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Case Studies for United States Residents

34 real-world cases involving Israeli legal matters for United States residents.

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Investment Accounts · Jul 12, 2026

How a US Retiree Avoided a Forced Sale of an Israeli Securities Portfolio

A US person's Israeli bank demanded he liquidate a NIS 1.5M portfolio within weeks. How a Section 97(b2) exemption and a negotiated wind-down avoided a fire sale and Israeli tax.

OutcomeThe portfolio was wound down over six months on the client's own schedule, with no Israeli capital gains tax and roughly NIS 150,000 in wrongful withholding avoided, and the proceeds repatriated to the United States.
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Visas and Permits · Jul 9, 2026

How a US Professor Secured an Israeli Work Visa for a University Post

A US professor was told to enter Israel as a tourist for a two-year faculty post. Here is how we put him on a lawful B/1 work visa with permits for his family.

OutcomeWe had the university file for a B/1 expert permit, obtained the work visa in the United States, and arranged accompanying visas and insurance for his wife and two children, all before he flew.
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Estate Administration · Jul 8, 2026

How US Grandchildren Inherited a Haifa Estate Through Their Late Father

A Haifa widower died without a will. Two of his heirs were minor grandchildren living in the US. Here is how their one-third share was secured under court supervision.

OutcomeThe succession order issued with the minors named as heirs, their combined one-third share was ring-fenced in a court-supervised guardianship account, and the apartment was sold with Family Court approval, all handled from the US by power of attorney.
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Company Formation · Jul 7, 2026

How a US Parent Defended Its Israeli Subsidiary's Transfer Pricing in an Audit

The Israel Tax Authority attacked a US software group's cost-plus markup on its Israeli R&D subsidiary. A local benchmarking study cut a NIS 3.4M reassessment to a modest adjustment.

OutcomeA contemporaneous benchmarking study showed the markup sat within an arm's-length range, and we settled a NIS 3.4M proposed reassessment down to a modest voluntary adjustment, with treaty relief protecting the group from double taxation.
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Israeli Wills · Jul 5, 2026

How US Heirs Reversed an Israeli Mutual Will Rewrite

A US son and daughter were cut out of their late father's Tel Aviv apartment by a later will. We reversed it under the mutual-will rule of the Succession Law 1965.

OutcomeWe challenged the second will under the mutual-will provisions of the Succession Law 1965, and the Tel Aviv Family Court restored the father's children to their agreed share of the apartment.
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Buying Property · Jul 4, 2026

How a US Buyer Got His Money Back When an Israeli Project Stalled

A US buyer paid half the price of an off-plan Netanya apartment, then the developer stalled for two years. We called the bank guarantee and recovered every shekel.

OutcomeWe called the statutory bank guarantees securing his payments and recovered the full NIS 1.35 million he had paid, linked to the index, without him setting foot in Israel.
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Company Formation · Jul 3, 2026

How a US Founder Beat a Personal Demand for His Israeli Company's Tax

A New York founder was billed personally for his defunct Israeli company's VAT and payroll debt. We showed the collection triggers were not met and cleared his exposure.

OutcomeWe showed the statutory triggers under Section 119A of the Income Tax Ordinance and Section 106 of the VAT Law were not met, negotiated the withholding demand away, capped his exposure, and lifted the risk of a stay-of-exit order.
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International Transfers · Jul 2, 2026

How a US Family Released Their Father's Frozen Israeli Bank Account

A US daughter thought being on her late father's Israeli account meant she inherited it. It froze on his death. How we released NIS 680,000 to the heirs.

OutcomeWe obtained a succession order for the three US-based children and released NIS 680,000, wired to their US accounts after the bank's compliance review, within five months.
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Inherited Property · Jun 30, 2026

How US Heirs Settled a Moshav Farm They Could Not Run

Two US siblings expected to split their father's moshav holding equally. Israeli law gave the farm to one heir. We secured them fair, protected compensation instead of a low buyout.

OutcomeWe established the holding's true value under Section 114, secured the US heirs NIS 2.3 million in compensation paid over three years against a registered charge, and avoided a deadlock that would have frozen the estate for years.
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Tax Reporting · Jun 29, 2026

How a US Dual Citizen Cleared Years of Unreported Israeli Accounts

A FATCA letter from an Israeli bank exposed years of unreported inherited accounts. We ran the Israeli side and coordinated an IRS Streamlined disclosure, keeping the account open and the funds free.

OutcomeWe reconstructed six years of Israeli account records, satisfied the bank's FATCA demand to keep the account open, and coordinated an IRS Streamlined disclosure that closed the exposure for a single 5 percent penalty of about USD 19,000.
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Company Formation · Jun 28, 2026

How a US Founder Cleared a Deceased Israeli Partner's Shares to Close a Funding Round

When his Israeli co-founder died intestate, a San Francisco founder's Series A stalled over a frozen cap table. We resolved the share transmission from abroad in nine weeks.

OutcomeWe obtained a succession order, had the heirs recognised in the share register under the Companies Law 1999, and put a voting arrangement in place so the round closed nine weeks later, on a USD 6M raise.
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End-of-Life Planning · Jun 27, 2026

US Heirs Obtain Israeli Hospital Records and Cause-of-Death Ruling to Win Contested Life-Insurance Claim

How three US-based adult children obtained their late father's full Israeli hospital records and an official cause-of-death determination, apostilled and certified-translated, to secure a contested USD 500,000 accidental-death rider payout.

OutcomeFull hospital file released under Section 18 of the Patient Rights Law 1996, the death certificate obtained from the Population Registry, the forensic cause-of-death record secured from the Abu Kabir institute, all apostilled and certified-translated. The US insurer paid the USD 500,000 accidental-death rider.
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