Ms. Shavit joined FBC in 2006. Prior to joining the firm she was a partner at another leading Tel Aviv firm. Ms. Shavit concentrates her practice in the areas of taxation and employee compensation.
Ms. Shavit's diverse practice encompasses income tax, VAT, real estate tax, and international tax matters, taxation of provident funds, and tax implications of employee benefit plans and compensation packages. Ms. Shavit also has considerable experience working with governmental and regulatory agencies involved in privatizations and restructurings.  She provides counsel and has broad experience in handling complex M&A, financing and capital markets transactions. Ms. Shavit represents venture capital and private equity funds in fund formation matters as well as investments in portfolio companies.  Ms. Shavit's ongoing work for Israeli and multinational clients includes advising on cross-border tax structuring, representation before the Israeli tax authorities in ruling requests and settlement agreements, and providing opinions on tax-related issues.