Mr. Ruppin’s primary areas of concentration are the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions for both private equity and corporate clients.

He has advised clients across multiple industries including retail, manufacturing, energy and infrastructure, technology and financial services. He focuses on tax matters in connection with domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions including tax due diligence, cash tax modeling, debt financing, global tax structuring and integration of existing and acquired businesses.

Before joining A&M, Mr. Ruppin was part of the transaction tax practice at Ernst & Young in New York. There, he performed tax due diligence and transaction-structuring services in connection with private equity and corporate clients’ acquisitions, dispositions, and refinancing transactions. Prior to Ernst & Young, he worked at the Assessment Office of Large Enterprises with the Israel Tax Authority, where he assessed income tax for some of Israel’s largest corporations including banks, insurance companies and conglomerates.

Mr. Ruppin earned an LL.B. and a bachelor’s degree in business administration (accounting), both summa cum laude, from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel, and an LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, with the highest distinction. He is a member of the New York State Bar and a licensed CPA in Israel.