Adv. Shay Fahima has extensive experience in both local and international taxation, covering a wide range of taxation areas such as income tax, VAT, and encouragement of capital investments.
Shay regularly represents leading foreign and domestic clients, on a wide range of Israeli and international tax issues arising in connection with M&As, sale and financing of Israeli and foreign companies, disputes with the Israeli Tax Authority, taxation of options allocated to employees, executives and advisors, corporate reorganizations, taxation of trusts and high net-worth individual.
Shay represents his clients both during the initial planning and the negotiation phase of the transaction, and during the execution and the post transaction stage. Shay represented multinational companies and technology companies in landmark acquisitions in the Israeli economy, and regularly engages with the relevant professional departments of the Israel Tax Authority to obtain pre-rulings, challenge tax assessments and settle other taxation disputes.
Shay co-authored the trust’s taxation chapter of Trusts in Israel: Current practice (2017) by Dr. Alon Kaplan.
Prior to joining our firm, Shay practiced with one of Israel’s leading law firms, and served as an academic assistant and visiting lecturer at prominent universities and colleges in Israel.
LL.B., Haifa University, 2009
Israel Bar Association, 2010
