Competition/antitrust

Arnon, Tadmor-Levy

At Arnon, Tadmor-Levy, ‘the competition team is absolutely exceptional’, and clients remark that it provides ’gold-standard service’. The firm not only acts for large and fast-growing domestic enterprises in enforcement, merger control matters, and litigation, but also advises some of the world’s largest brands on competition law. Key partners include former Director General of the Israel Competition Authority (ICA) David Tadmor, ‘top-class professional’ Shai Bakal, and key adviser to start-ups and accelerators Ronit Amir-Yaniv. Nava Karavany is a former criminal prosecutor for the ICA, while Ayal HaCohen, Roi Krause , and Or Belkin also play pivotal roles in the practice.

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Testimonials

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‘Shai Bakal is an expert in competition law, and his advice on all of the issues he handles is of an extremely high standard. A top-class professional in his field. Roi Krauze is a professional attorney in the field of competition law and also a person with whom it is extremely pleasant to work. ’
‘Availability, professionalism and proficiency. ’
‘Our partners from this office are Shai Bakal and Or Belkin. They are both cooperative, and understand the legal material which is their specialty very good as well as the industry of the company field. They are excellent business partners, with good availability and mindset for solutions. in addition, they are well known in the competition law firms market, and appreciated by the Authority. ’
‘The competition team is absolutely exceptional! Extremely professional.'
‘Ayal HaCohen is the best coopetition lawyer I have ever worked with - professional, always pleasant to work with, available at all times of the day, motivated, and works hard for the client. Exceptional!’
‘Arnon, Tadmor-Levy has a top-tier antitrust team, providing gold-standard service, at a level unique in the market. ’
‘Shai Bakal is a true leader in this field, being extremely knowledgeable, pleasant to work with, and highly responsive. Ayal Hacohen is another expectational practitioner, knowledgeable and very experienced, pleasant and responsive. ’
‘Good litigation skills.’

Key clients

Alphabet Inc
Wolt Enterprises Israel Ltd
Booking.com B.V
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Discount Investment Company
EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd
Broadcom Inc
International Business Machines (IBM)
Nike
Nespresso Israel and Nestlé Nespresso S.A
Nestlé-Osem Ltd
Siemens AG
Telecom Italia Sparkle S.p.A.
Leumi Bank
Max It Finance Ltd. (Formerly Leumi Card Ltd.)
Azrieli Group
Excellence Investments Ltd
Tnuva Central Coop. for the Mktg. of Agr Prod in Israel Ltd
Unilever Israel Group
Alliance Berenstine
Medison Pharma Ltd
Mekorot Water Company
Minrav Group
Nayax Ltd.
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd
Holmes Place International Ltd
Israel Chemicals and its affiliated companies
Dor Alon Energy in Israel (1988) Ltd
Assuta Hospitals
Kone Elevators
Paz Oil Company Ltd
G1 Security Solutions
Medtronic
Ratio Petrolium
Israel Shipyards
Eden Springs Ltd
The Phoenix Investment And Finances Ltd
Amos Gazit Ltd
MENORA MIVTACHIM INSURANCE LTD
Israel Hayom Newspaper

Work highlights

Representing Wolt in connection with a class action filed against it, challenging Wolt's narrow price parity in agreements with restaurants as a restrictive arrangement.
Represented Google's parent company Alphabet Inc. on defending a class action motion against Google and Facebook (“Meta”), alleging a restrictive agreement between them on the “Jedi Blue” agreement, as well as the allegation that Google abused its dominant position in display advertising.
Representing El Al in an ongoing high profile and unprecedented Investigation by the ICA into the price of airfares during the Gaza-Israel War.

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