network Israel Ltd.
  • Tower Semiconductors Inc.
  • Y.G.M investments Ltd.
  • The Israeli Teachers’ and Kindergarten Study Funds
  • Celsius Network
  • Sumitomo Corporation
  • Mekorot Water Company Ltd.
  • Codere Online Luxembourg S.A.
  • Individual shareholders of Beit Hosen Ltd.
  • Amit Women Foundation
  • Wertheimer Group
  • Schocken Family
  • PeproTech Inc. shareholders
  • Y-Box Real Estate Ltd.
  • Plasel Ltd.
  • Amram Avraham Group
  • Hagag Europe Development Z.F.Ltd.
  • BioEye Ltd.
  • M.G.S Sport Trading Ltd.
  • MyTown Group
  • Goldman Sachs Group, Inc
  • IDE Technologies Ltd.

Work highlights

  • Represented Y.G.M in a court ruling determining that the Israeli VAT law is not applicable with respect to “Nostro activity” in traded securities.
  • Advised Tidhar Rothschild (Tidhar Group) on the tax aspects of the engagement with Six Senses Luxury Hotel Group for branding and managing the hotel in the Rothschild 10 complex in Tel Aviv.
  • Representation of certain entities belonging to the Celsius Network in the sale of GK8 assets, an Israeli subsidiary of the group, as part of US Chapter 11 proceedings, to Galaxy Digital Trading.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Anat Shavit, Noa Lev Goldstein

Other key lawyers

Yaron Mehulal, Sagit Avital Assaf, Ofir Fartuk, Yuval Peled, Jonathan Shtang, Adam Kadesh