Trust and Corporate Structuring
The firm has taken its place in the international professional community engaged in this specialised area, networking with other practitioners in the field in many other jurisdictions. Managed by Advocate Shira Shine-Fried, a fluently bilingual (English/Hebrew) practitioner and graduate of Manchester University, England, this key division of the practice offers clients "one-stop shopping", providing not only the drafting of intricate Family Settlements but also the availability of its own foreign Trust Company and group of service companies, as well as a range of extensive private investment bank facilities through the banking institutions it represents.

International Tax and Estate Planning
A focused service in the field of private client as well as corporate international tax planning, private wealth, asset protection and estate planning is provided to foreign and local clients with a full network of foreign tax counsel correspondents, principally through the firm's active membership in the International Tax Planning Association and the International Bar Association, to which bodies the firm has presented various papers. Michael Shine and Shira Shine-Fried are also admitted members of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. Two leading tax experts have recently joined the firm, as in-house consultants, specializing in local tax litigation and tax planning.

Litigation
Michael Shine, Tamir & Co. has a strong litigation team, headed by Advocate Joseph Tamir, which handles a wide range of commercial, real estate, corporate, administrative and intellectual property litigation. The firm has extensive expertise and reputation in handling complex cases, high-profile matters and cross-border disputes for local as well as international clients. Its attorneys regularly appear in all the Israeli courts, arbitration proceedings, specialized courts and administrative tribunals.

Real Estate
The firm traditionally handles the fullest range of foreign and local private client real estate acquisitions and disposals in Israel, in both the commercial and residential sectors, invariably requiring corporate and tax treaty structuring to suit such transactions. Additionally, the real estate department handles a wide range of expropriations and compensation matters, realated to projects throughout the country.

Banking and Finance
Michael Shine, Tamir & Co represents a number of foreign banks and financial institutions, advising on various aspects of international banking procedures, representation in litigious matters on behalf of foreign banks and issuing legal opinions on a broad range of banking topics.

Mergers and Acquisitions
A number of major law firms world wide are represented in Israel by Michael Shine, Tamir & Co. and the firm handles key M&A situations involving an Israeli element, as well as handling direct client situations in this area. This has led to the firm's contribution of an "Israel Chapter" in a number of international practice manuals and publications in the field of M&A practice. Its M&A clients have included Merrill Lynch and Mercury Asset Management, Dow Chemical and Enichem SA., M.I.M. Holding Ltd. and Xtrata PLC, Citibank and Global Trust, Nestle and Givaudan Sa, Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft AG and ThyssenKrupp AG, Man and Skania and many others.

Succession and Inheritance
An active department is maintained specializing in the probating in Israel of foreign Wills, as well as handling foreign intestacies, together with the administration of deceased estates of foreigners. Expert guidance is provided to the competent courts on English and South African Succession Law, being accessed through firm members admitted to practice in those jurisdictions.

Family Law
A limited family law practice is pursued on behalf of foreign spouses engaged in matrimonial dispute, usually with an accentuation on the commercial features of such disputes.