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Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. Offices

Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co.
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98 YIGAL ALON STREET
TEL AVIV 67891
Israel
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Work Department

Head of the Industry and Regulation Department

Position

Adv. Benjamin Rotenberg has many years of experience in providing legal-strategic counsel to large Israeli corporations regarding ,any diverse aspects of their activity. Among others, he advises on establishing commercial ventures from their initial stages, the establishment of factories in Israel and abroad, partnership agreements, franchisee agreements, state and international corporate tenders for franchisees and licenses, and more.
In this capacity, Benjamin accumulated significant experience in commercial law, M&A, antitrust, telecoms and media, administrative law, environmental law and regulation.

Benjamin has led various complex transactions over the years, including agreements for the establishment of a cellular company, the establishment of a commercial broadcasting corporation, regional radio stations, the acquisition of the controlling share of a large commercial bank, acquisitions of industrial companies in Israel and abroad, joint ventures for the establishment of factories, and more.

Benjamin possesses extensive experience in representing clients with regard to regulatory matters vis-à-vis the relevant authorities, government ministries and the Israel Competition Authority, as well as in Knesset committee deliberations. Among others, he played a key role in the legislation process of the Deposit Law on Beverage Containers, the Law for the Second Authority for Television & Radio, the Communications Law (Bezeq and Transmissions), and the Packaging Law.

Alongside his professional activities, Benjamin is a member of the National Disciplinary Court of the Israel Bar Association, and served as a director in several industrial companies in Israel and abroad.

Benjamin is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.

Languages

English and Hebrew

Memberships

Israel Bar Association, 1986

Education

LL.M. (cum laude), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1987

LL.B., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1985

Lawyer Rankings

Israel > Telecoms and media

Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co.‘s work in the telecoms and media sector is broad in focus. In the broadcasting sector, it covers advice on media productions, local and cross-border content licensing, advertisement and marketing, M&A, commercial agreements, multimedia agreements, IP, and more. It is also a key adviser on telecoms regulation and contentious matters. Head of litigation Zvi Bar-Nathan, head of the industry and regulation team Benjamin Rotenberg, and lead corporate and capital markets partner Dubi Zoltak are the principal contacts. The firm also calls upon the regulatory expertise of Amir Vang, and IP partners Eyal Price and Sa’ar Plinner.

Israel > Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: class actions (including derivative actions)

The class actions team at Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. is hailed for its experience in some of the ‘most complicated and high-profile cases in Israel’. Aaron Michaeli heads the commercial and class actions litigation team and is widely acknowledged as an expert in both class actions and derivative suits. Hagit Blaiberg, who leads the corporate, administrative and class action litigation unit, is a go-to name for high-stakes corporate class actions and is Representing HUB Security in a motion to certify a misrepresentation class action connected to its $1.3bn SPAC merger. Other senior litigators include Yehuda Rosenthal, who led on a string of major derivative claims during 2023/24; Michael Ginsburg, who handles class actions in the securities, corporate, and administrative law spaces; and industry and regulation head Benjamin Rotenberg.

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