Alon Kaplan

Dr. Alon Kaplan, LLM (Jerusalem), PhD (Zurich), TEP, practices law in Tel Aviv and specializes in trusts and estates. He was admitted to the Israel Bar in 1970 and appointed notary in 1989. He was also admitted to the New York Bar in 1990, and was licensed in Germany in 1991 and became a Member of the Frankfurt Bar Association in 2010. He was an adjunct lecturer at the Law Faculty of Tel Aviv University and lectured in its LLM program. Alon, the founder of STEP Israel in 1998, is currently its President. He is also an Academician of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law and member of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Alon also advised the Israeli Tax Authority on trust legislation. is the General Editor of Trusts in Prime Jurisdictions (5th edition, April 2019), the Israel Country Correspondent for Oxford Journals’ Trusts and Trustees, author of Trusts in Israel: Development and current practice (2015 Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag) and Trusts and Estate planning in Israel (Oct. 2016, Juris Publishing).