Professionals

A full law career pawned to add value to my clients'​ businesses. My guiding motto is to keep clients and deals compliant with the law and tax efficient. Always open to new challenges. Seasoned experience serving MNEs, banks, wealthy individuals, domestic start ups and mature ventures in successfully structuring cross-border investments, M&A transactions, and business and financial deals; policy and technical tax advice to governmental bodies, multilateral credit and investment organizations. I have led, co-led, or participate in leading M&A transactions in several sectors, including manufacturing and distribution, hospitality, oil and gas, mining, banking, services, agribusiness, e-commerce, breweries, dairy business,…

A graduate of the University of Manchester in England (1997). Specializing, with an international reputation, in the fields of multi-national family asset protection, trust law, the establishment and administration of trusts, international taxation, trust taxation in accordance with Israeli tax rules, and family wealth preservation and management, including the drafting of documents for various family structures including will trusts, and wills for assets situated in various places of jurisdiction. Serves as the Chairman of the Trusts Committee of the Israel Bar Association and previously set up and served as the Chairman of the Trusts Committee of the District Council, Tel…

Giovanna Bernal, holds a degree in Law and Political Sciences, obtained in 2004 at the Universidad Santa María La Antigua in Panama. She has successfully completed several Master's degrees, including Business Administration (Taiwan M.B.A), Commercial Law, Higher Education and Taxation and Fiscal Management. She has taken a number of specializations, including ITC Leiden Latin America's Executive Program in International Tax Law, Certification (CP/AML) in University of Florida on Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing on Prevention of Money Laundering (FIBA AML Institute) of Florida, USA. Currently, she is an active member of several associations: The Association of Panama Compliance…

With over 11+ years of versatile experience in Intellectual Property Law matters (Trademarks, Patents,Copyright, Industrial Design)- Amit handles the intellectual property needs of Large multinationals and Fortune 500 companies as well as small businesses and individuals across a wide range of industries across the globe. Amit assists clients in obtaining and protecting their trademarks, patents, copyrights and designs in India as well as in South Asian jurisdictions, through a network of preferred agents. His practice primarily includes preparing and filing applications for registration of trademarks, patents, copyrights & designs, drafting and filing responses to office actions, obtaining registration of trademarks,…