Antitrust and Competition
Competition laws are a primary and critical element of many commercial relationships such as mergers and acquisitions. All businesses should be aware of the impact of these laws. Our competition practice team covers both contentious and non-contentious aspects of a complex and wide-ranging area of law.
Our firm’s Antitrust and Competition Department provides legal services relating to all aspects of competition and antitrust laws. The department represents the firm’s clients before civil and criminal courts, the Competition Tribunal, and the Israel Competition Authority (ICA) Director General, as well as before regulatory and legislative authorities, and provides them legal assistance in business processes and ongoing legal advice.
This department is headed by Adv. Gal Rozent, who has been practicing competition and antitrust law for some 25 years and is one of the leading lawyers in Israel in this field.
Clients include governmental companies, local and international corporations, and private and public corporations engaged in diverse industries, including leading corporations in their fields in the Israeli and international markets. Our firm, in general, and our Antitrust and Competition Department, in particular, has extensive work relations with international law firms specializing in competition and antitrust, and engages in frequent collaborations with them.
The cooperation between this department and other departments in our firm, including the Corporate, Litigation, and Regulation Departments, enables us to provide holistic services at the highest professional standards to every client and in every case.
The department’s services include:
- Ongoing legal advice, including preparing legal opinions prior to carrying out business steps, providing legal assistance during tenders, preparing corporations for dawn raids and investigations, drafting internal compliance programs, supplying legal advice to officers, etc.
- Legal advice regarding legislation and regulations addressing aspects of competition or other areas of law that are tangential to competition laws, including the Law for Promotion of Competition and Reduction of Concentration, the Foods Sector Competition Promotion Law, trade levies and import restriction laws, etc.
- Representation before the ICA Director General in relation to all types of proceedings, including the receipt of approvals for mergers or restrictive arrangements, pre-rulings, inquiries and investigations, complaints, and hearings.
- Representation in appeals against the ICA Director General’s decisions in the Competition Tribunal, and in appeals on the Tribunal’s rulings before the Supreme Court.
- Representation in courts, in civil proceedings (private lawsuits and class actions), criminal proceedings, and administrative proceedings.
- Representation before Knesset committees, governmental ministries, and various authorities in relation to matters pertaining to competition and anti-concentration laws, or any matter involving competition issues.
Insights & News - Antitrust and Competition:
Gal Rozent Ranked as Leading Competition Lawyer
Who’s Who Legal has ranked Gal Rozent in its exclusive list of leading lawyers in Israel in the Competition & Antitrust field for the year 2024.
Competition Law in Times of War: Globes Interview with Irit Brodsky
Michal Cohen, the Director General of the Israel Competition Authority, issued a special statement, emphasizing the prohibition on companies exploiting their monopolistic position to cause consumers harm during the Israel-Hamas war. As an expert in the competition and antitrust field, Irit Brodsky was interviewed by Globes on the issue. Irit noted, “In addition to the various reliefs, during this difficult period, businesses must take care not to harm consumers as part of their survival efforts, and certainly not to exploit the situation. The Director General intends to be vigilant, especially regarding practices that exploit a company’s monopolistic position and harm consumers, and will use the enforcement measures in her power against such entities.”
Israel Competition Authority Director General Publishes Guidelines for Business Activities during State of Emergency
In light of the security situation in Israel, the Director General of the Israel Competition Authority issued several special guidelines last week to facilitate business activities during the state of emergency.
Antitrust and Competition
Competition laws are a primary and critical element of many commercial relationships such as mergers and acquisitions. All businesses should be aware of the impact of these laws. Our competition practice team covers both contentious and non-contentious aspects of a complex and wide-ranging area of law.
Our firm’s Antitrust and Competition Department provides legal services relating to all aspects of competition and antitrust laws. The department represents the firm’s clients before civil and criminal courts, the Competition Tribunal, and the Israel Competition Authority (ICA) Director General, as well as before regulatory and legislative authorities, and provides them legal assistance in business processes and ongoing legal advice.
This department is headed by Adv. Gal Rozent, who has been practicing competition and antitrust law for some 25 years and is one of the leading lawyers in Israel in this field.
Clients include governmental companies, local and international corporations, and private and public corporations engaged in diverse industries, including leading corporations in their fields in the Israeli and international markets. Our firm, in general, and our Antitrust and Competition Department, in particular, has extensive work relations with international law firms specializing in competition and antitrust, and engages in frequent collaborations with them.
The cooperation between this department and other departments in our firm, including the Corporate, Litigation, and Regulation Departments, enables us to provide holistic services at the highest professional standards to every client and in every case.
The department’s services include:
- Ongoing legal advice, including preparing legal opinions prior to carrying out business steps, providing legal assistance during tenders, preparing corporations for dawn raids and investigations, drafting internal compliance programs, supplying legal advice to officers, etc.
- Legal advice regarding legislation and regulations addressing aspects of competition or other areas of law that are tangential to competition laws, including the Law for Promotion of Competition and Reduction of Concentration, the Foods Sector Competition Promotion Law, trade levies and import restriction laws, etc.
- Representation before the ICA Director General in relation to all types of proceedings, including the receipt of approvals for mergers or restrictive arrangements, pre-rulings, inquiries and investigations, complaints, and hearings.
- Representation in appeals against the ICA Director General’s decisions in the Competition Tribunal, and in appeals on the Tribunal’s rulings before the Supreme Court.
- Representation in courts, in civil proceedings (private lawsuits and class actions), criminal proceedings, and administrative proceedings.
- Representation before Knesset committees, governmental ministries, and various authorities in relation to matters pertaining to competition and anti-concentration laws, or any matter involving competition issues.
Insights & News - Antitrust and Competition:
Gal Rozent Ranked as Leading Competition Lawyer
Who’s Who Legal has ranked Gal Rozent in its exclusive list of leading lawyers in Israel in the Competition & Antitrust field for the year 2024.
Competition Law in Times of War: Globes Interview with Irit Brodsky
Michal Cohen, the Director General of the Israel Competition Authority, issued a special statement, emphasizing the prohibition on companies exploiting their monopolistic position to cause consumers harm during the Israel-Hamas war. As an expert in the competition and antitrust field, Irit Brodsky was interviewed by Globes on the issue. Irit noted, “In addition to the various reliefs, during this difficult period, businesses must take care not to harm consumers as part of their survival efforts, and certainly not to exploit the situation. The Director General intends to be vigilant, especially regarding practices that exploit a company’s monopolistic position and harm consumers, and will use the enforcement measures in her power against such entities.”
Israel Competition Authority Director General Publishes Guidelines for Business Activities during State of Emergency
In light of the security situation in Israel, the Director General of the Israel Competition Authority issued several special guidelines last week to facilitate business activities during the state of emergency.