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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.

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May 7, 2025

U.S. 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.

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April 9, 2025

Increasing transparency: Israel Competition Authority Will Publish List of Transactions Under Review

The Israel Competition Authority (ICA) announced that as of March 31, 2025, it will begin publishing on its website a list of pending merger transactions and exemption applications for restrictive trade arrangements that are under its review.

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March 26, 2025

Barnea: Representing Danshar in the sale of its Pop Star popcorn brand

Advs. Gal Rozent and Irit Brodsky represented Danshar in all competition-related aspects concerning the sale of its private label for U.S.-imported microwave popcorn. The sale was made to food company Sugat, which is owned by the Fortissimo investment fund.

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February 26, 2025

Indictment in Israel for Attempted Price Coordination via Media and Food Law Violations

The Israeli Competition Authority has filed a precedent-setting indictment against supermarket chains, including Victory and Yochananof, and against officers of the chains, for attempting to coordinate prices through statements in the media and for violations of the Food Law.

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February 18, 2025

Podcast: Everything Businesses Need to Know About Competition Law

Adv. Irit Brodsky, a partner in our Competition and Antitrust Department, was a featured speaker on the Dun's 100 podcast, where she discussed key issues in competition law, including interactions with competitors, relationships with suppliers and customers, and essential considerations in MA transactions.

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January 1, 2025

First enforcement proceedings in Israel imposing a fine in respect of harm to parallel imports

The Director-General of the Israel Competition Authority has announced her intention to impose a significant fine on the Ofer Avnir Group. This is the first time that the Israel Competition Authority is enforcing the new provisions added to the Competition Law in 2023, which prohibit harm to parallel imports to Israel.

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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.

November 25, 2024

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

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July 18, 2024

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.

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July 14, 2024

Israeli Monopolists Barred from Granting Discriminatory Rebates

The Israeli court’s precedent-setting ruling in Aviad Concrete Industries v. Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises found that Nesher violated provisions of the Economic Competition Law when it gave its major customers significantly higher rebates than those it gave to its small customers, thereby harming competition.

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July 9, 2024

Barnea: Representing Aviad in Precedential Competition Lawsuit

Our firm represented Aviad Concrete and Clay Industries in a lawsuit against Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises that alleged Nesher abused its monopolistic position and harmed competition. The court's ruling set a precedent regarding the limits of the prohibition imposed on monopolies from discriminating between customers. Gal Rozent and Ran Karmi represented Aviad in the lawsuit.

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June 10, 2024

Israel: Merger Parties Fined for Exchanging Sensitive Information

The Israel Competition Authority published a consent decree for public comment and ruled that Mizra and Zilber violated the Competition Law by exchanging sensitive business information during their transaction negotiations. Jointly, the companies must now pay a fine of ILS 1.5 million to the State treasury.

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May 7, 2024

Webinar: Competition Authorities’ Recent Actions May Also Affect You. How Should You Prepare?

Our firm and the Israeli Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC Israel) co-hosted a webinar on competition law. The webinar featured the Israel Competition Authority’s Deputy Legal Counsel, who reviewed the latest developments in competition law enforcement, including from the ICA’s perspective.

January 25, 2024

Monopoly: Meta to Pay ILS 25 Million for Failing to Report Mergers

The high fine spares Meta an official determination by the Israel Competition Authority that it violated competition law by failing to report mergers, and serves as a “warning sign” to other international corporations that may not be sufficiently familiar with the obligation pursuant to Israeli law to report a merger if the company fulfills the monopoly criterion.

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December 5, 2023

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.

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October 16, 2023

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.”

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October 15, 2023

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.

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October 3, 2023

Public Companies, Financial Statements and Competition

Commercial information or intentions disclosed in public companies’ public statements might expose them to investigations or sanctions by the Israel Competition Authority. The tension between the reporting obligation and the desire to maintain a competitive market will be resolved only through clear guidelines issued by the regulatory authorities.

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August 2, 2023

Merging without Approval: Strauss Group Might Pay ILS 111 million

According to the Competition Authority’s Director General, the negative covenants included in the merger agreement between Strauss Group and Wyler Farm raise concerns of harm to competition, and the parties began implementing the merger before receiving approval.

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