Overview
Zvi Hahn has a broad tax practice covering international tax planning for US and foreign corporations and individuals, international financing and derivative transactions, financial instruments, subpart F and passive foreign investment company (PFIC) issues, and US real estate investments. Zvi has advised multinational groups with respect to structuring and restructuring of their international operations and with respect to cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and financing transactions. He also has advised numerous investment funds and hedge funds in connection with various tax matters relating to their formation, operations, and investment and trading activities.
Additionally, Zvi has significant experience representing high-net-worth individuals and families with respect to international tax planning, including immigration to, or expatriation from, the United States.
Zvi is an adjunct professor of law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University, where he has taught a course on international tax since 2003.
- New York
- J.S.D., New York University School of Law
- LL.M., New York University School of Law, Taxation
- LL.B., Tel Aviv University Buchmann Faculty of Law, magna cum laude, Law
- B.A., Tel Aviv University Eitan Berglas School of Economics, magna cum laude
Speaking Engagements
- "US Tax Pitfalls – Beware!," STEP Israel Annual Conference, June 13, 2023
- "The New PFIC Regulations," International Tax Institute Webinar, December 15, 2020
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"The Biden-Harris Tax Proposal – The US Elections and their Tax Implications for Israeli Residents," Gornitzky & Co. Webinar, December 9, 2020
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"The US Tax Reform and Its Implications," STEP Israel Annual Conference, June 20, 2018
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"International Tax Updates," STEP Israel Annual Conference, June 15, 2016
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"International Taxation," Israel's Third Foreign Law Firms Conference, June 7, 2016
News & Publications
Press Releases
Steptoe Launches Financial Services University
October 21, 2020
Client Alerts
Upcoming Filing Requirements for Cross Border Property Owners and Investors
May 20, 2020
By: Lauren Azebu
Client Alerts
IRS Issues New Guidance Addressing COVID-19 Travel Disruptions and the Impact on US Tax Residency
April 24, 2020
By: Beth D. Tractenberg, Zvi Hahn, Lisa Goldman, CPA, TEP, M.Tax (Berdon LLP), Rebeccah Fontaine, J.D., LL.M. (Berdon LLP)
Client Alerts
Extensions of Visa Waiver (ESTA) Stays Gain Flexibility During COVID-19
April 22, 2020
Client Alerts
COVID-19 and the Unintended Tax Resident; the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
April 16, 2020
By: Beth D. Tractenberg, Zvi Hahn, Lisa Goldman, CPA, TEP, M.Tax (Berdon LLP), Rebeccah Fontaine, J.D., LL.M. (Berdon LLP)
Press Releases
Steptoe Receives 32 Practice, 135 Individual Mentions in Legal 500 US 2018
May 30, 2018
Press Releases
Steptoe Receives 28 Practice, 114 Individual Mentions in Legal 500 US 2017
June 2, 2017
Press Releases
Steptoe Expands Tax Group, Private Client Team in New York with Zvi Hahn
August 1, 2016
Resources
Financial Services Group Advisory
CFTC Codifies Family Office Registration Relief
December 16, 2019
By: Zvi Hahn
Events
Seminars & Events
Year End Tax Conference and Celebration
December 6, 2021
Speakers: Alan Cohn, Micah S. Green, Zvi Hahn, Lawrence Hill, Aaron P. Nocjar, Caitlin R. Tharp, Beth D. Tractenberg, Amanda Pedvin Varma, Philip R. West, Lisa M. Zarlenga
Noteworthy
- Legal 500 US, Tax: US Taxes, non-contentious (2017-2019)
- Who's Who Legal: Corporate Tax (2017)
- Legal 500 US, Tax: Domestic Tax (2015)
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Committee on Taxation of Business Entities, Association of the Bar of the City of New York