Publications Partners & Attorneys
Michael Shine Michael Shine, Founder and Senior Partner

Born London, England, 1946; admitted, 1967, England; 1970, Israel. Education: University of London. Former Member, Ministry of Justice Committee for Revision of the Israeli Company's Ordinance. Author, Chapter on Israel, "Encyclopedia of International Trust Laws". Contributor, on Israel, "Offshore Centers of the World". Author: Multi-annual chapters on Israel in "Getting the Deal Through: The International Regulation of Mergers and Acquisitions" and "The Handbook of Competition Regulators".

He is also the co-author of several articles published in leading law journals on the subject of Mergers & acquisitions including "The International Comparative guide to Merger Control 2005" as well as the 2006 and 2007 editions.

Languages: English, Hebrew and French.

Practice areas: International Tax and Estate Planning, Multi-National Family Asset Structuring and Planning, Trust Law, International Trust Administration, Competition law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Intellectual Property.

E-mail:michael@shinelaw.com
Joseph Tamir Joseph Tamir, Senior Partner

Born Israel, 1966; admitted to the Israel Bar in 1993. Education: Jerusalem Hebrew University, LLB. Bar Ilan University, LLM.

Languages: Hebrew, English, and French.

Practice Areas: Litigation, Arbitration, Commercial law, Corporate Law, Property law, Estates.

Mr. Tamir is a member of the National Council of the Israel Bar-Association and served as a member of the Board of the Israel Bar. He is additionally the author and editor of several law books in the field of commercial law. Tamir has extensive experience in litigation and handling commercial disputes, which was acquired at all courts levels, as well as at large commercial arbitrations.

Mr. Tamir serves as a member of the Trust Committee of the Israel Bar Association.

Mr. Tamir manages the division of the firm's local practice, which includes: Litigation, Real Estate and Commercial law.

E-mail:Joseph@shinelaw.com
Shira Shine-Fried Shira Shine-Fried, Senior Partner

Born Israel, 1973; admitted, 1999, Israel. Education: University of Manchester (U.K), LLB. Languages: Hebrew, English. Practice Areas: Multi-National Family Asset Structuring and Planning, Trust Law, International Trust Administration, International Tax and Estate Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions.

Shira Shine Fried is a member of STEP and ITPA and also serves as the Chairman of the Trust Committee of the Israel Bar Association – Tel Aviv District. Recently Mrs. Shine-Fried has been chosen as the winner of Corporate International Magazine Global Award: "Tax Lawyer of the year in Israel" for 2010.

Mrs. Shine-Fried manages the firm's division of international law, which includes: Multi-National Family Asset Structuring and Planning, Trust Law and, International Trust Administration. She is the co-author of several articles published in leading law journals on the subject of Mergers & acquisitions including "The International Comparative guide to Merger Control" for the years 2005-2010 editions. She is also the author of the Israeli Chapter if "Inside The Minds" Tax Law Client Strategies In The Middle East and Africa, Aspatore, as well as many articles published in leading law journals both locally and internationally on the subject of taxation of trusts in Israel.

E-mail:shira@shinelaw.com
Amit Segev Amit Segev, Partner

Born Israel, 1973; admitted, 2002, Israel.

Education: Tel - Aviv University, LLB, and BA in Economics.

Languages: Hebrew, English.

Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Municipal Taxes, Conveyancing, Litigation, Inheritance Law.

Published articles in the "Real-Estate" Magazine in the field of Municipal Taxation.

E-mail:amit@shinelaw.com
Efrat Mizrahi Sanzer Efrat Mizrahi Sanzer, Associate

Born Israel 1977; admitted 2004, Israel. Education: Tel-Aviv University, LLB.

Languages: Hebrew, English, Italian.

Practice Areas: Litigation, Real Estate, Non profit Organizations.

E-mail:efrat@shinelaw.com
Tomer Berreby Tomer Berreby, Associate

Born Israel 1979; admitted 2007, Israel. Education: Tel Aviv University, LLB.

Languages: Hebrew, English.

Practice Areas: Competition Law, M&A's, Land Conveyance and Corporate Law.

