Adv. Gal Rozent is the Head of Antitrust and Competition department at Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. He represents the firm’s clients before the Director-General of Competition (formerly the Director-General of Antitrust), the Israeli Competition Tribunal, and the various courts (criminal, civil, and administrative), 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 over 20 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 Herzog Fox & Neeman and Eshel Ashlagi Rozent; 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, Global Competition Review, Dun’s 100, and BDI. The Legal 500 steadily ranks Gal in its Hall of Fame for Antitrust and Competition.
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On July 26, 2022, the Israeli Supreme Court handed down a precedent-setting ruling in the Central Bottle Company (Coca-Cola Israel) case (Permission for Civil Appeal Gafniel v. Central Bottle Company Ltd.). The court determined the Economic Competition Law enables would-be plaintiffs to sue (...)
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A. Introduction On April 9, 2014, the Restrictive Trade Practices General Director (the "General Director") published a directive regarding excessive prices charged by monopolies (the "Directive"). In the Directive, the General Director officially announced, for the first time, that he (...)
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On December 23, 2013, The Israeli District Court of the City of Jerusalem found the company operating the leading nationwide supermarket chain in Israel - Shufersal Ltd. ("Shufersal"), its CEO, Mr. Ephraim (Effie) Rosenhaus ("Rosenhaus") and its Deputy VP Commerce and Marketing, Mr. Eliezer (...)
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Introduction On July 25, 2013, the Restrictive Trade Practices General Director (the "General Director") issued a new block exemption - the Restrictive Trade Practices Rules (Block Exemption for Non-Horizontal Arrangements which do not Include Certain Price Restrictions), 2013 (the "Block (...)
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On May 16, 2013, according to a press release published by the Antitrust Authority (the "Press Release"), the Restrictive Trade Practices General Director (the "General Director") informed the Ashdod Port Company Ltd. and the Haifa Port Company Ltd., the governmental companies operating the (...)
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Introduction On April 24, 2013, the Antitrust Authority (the "IAA") published a bill (the "Bill") in proposal to amend the Restrictive Trade Practices Law, 1988 (the "Law"). The Bill is yet to be approved by the Israeli government and parliament. The Bill proposes to amend various aspects (...)
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Introduction On November 13, 2012, the Restrictive Trade Practices General Director (the “General Director”) declared a few entities engaged in the exploration, production and sale of natural gas - Noble Energy Mediterranean, Delek Drilling and Avner Oil & Gas Exploration (both of the (...)
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This article has been nominated for the 2018 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. As more jurisdictions criminalise cartel conduct and increase cooperation with other enforcement regimes, the threat of extradition in global cartel cases is (...)
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