Dr. Yuval Navot is a tax partner, who leads our firm’s corporate tax group, with more than 20 years of experience.
Yuval focuses his practice on international tax planning and corporate tax matters serving both corporate and individual clients. Throughout his career, Yuval has been the principal tax lawyer on many of Israel’s largest M&A transactions. He also has a great deal of experience in complex tax audits, rulings and tax litigation.
Yuval is ranked among the top tax lawyers in Israel by independent guides such as Chambers Global, Legal 500, ITR World Tax, WhoseWhoLegal and the Client’s Choice Award.
Yuval co-heads the tax committee of the Tel Aviv Branch of the Israel Bar Association. He is an adjunct professor at Tel Aviv University where he teaches a course on corporate tax, and is widely published on tax matters.
Prior to joining Herzog Fox & Neeman, Yuval spent five years as a tax lawyer in the New York office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton LLP, and previously served for several years as an attorney at the Office of Chief Counsel of the Israel Tax Authority.
Yuval earned his Ph.D in Law from Tel Aviv University School of Law, an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law, where he was awarded the Harry J. Rudick Memorial Award for Distinction, and has an LL.B. and a B.A. in Accounting (magna cum laude), from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a member of both the Israel and New York Bars.
Additional Work Experience
• Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton LLP, 2005-2010, Associate
• Israel Tax Authority, Office of Chief Counsel, 2001-2003, Attorney
Rankings and Recognitions
• Three of our partners are winners of the Lexology 2022 Client Choice Awards
• Herzog Fox Neeman is ranked in all 24 practice areas by The Legal 500 EMEA 2022
• Herzog Fox & Neeman is Ranked by Chambers Global for 2021
• Herzog is the ITR European Awards 2020 Winner – Israel Tax Firm of the Year
• Herzog Fox & Neeman is Ranked by Chambers Global for 2020
• Herzog Named 2019 Israeli Firm of the Year in Taxation by the ITR
• Herzog Fox & Neeman is Ranked by Chambers Global for 2019
• Four of Our Partners Won Client Choice Awards 2019 by Lexology
• Herzog Fox & Neeman is Ranked by Chambers Global for 2018
• Herzog Fox & Neeman is Ranked by Chambers Global for 2017
Personal Rankings and Recognition
• Leading Individual in Tax (The Legal 500 2023).
• Ranked in Tax (Chambers Global 2023).
• Winner of Lexology Client Choice Awards 2022 in Corporate Tax in Israel.
• Recommended in Corporate Tax - Advisory 2022 (WWL).
• Highly Regarded in General Corporate Tax and Indirect Tax (ITR World Tax, 2023).
• Leading Individual in Tax (The Legal 500 2022).
• Ranked in Tax (Chambers Global 2022).
• Recommended in Corporate Tax - Advisory 2021 (WWL 2021).
• Winner of Client Choice Awards 2021 (Lexology).
• Leading Individual in Tax (The Legal 500 2021).
• Ranked in Tax (Chambers Global 2021).
• Winner of Client Choice Awards 2020 (Lexology).
• Ranked in Tax (Chambers Global 2020).
• Winner of Client Choice Awards 2019 (Lexology).