E-mail:tomer@shinelaw.com
Alon Shine Alon Shine, Associate

Born Israel 1978; admitted, 2008, Israel. Education: Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, L.L.B and B.A in Business Administration.

Languages: Hebrew, English.

Practice Areas: Multi-National Family Asset Structuring and Planning, Trust Law, International Trust Administration, Commercial Law, Inheritance Law, Corporate Law.

E-mail:alon@shinelaw.com
Lior Gabai Lior Gabai, Associate

Born Israel 1974;
Admitted 2002, Israel
Education: Sha’arei Mishpat College, LL.B, Bar-Ilan University, LL.M .

Languages: Hebrew, English.

Practice Areas: Banking Services and legal compliance

E-mail:lior@shinelaw.com
Hila Sender-Voldman Hila Sender-Voldman, Associate

Born Israel 1981; Education: Haifa University (Law and Economics).

Languages: Hebrew, English.

Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Real Estate, Litigation, Inheritance Law.

E-mail:hila@shinelaw.com
Raphael Lantsman Raphael Lantsman, Associate

Born (Former) Soviet Union, 1947; admitted, 1975, Russia; 1994, Israel.

Education: University of Lvov, the Ukraine. Languages: Hebrew, Ukrainian, Russian, German.

Practice Areas: Real Estate.

E-mail:raphael@shinelaw.com
Errol Sapire Errol Sapire, Compliance Officer

Born South Africa, 1943; admitted to the Supreme Court in South Africa.

Languages: English.

Practice areas: Trusts, Corporate and banking compliance, overseeing client due-diligence procedures.

E-mail:errol@shinelaw.com
Harold Rabkin Harold Rabkin, Legal Support
Born Cape-Town, South Africa, 1930; Education: University of Cape-Town. Certified Public Accountant, 1954, South Africa; 1956, England. Former Partner Moors Rowland (Previously Baker Musikant, Cape-Town).
E-mail:glenda@shinelaw.com
Les Mankowitz Les Mankowitz, Legal Support
Born South Africa, 1946; Education: University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Certified Public Accountant: South Africa, 1973; Israel, 1987.
E-mail:les@shinelaw.com
Rami Sastiel Rami Sastiel, In-house Tax Counsel

Israeli born. Education: Hebrew University, Jerusalem, LLM. In 1978 was appointed Legal Adviser of the Income Tax Division and Deputy Income Tax Commissioner.

Since 1987, Mr. Sastiel engages, in the main, in consultative tax advice, representation of tax assessees before the Tax Authorities, as well as representing them in tax suits before the District Courts and the Supreme Court.

E-mail:rami@rstaxlaw.co.il
Ronit Sastiel-Tuboul Ronit Sastiel-Tuboul, In-House Tax Counsel

Born 1968; admitted 1995. Education: Jerusalem University, LLB.

Ronit served as Head of the Capital Market Division in the Legal Department of the Israeli Tax Authority until 2007.

She now operates as In-House Tax Counsel to the Firm specializing in providing opinions and lodging rulings with the Israeli Tax Authority on both local and international domestic tax issues, including pensions, investments, income tax, VAT and Land Betterment Taxes.

E-mail:ronit@rstaxlaw.co.il
Yaron Cohen Yaron Cohen, In-House Tax Advisor

Born Israel, Education: College of Management, BA in Business Management (majoring in Accounting) CPA, Israel, LLB.

Yaron served in a senior position in the Israeli Tax Authority until February 2008.

He now provides services to the Firm as an In-House tax specialist on local domestic tax rulings and advice as well as on international taxation issues mainly in the areas of trusts, capital markets, taxation of hi-tech companies and the Law concerning the encouragement of capital investments in Israel.

E-mail:yaron@rstaxlaw.co.il
Einat Kolskey Tamir Einat Kolskey Tamir, Of Counsel

Israeli born. Education: Israeli College of Management, Tel Aviv, LLB.

Einat represents corporations in a wide range of international and domestic corporate and commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, public and private debt and equity financings, joint ventures and strategic collaborations, technology licensing and distribution and marketing arrangements. Einat also provides to both public and privately held companies, ongoing legal advice on corporate and commercial issues.

E-mail:teinat@bezeqint.net
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