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Herzog Fox & Neeman Offices
Herzog Tower
6 Yitzhak Sadeh St.
Tel Aviv 6777506
Israel
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Mr Guy Katz
Work Department
Corporate Tax
International Tax Planning
Private Clients Trusts & Estates
Tax
Position
Partner
Career
Guy Katz has over 20 years of experience as a tax lawyer and accountant. He specialises in advising multinational companies on their activities in Israel. In recent years, Guy has handled hundreds of cases including negotiations with the tax authorities, tax planning for assets valued at billions of dollars, and significant M&A transactions. The disputes with the Israeli Tax Authority were highly complex cases involving criminal aspects, revolutionary issues of international taxation such as Hybrid Entities, management and control, as well as the existence of a permanent presence in Israel. In the last year Guy advised Pepsi Inc. with respect to its purchase of Sodastream Ltd. for $3.2 billion, and Oaktree with respect to its sale of its holdings in Veridis for more than NIS1 billion.
Guy graduated as first in his class from both New York University’s Tax LLM program, and Tel Aviv University’s BA program. He has lectured for the last 20 years at Tel Aviv University and the College of Management. He also served as the Israeli correspondent of Tax Notes International and IBFD, and was a member of the team responsible for preparing the CPA taxation exams in Israel. On behalf of the Israeli Bar Association, Guy recently participated in negotiations with the ITA regarding required changes in the taxation of trusts as well as the tax authority circular with respect to reportable transactions and Section 77 of the Tax Code.
Languages
Hebrew, English
Memberships
Israel, 2003
Education
New York University, USA, LL.M (Taxation); Tel Aviv University, Israel LL.B (magna cum laude); Tel Aviv University, Israel, BA (Accounting) (summa cum Laude)
Lawyer Rankings
Israel > Tax
(Leading individuals)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.
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)
- Employment
- Energy
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Hi-tech and start-ups
- Infrastructure
- Investment and venture capital funds
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- Transport
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: local litigation and arbitration
- Insurance
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: commercial/transactions
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: disputes
- Planning and zoning
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Telecoms and media
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: mediation and international arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: white-collar crime, investigation and fraud
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: filing/prosecution