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    Amit, Pollak, Matalon & Co.

    APM House, 18 Raoul Wallenberg St.,
    Building D, 6th floor, Ramat Hachayal,
    Tel Aviv, 6971915, Israel

    101 Hebron Road
    Beit Hanatziv, Building B, 3rd Floor
    Jerusalem

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    T. +972-3-5689000
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    "A high-quality practice of very responsive lawyers who have a keen awareness
    of business needs."

    Chambers & Partners, 2021 Edition

    At Amit, Pollak, Matalon & Co. we understand that tax is at the core of every business. We have set up a dedicated team that serves clients not only at the time of a transaction but also with their business strategies through tax-efficient planning.

    How we help businesses

    • Tax planning
      We have an independent team within the firm that designs innovative cross-border tax structures and investment vehicles. With one of the largest legal tax teams in Israel, we take the time to understand your business to achieve optimal results in structuring your operations.

     

    • Tax on transactions
      Clients turn to us for on their key transactions in particular for corporate and M&A, real estate and capital markets deals.  We provided tax advice on over US$15 billion of transactions in 2022.       

      Recent experience includes:

    • Advising one of Israel’s leading food-tech businesses on its US$105 million fund raising.
    • Acting for a leading Israeli venture capital firm on the formation of its cross-border investment fund in Luxembourg.
    • Acting for one of Israel’s unicorns on its US$190 million IPO on Nasdaq and subsequent acquisition of a medical imaging analytics company.
    • Advising one of Israel’s fastest-growing companies on its US$300 million merger with another Israeli company and a subsequent merger with a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SAPC) led by a US investment bank. The combined entity is now a global leader in cybersecurity for autonomous vehicles.

     

    • Tax disputes
      We assist companies and individuals with tax litigation including negotiating and obtaining advance tax rulings from the Israel Tax Authority (ITA), advising on voluntary disclosure proceedings, and reaching settlement agreements with the tax authorities.

    What we do

    Our team provide tax advisory and transactional advice for:

    • International tax planning
    • M&A
    • Restructurings and reorganisations
    • Capital markets
    • Financing
    • Funds and investment vehicles
    • Trusts and foreign entities
    • Domestic wealth planning
    • Transfer pricing
    • Employee compensation
    • Real Estate
    • Private capital funds
    • VAT
    • Customs
    • Municipal taxes

    Why choose us

    • We offer a multidisciplinary service which means our clients get access to specialists not only for legal but also for financial advice. Our team includes dual-qualified professionals: Racheli Guz-Lavi is a qualified certified public accountant in addition to being a lawyer.In addition, we work closely with our colleagues in High-Tech and Venture Capital, Commercial and Finance, Real-Estate and Liquidations, and also alongside the world’s leading accountancy firms EY, Deloitte, KPMG and PwC. 
    • Our team and partners are recognised as market leaders by independent research. We are ranked as a leading firm by both Chambers and The Legal 500 with recommendations as leading individuals for our partners Racheli Guz-Lavi and Doron Levy. Yifat Weiss is recognised as a Rising Star by The Legal 500.

      “One of Racheli Guz-Lavi’s strengths, aside from her vast knowledge and experience, is her can-do attitude and attention to details.”       Chambers & Partners, 2022 Edition.

      “[Doron] is a brilliant tax lawyer, very responsive and efficient. He is a trusted adviser with very good business orientation.”       Chambers & Partners, 2022 Edition
       
    • We take a holistic view of your business enabling us to assist on both non-contentious and contentious matters. Clients get a genuine full-service tax team. We set out to understand your business needs and assist with compliance and strategic planning but also have leading professionals to settle matters if there are disputes with the tax authorities. We are one of the few firms experienced in tax class actions.

    For further information or to discuss your tax matters in confidence, please reach out to our partners below.

    Leading Partners

    Doron Levy

    T: +972-3-5689090
    E: Doron@apm.law

    Racheli Guz-Lavi

    T: +972-3-5689090
    E: Rachelig@apm.law