Shira Shine

Practice Areas

Estate planning and asset protection

Establishing Trusts and other legal structures

Taxation of Trusts in Israel

International Tax and Cross-border advice

Immigration to Israel and applicability of the 10-Year Tax Exemption

Inheritance & Estates

Professional Memberships

Israel Bar Association: 1999.

Languages Spoken

English and Hebrew

Career

Adv. Shira Shine specializes, with an international reputation, in the fields of multi-national family asset protection and global cross-border estate planning, trust law, the establishment and administration of trusts and foundations, international taxation, trust taxation in accordance with Israeli tax rules, and family wealth preservation and management, including the drafting of documents for various family structures including will trusts, and wills for assets situated in multifarious jurisdictions.

Shira is also the co-owner of Alphen Trust Company AG, an in-house Swiss FINMA-licensed Trust Company which acts as Trustee for many of the Trusts established for the firm's high-net worth clients. She is also the co-owner of Alphen Asset Management AG, an in-house Swiss FINMA-licensed Asset Management Company which provides investment advisory and asset management services to the same clients.

Shira is designated as an expert in international taxation and trusts in leading international rankings. She acts as trusted advisor for only a select number of families, making sure that she is available whenever needed, with her finger on the pulse to be able to provide the very best advice in any particular situation.

Shira has been advising HNW families for the last two decades and has a strong international reputation for being able to provide innovative, tailored and effective solutions.

She has published and regularly publishes articles in leading journals in Israel and around the world, on the subject of international taxation, trust taxation and the use of trusts as an instrument to protect family assets.

Education