Adv. Gal Rozent

Gal Rozent

Adv. Gal Rozent is a partner and head of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Department.

Gal represents the firm’s clients before the Director-General of Competition, the Israeli Competition Tribunal, and the various courts, in competition law proceedings and in proceedings that involve other areas of law. He also represents the firm’s clients in regulatory and legislative proceedings, including before relevant Knesset committees and government ministries.

Gal advises leading global and local companies operating in all areas of industry, as well as to public institutions, and collaborates with top foreign law firms as an integral part of this counsel.

Gal advises the firm’s clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, concentration groups, monopolies, restrictive arrangements, administrative inquiries and criminal investigations executed by the Competition Authority, administrative and criminal hearings, the implementation of internal compliance programs, and more. He also advises and represents clients on other laws that concern, or adjacent to, the field of competition, including the Anti-Concentration Law, the Food Law, trade levies, and more.

In addition, Gal lectures on antitrust and competition in various forums.

Gal has 25 years of rich professional experience in the field. During this period, Gal served as head of the Israel Competition Authority’s legal team in the communications, high-tech, and traditional industry sectors; headed the antitrust and competition departments of both leading and boutique local law firms; and in recent years founded and managed the boutique firm Gal Rozent, Law Offices.

Prominent global and local legal directories rank Gal as a leading attorney in antitrust and competition, including Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, and Global Competition Review. The Legal500 steadily ranks Gal in its Hall of Fame for Antitrust and Competition.

Education:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, LL.M., 2002

Tel Aviv University, LL.B., 1998

Admission:

Member of Israel Bar Association since 1997

Insights & News - Gal Rozent:

December 2, 2024

Webinar on Competition Law Addressing the Strengthening of Merger Enforcement

This morning, our firm held a webinar in collaboration with the Association of Corporate Counsel on the strengthening of merger enforcement, especially in light of the landmark decision in the Strauss-Weiler merger. The webinar featured a presentation by Adv. Gal Rozent, head of our competition department, and was attended by dozens of in-house legal counsel.

Israel Competition Commissioner imposes an unprecedented pecuniary sanction for merger "gun-jumping"

The Director-General of the Israel Competition Authority recently imposed a pecuniary sanction of an unprecedented amount, approximately ILS 111 million, on Strauss and Wyler Farm. This was due to what the Director-General deemed a “de facto merger” carried out before receiving the required approval, in violation of the Economic Competition Law. Strauss was subject to […]

Will the US Regulator Approve the Google-Wiz Deal? Gal Rozent Interview with TheMarker

Gal Rozent, a competition law expert, was interviewed by TheMarker following news of Google's interest in acquiring the Israeli company Wiz. Gal explained current trends in the US and Europe and what competition authorities will request to examine to approve the deal.