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Law Firms - Taxation Law
Barone & Co. Attorneys at Law
Barone & Co. is a boutique law firm with
a leading and proven reputation, spe-
cializing in the fiscal sector, taxation
(income tax, VAT, real estate tax, and customs
duties), economic offenses, money laundering,
supporting real estate deals, and complex com-
mercial deals. The firm was founded in 2010 by
Adv. Gilad Barone, one of Israel’s most eminent
lawyers in the tax sector, economic offenses, and
supporting real estate deals. The firm combines a
deep understanding in its field of expertise with an
ability to cope with complex, multifaceted cases
while providing creative solutions. Barone & Co.
provides solutions fromsupporting and represent-
ing clients before the Tax Authority, conducting
litigation in courts, and providing routine real
estate consultancy.
The firm’s team is composed of senior lawyers,
an extensive professional support staff with the
ability to conduct complex, large-scale cases. The
firm’s lawyers include both lawyers and accoun-
tants with professional experience working with
the Tax Authority, and the professional depart-
ments at income tax and real estate tax. The firm’s
lawyers are also members of the Israel Bar’s tax
committees. The firm has professional connec-
tions with accounting firms, tax consultants and
leading colleagues from the legal world to whom
the firm provides consultancy services, and also
lectures and instructs in its areas of operation.
Practice Areas
Taxation: The firm specializes in a wide range of
legal services in tax law regarding personal, com-
pany, NPO, partnership, and NGO taxes. The firm
renders to all these services in VAT, income tax,
real estate tax, customs duties, international tax,
purchase tax etc. The firm’s services include legal
opinions, consultancy, tax planning aspects of
deals and business operations, supporting and
handling in administrative stages, litigation sup-
port and representation in the various courts and
authorities. The firmhasmajor experience in sup-
porting and representation before the various tax
authorities, theMoney Laundering Authority, Israel
Securities Authority, Justice Ministry, Tax Author-
ity investigation agencies, State Attorney, the Tax
Authority’s legal and professional departments,
and Israel Police. The firm’s uniqueness is inher-
ent in its ability to combine the criminal aspects
of tax offenses, and money laundering offenses
with civil tax aspects.
Real Estate Tax: The firm specializes in real estate
tax consultancy and support due to the special ex-
pertise acquired by its lawyers, former employees
of the Tax Authority. The firm renders services to
property owners, investors, developers, buyers
and sellers, with the aim of bringing optimal re-
sults froma tax point of view combining ownership
and management of real estate assets, and deals
to realize or buy real estate rights. The firm ser-
vices include consultancy and planning a deal’s
outline, in all matters regarding tax aspects and
related tax events. The firm also provides opin-
ions, structuring required agreements, supporting
and dealing with the tax authorities in appraisal
and pre-appraisal proceedings, and support
and representation in the authorized courts and
committees.
Real Estate Deals: Barone & Co. operates a large
and professional department for conducting, sup-
porting and handling diverse and complex real es-
tate deals for developers and contractors in urban
renewal, combination deals, and cash transac-
tions throughout Israel. The firmprovides support
and solutions from checking rights, planning the
deal’s structure, support and conducting negotia-
tions, agreements and financing arrangements.
The firm arranges contacts with the banks and
financing institutions, implements agreements
with consultants, supports and acts in planning
and licensing procedures until registering rights.
Economic Offenses – White Collar (Tax, Securi-
ties Offenses): The firm specializes in support
and representation of economic, white collar,
tax and securities offenses with major experi-
ence in these fields including some of the largest
and most complex cases. The firm’s exceptional
approach combines civil law with capital market
and white collar offenses by understanding that a
substantial part of economic offense cases have
civil implications in terms of tax and assessment.
The firm handles the largest cases in this field
at any given moment from the pre-questioning
stage, conducting questioning and afterwards,
representation in hearings and court for complex
indictments. The firm is geared to handle such
cases, requiring special preparation and conduct
in terms of analysis and amounts of investigative
material, both with the authorities and conducting
court proceedings.
Money Laundering Prohibition: Barone & Co. spe-
cializes in money laundering prohibition and the
criminal and civil aspects of the law’s instructions
on its orders, through questioning and proceed-
ings conducted by the authorities including Israel
Police, tax authorities, JusticeMinistry, Police Cor-
ruption Unit, Anti-Gambling Unit and other eco-
nomic authorities. The firm supports individuals,
organizations and institutions obligated to report
by law, representing thembefore theMoney Laun-
dering Prohibition Authority, Supervisor of Banks,
Currency Service Provider Registrar etc.
Commercial Law: The firm focuses on conducting,
supporting and representation in diverse com-
mercial deals for companies and businesses in
commercial and business law. The firm’s services
include supporting business procedures, conduct-
ing negotiations, planning deal structures, draft-
ing founders and partners agreements, preparing
sale, work and JV agreements.
Litigation: The firm has major experience in han-
dling hundreds of litigation cases fromMagistrates
Court to the Supreme Court including Real Estate
Tax Lawappeals committees, arbitrations, registra-
tion management committees, and mediation.
Adv. Gilad Barone: B.A. LL.B. Israel Bar member
since 1995. Considered one of Israel’s most emi-
nent lawyers in taxation, white collar offenses and
real estate. He lectures in forums and conferences,
tax departments, Agents Association, Bar Associa-
tion Training Institute, Institute of CPAs andmore.
He is Deputy Chair of the Bar Association’sMoney
Laundering Prohibition Committee and amember
of its Tax Committee, and other committees in the
firm’s areas of specialization.
Esta b l i s h e d
2010
L i n e o f B u s i n ess
Commercial law, specializing in the fiscal
sector, taxation, money laundering, real
estate and white collar offenses
35th Floor, Square Tower,
5 Azrieli Center, Tel Aviv
Tel: 972-3-6068282
Fax: 972-3-6068281
Adv. Gilad Barone
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