The Chamber held a seminar on Commercial Real Estate in the United States on December 19, 2010 at the Dan Hotel in Tel-Aviv.
More than 200 guests listened to presentations on various aspects of real estate, including U.S. Real Estate Market: Overview, Trends and Opportunities; Structuring and Operating Real Estate Investments in the U.S.; The Israeli Institutional Investor's Perspective; U.S. Taxation of of Foreign Companies Investing in U.S. Real Estate and Legal Issues for Foreign Companies Investing in U.S. Real Estate.
Adv. Monte Silver of Wasserman Comden Casselman & Esenten said that new U.S. tax regulations will render foreign investments unworthy, unless foreign entities provide loans to U.S. companies, allowing the latter to purchase investments for the former.
Adv. Gil Raveh, Partner at Erdinast Ben Nathan Law Firm, said that U.S. taxation laws treat foreign investors like any U.S. business owner, including in all aspects of taxation.
The event was sponsored by
Wasserman Comden Casselman & Esenten,
Gerber & Co.,
Fox Rothschild LLP,
Profimex and
EBN & Co.
