Keshet Sirota–Leviner is head of the firm’s Tax practice. Keshet is a seasoned attorney with over 22 years of experience providing comprehensive tax advisory services to domestic and international clients in a variety of sectors, including technology, healthcare, insurance, industrial manufacturing, and real estate, from small transactions involving startups to multimillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to joining Naschitz Brandes Amir, Keshet was a Senior Tax Consultant at EY. In 2012, she established her own practice where she provided tax consulting services to a wide variety of clients. Between 2001 and 2011, Keshet practiced law at Udi Brazily, a boutique firm specializing in tax law. She started her career at one of Israel's leading law firms.
Keshet's expertise includes providing advice on various aspects of tax with respect to domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, fund formations, joint ventures, and spinoffs, as well as structuring commercial transactions, corporate restructurings, strategic business planning, and negotiation of settlements with tax authorities.
Keshet is a frequent speaker on tax efficiency and real estate taxation on behalf of Israel Bar Associations. She is often invited to speak at mega events and webinars and writes extensively on the subjects.
- CyberMDX - A Forescout Company, a leader in threat prevention solutions for medical devices, on their recently announced acquisition by Forescout Technologies Inc.
- Slinger, a leading connected sports company, on its $82 million acquisition of Israeli-based sportstech company PlaySight Interactive Ltd.
- CB4, the retail AI startup, on its acquisition by Gap. CB4 uses cutting-edge AI and machine learning tools to transform #retail operations, increase sales and improve the customer experience through predictive analytics and demand sensing.
- Beyond Security Ltd., an Israel-based cybersecurity company. on its acquisition by HelpSystems, a UK-based company.
- 2bprecise Inc., a US-based healthcare company on its sale of assets, including the shares of its Israeli-based Subsidiary, 2BPRECISE LTD. by Access DX Holdings, LLC., a US-based company.
- Herolo Technology, a leading Israeli front-end developer for the web and mobile platforms, on its sale to TASE–listed ABRA.
- Ham-let (Israel-Canada) Ltd, the industrial flow control systems developer for semiconductor production, on its acquisition by UCT, a leading US-based publicly traded developer of semiconductors.
- Clearwave, a healthcare industry leader in digital check-in and eligibility verification, on its acquisition of Odoro, a provider of digital patient-access solutions for healthcare providers, physician practices, and healthcare systems.
- Astroscale US, a leading global orbital debris removal company on its acquisition by Effective Space Solutions' assets.
- Rivullis Irrigation Ltd., an Israel-based micro-irrigation company on its acquisition by Temasek Holdings, Singapore's government holding company.
- Fidelity Management & Research Company, the leading US-based financial services corporation on its US$100 million offer to purchase Riskified’s shares by certain funds or accounts.
- Samsung Electronics, the leading South Korea-based global electronics company Samsung Electronics on its acquisition of Powermat Technologies’ assets.
- Syqe Medical LTD, a leading Israel-based developer of cannabis provision technology, on tax aspects in a number of high-profile investments.
- Informatics d.a Inc., n enterprise cloud data management leader, on a number of high-profile tax aspects.
- Habana Labs Ltd, a developer of artificial intelligence (AI) and deep-learning computing solutions, was acquired by Intel for $2B IN December 2019. Advised on a number of high-profile tax aspects.
- Various portfolio companies of FIMI. Advised on a number of high-profile tax aspects.
LL.B. (cum laude), Tel Aviv University Law School (1999)
B.A. (cum laude), Economics, Tel Aviv University (1997)
M.B.A. Accounting and Finance (cum laude), The College of Management (2006)
Israel (2000)
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