Meir Linzen

Meir Linzen is the Chairman of Herzog and Head of the firm’s Tax Department. With over four decades of experience, he is widely recognized as one of Israel’s leading experts in international taxation and private client advisory.

Meir specializes in advising high-net-worth individuals on complex domestic and international tax planning, as well as estate and succession matters. He serves as Chairman of both the Tax Committee and the International Law Committee of the Israeli Bar Association. He is also a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), and formerly chaired the Trusts Committee of the Israeli Bar Association.

• Within the framework of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Norwegian Government, composed the model for cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority Under the auspices of the Dutch Government and in conjunction with Palestinian, Jordanian, and Israeli colleagues
• Designed the model for a Triangular Tax Treaty
• Represented the Israel Bar Association in reform legislation concerning mergers and spin-offs and in discussions with the Income Tax Authority, and contributed significantly to the process of this reform legislation in the Knesset

• Personal Tax
• Private Clients
• Trusts and Estates
• International Tax Planning
• Corporate Tax

• Internet & E-commerce-Gaming
• Defence
• Aerospace and Homeland Security
• Public International Law

• Chairman the Tax Committee of the Israeli Bar
• Chairman of STEP (Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners) Israel
• Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Israeli branch of International Fiscal Association
• President of the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists
• Part of the Executive Council of Tel Aviv University

• LL.B. honours, Tel Aviv University, 1980
• Doctor of Philosophy, PhD honoris causa (granted an honorary PhD), Tel Aviv University, 2017

• Israel Bar Association, 1982