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FISCHER (FBC & Co.) Offices
146 MENACHEM BEGIN RD.,
TEL AVIV 6492103
Israel
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Adv Sagit Avital Assaf
Work Department
Ta; Municipal Tax
Position
Sagit Avital-Assaf heads FBC’s Municipal Tax practice. She is an expert in the field with extensive experience representing large companies and municipalities in Israel.
Ms. Avital-Assaf advises clients in complex matters valued in the hundreds of millions of shekels in a variety of industry sectors, including: real estate companies (including new developments), hi-tech and software development firms, shopping malls, banks, insurance companies, industrial and manufacturing companies, security companies, pharmaceutical companies, infrastructure companies, gas stations, hotels, senior citizen residences, and more.
Ms. Avital-Assaf expertise includes evaluation of the assessments and/or the increased charges received from tax authorities, providing legal opinions, filing objections and administrative appeals, representation before various appeal tribunals, representation in settlement negotiations, and the general filing and representation in all relevant legal proceedings, such as in administrative petitions, proceedings before the High Court of Justice, class actions and claims for restitution.
Career
Prior to joining FBC, Ms. Avital-Assaf worked in a leading law firm, served on the Municipal Tax Appeal Tribunal of the Municipality of Herzliya and was a member on behalf of the Federation of Local Authorities in Israel on the National Forum to Establish a Uniform Municipal Tax Order.
Languages
Hebrew, English
Memberships
Israel Bar Association, 1999
Education
College of Management (COMAS) School of Law, Israel, LL.B., 1999
Lawyer Rankings
Israel > Tax
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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition/antitrust
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: class actions (including derivative actions)
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: local litigation and arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: white-collar crime, investigation and fraud
- Employment
- Energy
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Hi-tech and start-ups
- Infrastructure
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: commercial/transactions
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: disputes
- Planning and zoning
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Telecoms and media
- Transport