Lyat Eyal
Attorney-at-Law
Intergenerational Estate Planning | Wills | Trusts | Estate Administration | Lasting Power of Attorney | Cross-Border Tax and Residency Matters
About
Attorney Lyat Eyal
Partner at Aronson, Ronkin-Noor, Eyal (ARE)
International specialist in trusts, estates, and legal-tax planning for families and private wealth clients in Israel and abroad.
Attorney Lyat Eyal provides strategic legal services for families and private individuals with international assets, including estate planning and intergenerational wealth transfer, lasting powers of attorney, estate administration, trust formation and management, and tax advisory for foreign residents, new immigrants, and returning residents.
Lyat leads the firm’s Trusts, Estates, and Intergenerational Planning Department, offering tailored legal solutions to clients in Israel and overseas. Her clients include private individuals, trustees, family offices, attorneys, accountants, and foreign residents with assets in Israel.
Areas of Expertise
Legal and tax planning for intergenerational wealth transfer
Lasting Power of Attorney
Formation and management of trusts
Estate administration and inheritance procedures in Israel
Tax advisory for foreign and cross-border trusts
Pre-immigration or returning-resident tax planning
Lyat is admitted to the New York Bar (1998) and the Israel Bar (2005), and holds a law degree from Oxford Brookes University, England (1996). She began her legal career at Faust, Rabbach & Oppenheim LLP, New York, where she practiced until 2003. She later joined the office of Attorney Alon Kaplan, one of Israel’s leading experts in trusts and estates, and served as a senior partner before joining ARE in 2015.
Lyat is an active member of leading international professional organizations, including:
ACTEC – The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
STEP – Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
IAETL – International Academy of Estate and Trust Law
Professional committees of the New York State Bar Association
She lectures and publishes regularly in prominent legal forums in Israel and internationally.
In 2022, she was selected to the Global Elite Directory, listing the top 250 international lawyers worldwide in private client and wealth management – chosen from more than 6,000 recommended candidates.
The firm advises private clients in matters of inheritance law, trusts, lasting powers of attorney, international private banking, real estate transactions, pre-immigration tax planning, and estate administration.
The partners have extensive expertise in advising foreign residents and Israeli residents with cross-border interests.
We draft legal documents and provide legal representation in Hebrew and English, with significant international legal experience in leading law firms in the United States and South Africa.
The firm also advises other professionals, including lawyers, accountants, financial consultants, trustees, and family offices within its areas of specialization.
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