Boasting an impressive client base including a range of leading food suppliers, insurance companies, banks, and pharmaceutical operators, Herzog Fox & Neeman‘s antitrust and competition department handles both contentious work, having notably led some of the biggest cartel class actions in Israel, and investigation proceedings before the ICA. The team is spearheaded by ICA’s former legal department team leader Talya Solomon, noted for her expertise in competition law litigation, and includes merger control specialist Iris Achmon, and associate Tslil Bar Bainvol, who is also well versed in merger control issues.
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- 'The team has extensive experience and an excellent reputation. When you work with HFN's competitive practice, you know that you will receive a high quality and dedicated service. The team is also creative and aggressive when necessary.'
- 'Talya Solomon is a true expert and actively strives for optimal results.'
- 'The team is definitely one of the best competition/antitrust law firms in Israel. It is quick to respond, very thorough and attentive to business.'
- 'Talya Solomon is a first-class leader in competition law in Israel. She is intelligent, knowledgeable, business-oriented, practical and a very good partner.'
Key clients
- Visa
- VMware, Inc.
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Carlyle Group
- First International Bank of Israel
- Pheonix Insurance Company
- Israel Electric Corporation
- Fujifilm
- Israeli Organization of Consulting Engineers and Architects
- Argentools (Makita’s Israeli distributor)
- Huliot Advanced Flow Systems
- Enlight
- Israeli subsidiaries of Cineworld Group Plc
- DAF Trucks N.V.
- Kfar Giladi Quarries
- Y.H. DIMRI construction company
Work highlights
- Represented VMware before the ICA in its cash-and-stock transaction with Broadcom Inc., which values VMware at approximately $61 billion.
- Represented Visa and MasterCard (in separate teams) in a major class action regarding the inter-regional interchange fee that Israeli acquirers pay to issuers with regard to transactions made with cards issued outside Israel and in Israeli businesses.
- Represented Argentools, the Israeli distributor for Makita tools, with regard to an administrative fine case involving arrangements pertaining to advertised prices and allegedly boycotting ZAP, a price comparison platform.
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Practice head
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Talya Solomon