Alter Attorneys at Law is active for both domestic and foreign clients, with experience in a broad variety of sectors, including sports, media, and energy. Anat Tenne-Engel leads the department, and has significant expertise advising on tax transactions, regularly acting on both domestic and cross-border mandates. Nir Horenstein is a core team member, with particular strength in relation to real estate tax, in addition to covering VAT, corporate tax, and other matters. Udi Shostak is an expert in international tax.

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  • 'The team was dedicated and helpful in many ways - their availability was outstanding, and they were very professional.'
  • 'The individuals were creative. Saw things in ways different from other law firms and were very attentive and available. Specifically - Anat Tenne-Engel and Nir Horenstein.'
  • 'The cooperation with the Alter Office team was excellent. They were available for us, answered every question, showed proficiency and knowledge, and did everything in a nice way. In the end, the result of their work was very good.'
  • 'Nir Horenstein was available for any question, put his team at our service, gave us professional answers, showed great proficiency and knowledge in his field, and the results of his work were excellent.'
  • 'They are exceptional in the tax industry. Have a great reputation and are extremely knowledgeable and smart.'
  • 'I especially recommend Nir Horenstein who is smart, professional and a good adviser. He knows everything you need to know about tax matters and is reachable and reliable.'
  • 'Professionalism, availability, expertise in all tax issues.'
  • 'Very professional and efficient. The team is very knowledgeable.'

Key clients

  • BTL (Rentalcars.com)
  • Bank Hapoalim
  • Isracard
  • Bank Leumi
  • Harel Insurance and Investment Group
  • Puratos Group
  • Air Haifa
  • Netflix
  • Siemens AG
  • Siemens Energy AG
  • Discord
  • Engel Invest
  • SUMMIT Real Estate Holdings
  • Azrieli Group
  • Aviv Group
  • BioNTech
  • Herzliya Municipality
  • Livermore Investments
  • Valor Byron Real Estate Group
  • Edeltech Energy Group
  • Shikun & Binui
  • Dalia Energies
  • MTL 3D Ltd
  • Prashkovsky Group
  • GNS NeoLasers LTD
  • SatixFy
  • Krones
  • MAN Energy Solutions
  • Amot Investments
  • Camondo Worldwide

Work highlights

  • Negotiated a tax arrangement including the questions of tax residency and the way of taxation of capital gains from the sale of shares at the amount of hundreds of millions of NIS .
  • Representing the Dalia Energy Group in regards to the tax aspects of their NIS 9bn acquisition of the Eshkol power plant.
  • Achieved a precedential ruling from the ITA with respect to the Capital Investments Encouragement Law saving tax to an international group of companies at the amount of millions of NIS.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Anat Tenne-Engel

Other key lawyers

Nir Horenstein, Udi Shostak, Helena Ben-Baruch, Eyal Schwarzwald