Mr. Ruppin’s primary areas of focus are the tax aspects of M&A for both private equity and corporate clients.

Mr. Ruppin 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 M&A, including tax due diligence, cash tax modeling, debt financing, global tax structuring, and the integration of existing and acquired businesses.

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

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