Aronson Ronkin-Noor Eyal Law Firm

Aronson Ronkin-Noor Eyal Law Firm and Notary is a leading boutique law firm with unique expertise in advising private clients and high-net-worth families on inheritance and trust law, trust taxation, estate management, enduring power of attorney, international private banking, tax planning for new immigrants and real estate transactions including those involving trusts. The Partners practice Israeli law, together with practical experience in other legal systems such as the United States, England, South Africa, Switzerland and other countries, and collaborations with consultants abroad, enables the firm to provide comprehensive legal solutions addressing Israeli and international aspects, enabling clients to receive required services in one place.

Uncompromising professionalism alongside sensitivity and discretion

The firm’s areas of activity require expertise, creativity and deep understanding of Israeli law, as well as sensitivity to family situations. Based on experience, close client relationships and attention to clients’ needs, the team formulates a unique legal solution for each case and family, while maintaining discretion and attention to detail.

The Firm’s Areas of Expertise

Intergenerational transfer - The firm provides services related to intergenerational estate planning, including lifetime transfers, gifts, drafting complex wills, integrating probate trust mechanisms, establishing and managing trusts, and planning legal structures for transferring family assets over generations. The partners’ special expertise in inheritance law, together with cooperation with consultants in various countries, enables comprehensive advice in cross border matters.. Advice is provided, as needed, with local professionals in each territory to adapt effective planning to the applicable laws throughout clients’ lives and/or after death. The consultation also covers sensitive family dynamics, cross-border coordination, practical implementation, and ongoing communication with clients and their advisers, so that the plan remains coherent, enforceable and adapted to the client’s assets, residence, family needs and long-term objectives.
Wills and Inheritances - The firm accompanies clients at all stages of estate planning: drafting wills and adapting them to the legal and asset structure, planning solutions for complex family situations, integrating trust mechanisms into wills, and accompanying probate and inheritance proceedings.
Establishment, planning and accompaniment of trusts - Establishing and managing a trust, whether during life or by will, may provide a solution for intergenerational transfer, property division and inheritance management. In view of the firm’s experience and expertise, we advise clients on setting up trusts in accordance with family, business and tax needs. This includes trusts for children from several relationships, family members with special needs, and use of trusts as complementary or alternative tools to traditional inheritance mechanisms, depending on circumstances.
Estate management – The firm has extensive experience in managing and handling estates, especially where foreign residents died while owning property in Israel, transferring funds from estates in Israel and abroad, and related matters. Advice includes probate/inheritance applications, and estate management.
Enduring Power of Attorney – Advising on and drafting enduring powers of attorney in accordance with the Legal Capacity and Guardianship Law, adapted to personal and family needs, including cases with international affinity.
International Private Banking - The firm provides legal advice and support in matters involving banks in Israel and abroad, including opening accounts, transferring funds, advising on inheritance aspects and intergenerational transfer of financial assets, and dealing with international regulatory requirements such as FATCA and CRS.
Tax planning for new immigrants and returning residents - Tax planning and legal advice on tax aspects for new immigrants and returning residents, tax benefits related to immigration, Israelis returning to Israel, foreign residents owning assets in Israel, and pre-immigration planning, in collaboration with tax experts as needed.
Real Estate - The firm accompanies real estate transactions in Israel, with emphasis on foreign residents purchasing properties in Israel, buying and selling properties, registration of rights, and transactions involving trusts or international structures.
Corporate Law / Labor Law - Accompanying foreign companies entering Israel and their registration, advising on commercial and labor agreements, and providing ongoing advice in these fields.

The Partners

Adv. and Notary Alan Aronson
Adv. and Notary Alan Aronson represents private clients and has many years of international experience and broad expertise in trust law, including establishment and management, inheritance and intergenerational transfer, estate management and international private banking. He also provides notary services. Alan graduated with an LL.B. from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa and practiced as a lawyer at a Johannesburg law firm. Upon immigrating to Israel, he interned at Yaakov Weinroth & Co. and later worked as an associate at Dr. Alon Kaplan’s law firm, a leading international firm in trusts in Israel and worldwide. Alan is a member of STEP, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, and lectures to the legal community in Israel and abroad.
Adv. Orna Ronkin-Noor
Adv. Orna Ronkin-Noor has expertise in advising high-net-worth families and private clients, Israeli and non-residents. Orna provides comprehensive legal advice in real estate law, labor law, drafting agreements, handling reports to authorities and transactions in real estate tax trusts. She drafts and supervises execution of wills and enduring powers of attorney, and advises on aspects involved in the establishment and management of trusts in Israel. In addition, Orna advises international corporations in corporate and labor law in Israel. Orna holds a B.A. in Art History from Tel Aviv University and an LL.B. from Reichman University (formerly IDC Herzliya). Orna began her legal career in 1998 at Dr. Alon Kaplan’s law firm as an intern and later as an attorney upon admission to the Israel Bar Association. She is also a member of STEP, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
Adv. Lyat Eyal
Adv. Lyat Eyal has legal expertise in planning intergenerational transfers, especially in cross border matters, establishment and management of trusts, taxation of trusts, and counselling foreign residents who own property in Israel. Lyat has been trained and certified to advise on and supervise signing enduring powers of attorney. She also accompanies estate management in Israel for Israeli residents and non-residents who own assets in Israel, counsels on taxation of foreign trusts, and advises on pre-immigration planning for new immigrants and returning residents. Lyat advises private clients and consultants, including accountants and family offices. Lyat graduated with an LL.B. from Oxford Brookes University. She began her professional career at Faust Rabbach & Oppenhiem LLP in New York, later returned to Israel and joined Dr. Alon Kaplan’s team. Lyat is a member of the Trusts and Estates Committee and the International Committee of the New York Bar Association and is also a member of STEP, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. Lyat was selected by professional colleagues since 2022 for the Global Elite Directory, a list of top lawyers advising high-net-worth individuals. Lyat is a member of the International Academy of Estate and Trusts Law and of ACTEC, The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, international professional organizations with high admission requirements. Lyat publishes in leading professional journals and lectures in her fields of expertise in Israel and abroad.