Tax

Herzog Fox & Neeman

Herzog Fox & Neeman handles a broad variety of taxation work, including corporate tax matters relating to M&A and financing, indirect taxes, customs and tax litigation. The firm is recommended for providing a ‘very personal and dedicated service that is business oriented’. The team is headed up by Meir Linzen, a specialist in cross-border mergers and tax planning. He is supported by the private client-focused deputy head of the team Guy Katz, experienced corporate taxation expert Yuval Navot and Ofer Granot, who has a notable specialism in government incentives and research and development tax relief. At the associate level, tax litigator and trusts expert Sophie Matatyaho is a further name to note.

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Testimonials

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‘The main strength of the Herzog tax team is that they are very experienced in cross-border tax matters and offer very personal and dedicated service that is business oriented.’
‘Highest quality firm. The best tax advice in Israel. ’
‘I mainly work with Guy Katz. He is highly professional. Provides practical and comprehensive solutions and has extensive knowledge and experience in the tax field. He is one of the best tax layers in Israel. He is dealing with the top clients.’
'Yuval Navot stands out in responsiveness. I feel very confident in his tax advice.'
‘Super professional team, great team work, accountable and responsible, they take care and own the issue, and work professionally towards an optimal resolution.’
‘Guy Katz - best tax practitioner in Israel in my opinion, cannot praise him highly enough.’
‘An outstanding practice with many excellent people.’
‘Super responsive and practical.’

Key clients

888 Holdings Plc
Unity Software Inc.
Leonardo DRS

Work highlights

Provided tax advice to Avraham Kadar with respect to the sale of his holdings in the Brainpop brand to Kirkbi, a Danish company, in a high-value transaction.
Represented Unity Software in the negotiation and tax aspects of a merger agreement with ironSource.
Acted as Israeli counsel to Citigroup, Goldman Sachs Bank, Mizuho, MUFG and PNC Capital Markets as the active joint book-running managers of a $2.5bn sustainability-linked senior debt offering by Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries and related tax considerations.

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