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Law Firms - Private Clients, Trusteeship & Family Wealth Management
Arye Leybovich & Co. – Law Office
A rye Leybovich & Co. Law Office is a bou-
tique firm specializing in taxation law,
trusts, and transferring businesses and
capital between generations, real estate and com-
mercial contracts. The firm supports giant Israeli
and international companies, domestic and foreign
entrepreneurs and private individuals in these ar-
eas. Themix of interdisciplinary, deep professional
know-how gained by the firm in complex areas and
uncompromising concern for client satisfaction is
expressed in the added value that clients enjoy.The
firm supports domestic and foreign entrepreneurs
and businesspeople from founding a business,
company or partnership through to retirement from
the business and dividing property or the business
between the family through trusts, wills and inter-
nal family agreements while applying professional
know-how unrivalled in Israel and interdisciplinary
abilities of legal know-how in commerce, domestic
and international tax, and Israeli and international
trusteeships. The firm has excellent connections
in the Israeli and international world of finance
and banking allowing not only desiring aims but
also achieving them in the shortest time frame.
The reputation earned as a leading Israeli firm
in trusts and transferring businesses and capital
between generations stems from its strength as
both a one stop shop and boutique firm in its
areas of specialization.
The firm was founded by
Dr. Arye Leybovich, Adv.
whose books on taxation
and his books on trusts
have been described by
experts and the Institute
of CPAs in Israel as breakthrough works. The firm
was founded with the appointment of Dr. Leybo-
vich as President of the Ocean International Trust
Groupwhich holds andmanages assets for wealthy
families in Israel and abroad. Dr. Leybovich’s con-
nections in the business world allow the imple-
mentation of business ventures that are stuck by
“linking up” with relevant partners from the firm’s
client roster.
Practice Areas
Taxation Dept. – Handles all areas of Israeli and
international tax, and provides opinions, tax
consultancy, complex tax planning for Israeli and
overseas clients, and specializes in advice, sup-
port, and representing creditors before Israel’s
tax authorities and courts including domestic and
international tax of companies and individuals,
international tax planning using offshore and on-
shore regimes, and their influence on tax covenant
arrangements, options in Israel and the US (ISO/
ESOP & ESPP), trusts, and foundation and estab-
lishment trusts, real estate tax, REITS, and more.
Trusts, Asset and Estates Management, Transfer-
ring Businesses and Capital Between Generations
- Arye Leybovich & Co. is without doubt Israel’s
leading firm in transferring assets and/or business-
es between one generation to another within fami-
lies. The interdisciplinary know-how required that
the firmhas is unique to Arye Leybovich & Co., and
has been gained over many years delving into the
topic. The firm is ranked as a leading firm by D&B.
In this role Dr. Leybovich and the firm act as advi-
sors and representatives of grantors requesting to
found trusts and similar legal foundations in Israel
and abroad or alternatively to change the existing
trust, and thus beneficiaries and trustees “enjoy”
similar existing foundations. The department as-
sists as needed in changing trust conditions and
has links with dozens of trusts worldwide including
international investment banks inSwitzerland, US,
UK, Cyprus, Germany, Panama, Latvia and more.
Dr. Leybovich’s book “Trust and Trust Taxation”
won high praise and was described in the CPA
Institute journal as “a breakthrough book” and is
Israel’s only book on all aspects of this complex
legal area. Dr. Leybovich is considered a leading
world expert in this field and advisesmany foreign
residents.
Commercial Department – supports and advises
clients on daily and a range of commercial mat-
ters in Israel and abroad. The firm represents ma-
jor Israel and overseas commercial bodies and
businesspeople including banks, contractors,
developers and investors in Israel and overseas
real estate, high-tech companies and more. The
firm’s expertise in finance and tax is a practical ad-
vantage and source for saving substantial money
for clients supported by the department.
Real Estate Department – has extensive experience
in supporting complex real estate deals in Israel
and abroad and a deep understanding in taxation
generally and real estate taxation in particular. The
firm supports developers, contractors, and large
real estate groups and projects.
Litigation Department – represents private and
commercial clients and businesses and organi-
zations in civil procedures before courts, arbitra-
tion and mediation in commercial disputes, labor
disagreements, copyright infringement, control
struggles in commercial bodies, protecting direc-
tors, receivership and more.
Dr. Leybovich is one of Israel’s most productive
lawyers and as well as publishing thousands of ar-
ticles in periodicals and financial newspapers, he
has published the books “Trusts and Tax Trusts”,
“The Guide to Drawing Up Commercial/Found-
ers Agreements”, “Tax Covenant Encyclopedia”,
“Covenant No. 111 Tables”, “VAT Encyclopedia
(2 volumes)” and “Stamp Tax Law”. Dr. Leybovich
has also written taxation chapters in other books
written by lawyers pub-
lished by lawyers on
companies law, relo-
cation, real estate and
more. Dr. Leybovich is
President of the Israel
Chamber of Trusts, co-
Chairman of the Israel Bar Trust Committee, and
President of the Ocean International Trust Group,
which operates in countries including Hong Kong,
Singapore, Panama, Austria, Switzerland, and
Israel.
L i n e o f B u s i n ess
Boutique Firm Specializing in Taxation Law, Trusts, and Transferring
Businesses and Capital between Generations, Real Estate and
Commercial Contracts. The Firm Supports Israeli and International
Companies, Domestic and Foreign Entrepreneurs and Private
Individuals
Moshe Aviv Tower, 7 Jabotisky St.,
Ramat Gan
Tel: 972-77-7051717
Fax: 972-3-5426655
Dr. Arye Leybovich,
Adv.
Founder & Owner *
* See Top Executives Profiles - Page 582