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 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.

Israel’s Import Reform: “What’s Good for Europe Is Good for Israel”

The “What’s Good for Europe Is Good for Israel” reform came into effect at 2025, with considerable resonance. This reform allows importers to import diverse products to Israel in a new standardization track, based on compliance with the requirements of strict European regulations and standards.

Israel Competition Authority Intensifies Enforcement Measures and Indicts Schestowitz VP for a Suspected Cartel in the Food Sector

The Israel Competition Authority (ICA) conducted a thorough investigation of the S. Schestowitz Group, an Israeli company in the food and consumer goods sector, due to suspicions the company operated a cartel in the food industry in violation of the Economic Competition Law and the Law for the Promotion of Competition in the Food and Pharmacy Industries.

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Practice areas:

Antitrust and Competition