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Ran Karmi
Adv. Ran Carmi

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Ran Karmi

Dr. Ran Karmi is a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Department.

Ran advises both Israeli and foreign corporations on mergers and acquisitions, dominant and monopolistic status, restrictive arrangements, and tender agreements.

Ran represents the firm’s clients before the Israel Competition Authority, the Competition Tribunal, and all levels of Israeli courts in proceedings involving antitrust and competition matters, as well as in other commercial litigation.

 

He boasts extensive previous experience as an attorney specializing in intellectual property and its regulation.

 

Ran served as an antitrust research assistant to Professor Michal S. Gal and an intellectual property research assistant to Professor Niva Elkin-Koren, both at the University of Haifa. During the course of his studies at the University of Haifa, Ran served as chief counsel of the Student Union and took part in numerous and diverse academic projects.

 

Ran was awarded a Ph.D. in Law from Bar-Ilan University in 2025, with a dissertation on enhanced damages in contract law.

 

Prominent legal directory The Legal 500 ranks Ran as a Recommended Lawyer in Competition and Antitrust.

 

Prior to joining Barnea, Ran served in the antitrust and competition department of a boutique law firm.

Education:


University of Haifa, LL.M., Law and Technology Program (2nd in his class), 2011

University of Haifa, LL.B. (Magna Cum Laude and Dean's List), 2011

University of Haifa, B.A. in Economics, 2011

Bar-Ilan University, Ph.D. in Law (Dissertation on Enhanced Damages in Contract Law), 2025

Admission:


Member of the Israel Bar Association since 2012

Insights & News - Ran Karmi:


July 28, 2025

The Implications of US Court Rulings on Fair Use of AI Training Models for Companies in Israel

At the end of June 2025, the Northern California District Court issued two precedent-setting rulings addressing the legal question: Is it lawful to use copyrighted works for machine training of AI-based large language models (LLMs)?
July 20, 2025

Israel’s Attorney General Takes Precedent-Setting Stance Against Google

Israel’s Attorney General has filed her position with the Tel Aviv District Court in support of a motion to order Google to actively block websites that are infringing copyrights and enabling viewing of pirated content for free.
July 14, 2025

Israel Blacklists Foreign Company Over Breach of Reciprocal Procurement Obligations

The Industrial Cooperation Authority at Israel’s Ministry of Economy recently announced that it had blacklisted the Chinese company DAQO, which won a tender for the supply of components to the Israel Electric Corporation, because it failed to fulfill its reciprocal procurement obligation with Israel.

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