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Yigal Arnon & Co

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Jerusalem, Tel Aviv

Dr Eran Lempert

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Profile

Work Department

Family Wealth Management, Tax, Venture Capital and Private Equity.

Position

Eran is a tax partner specializing in taxation, international taxation and fund formation matters. Eran has extensive experience in representing and advising Israeli and non-Israeli clients on a wide range of Israeli and cross-border tax matters, including mergers, acquisitions, financings, reorganization and restructuring, real estate investments in Israel and abroad, formation of investment funds, and taxation of individuals and trusts. Eran has represented public companies, private equity firms, real estate investors, and funds, among other clients. Eran's experience includes representing multinational corporations in front of the Israeli Tax Authority with respect to tax audits, tax assessments and other tax matters, as well as in obtaining tax rulings.

In addition, Eran has represented and advised venture capital, private equity, real estate and hedge funds with respect to formation and tax structuring.

Career

Prior to joing Yigal Arnon & Co. Eran was a partner in the Tax and Investment Funds Department of a leading Israeli law firm. Prior to that, Eran spent 4 years as a tax lawyer in the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, and before that he was on the faculty of the New York University (NYU) School of Law, where he taught courses on U.S. and international taxation.

Languages

Eran is fluent in Hebrew and English.

Member

Eran was admitted to the Israel Bar in 2001 and was admitted to the New York Bar in 2005.

Education

Eran received a J.S.D. degree in the field of international taxation and an LL.M. degree in Taxation both from New York University School of Law, and B.A. in Accounting and LL.B., magna cum laude, from the College of Management.

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