Delivering ‘great ideas and solutions’, sizeable tax boutique Shekel & Co. is consistently engaged by large corporations for high-stakes litigation, including at Supreme Court level. The team is also routinely involved in major assessment agreements. Yaniv Shekel is a highly-rated corporate tax specialist; Ofer Elboim’s practice covers VAT and real estate tax; and Binyamin Tovi is ‘an outstanding international taxation lawyer’. The firm further showcases Ayelet Hillel-Birenzwig, who assists clients before the Israeli Tax Authority with pre-rulings, tax settlements, and assessment discussions; and Dean Klaro, an adviser on energy taxation.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Yaniv Shekel comes up with great ideas and solutions.’
- ‘Dean Klaro gets into the actual details of the agreements, and conducts a very thorough review before releasing any advice.’
- ‘Ofer Elboim is appreciated for his professionalism in all tax areas, and for his extraordinary ability to achieve optimal results, whether through tax planning, reaching assessment agreements and rulings with the Tax Authority or, if needed, through judicial proceedings.’
- ‘Ofer Elboim deserves great praise for his professional knowledge, the strategy he outlines, and the excellent work product from his team.’
- ‘Binyamin Tovi is an outstanding international taxation lawyer. He is very clever and creative. He thinks very quickly, and is able to analyse complicated ideas very quickly and provide solutions.’
- ‘They are very creative and they have out-of-the-box ideas. The team is very professional and has great expertise in all areas of tax and very good working relations with the Israeli Tax Authority.’
Key clients
- Chevron
- New Med
- Bank Hapoalim
- G-City
- Colmobil Group
- Alony Hetz
- Reality Fund
- Isracard
- Melisron
- Amot Investments
Work highlights
Represented Chevron, New-Med and others in a litigation procedure concerning the Natural Resources Levy.
Represented Israeli credit card companies, Isracard, Max and CAL, in VAT litigation regarding payments received from Visa, Mastercard and Amex, and payments received from credit card holders.
Represented Meilsron in successful court appeals that dealt with the applicability for exemption from tax on dividends payable out of depreciation differences.
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Practice head
Yaniv Shekel; Ofer Elboim
Other key lawyers
Binyamin Tovi; Ayelet Hillel-Birenzwig; Dean Klaro