Guy Katz

Office Location

Israel

Short Biography

Guy Katz has 20 years of experience as a tax lawyer and accountant. He specialises in advising multinational companies on their activities in Israel. Over recent years, Guy has handled hundreds of cases including negotiations with the tax authorities as well as tax planning in respect of assets valued at billions of dollars and significant M&A transactions. The disputes with the ITA 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 permanent establishment 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.

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