Ran Karmi

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

Dr. Ran Karmi 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:

May 8, 2025

ILS 80 Million Penalty for Israeli Banks over Competing Company Stakes

Bank Hapoalim and Israel Discount Bank will each pay the State Treasury ILS 40 million within the framework of an administrative settlement, in respect of their acquisitions of minority stakes in a competitor.

US Scores New Legal Antitrust Victory over Google

The US government has recorded another big win in the battle that US law enforcement agencies have been waging for years against Google.

Precedent-Setting Ruling by a US Court on a Copyright Lawsuit Against an Artificial Intelligence Platform

A US court (in Delaware) recently handed down a precedent-setting ruling on a lawsuit filed by a copyright-owner, the media and technology conglomerate, Thomson Reuters, against the artificial intelligence platform, Ross Intelligence. The Delaware court ruled that the defendant had infringed the plaintiff’s copyrights, and that the defendant is not entitled to any of the statutory protections, including reliance on the “fair use” doctrine as a defense.

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Practice areas:

Antitrust and Competition