Israel’s trust revolution
Alon Kaplan Lyat Eyal and Shai Dover
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Alon Kaplan and Lyat Eyal
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Alon Kaplan & Susanna von Bassewitz
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Alon Kaplan and Lyat Eyal
In Israel, local laws and governmental agencies regulate estate and inheritance matters. Consequently, in order to distribute estate assets, a petition for an inheritance or probate order must be filed locally. Such filings may be avoided by the establishment of a trust during one’s lifetime. By transferring assets to a trust/Hekdesh, they no longer form part of the individual’s estate upon death, and no court orders are then required to transfer the assets to the heirs. Since a trust is not a separate legal entity, a trustee may establish an Israeli underlying company to hold the assets for the trust.
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Hekdesh – The Israeli Foundation
Alon Kaplan and Alan Krost
The article illustrates that the Hekdesh, which is a special type of trust existing under Israeli law, is in fact similar to a foundation. The article discusses the law relating to the Hekdesh and highlights the features of the Hekdesh focusing on the similarities to a foundation and emphasizing its advantages over a foundation.
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Alon Kaplan
Books – Contribution of chapters on Israel
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Alon Kaplan
Books – Contribution of chapters on Israel
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