Meir Linzen

Meir Linzen is the chairman of Herzog and head of the tax department. He has more than 40 years of experience in international tax and advising private clients, and is regarded as one of Israel's leading tax experts. Meir specialises in advising high net worth individuals in their domestic and international tax and estate matters. He serves as chairman of the Tax Committee and International Law Committee of the Israeli Bar Association, is a member of STEP (the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners), and is former chairman of 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