Striking a a balance between telecoms and media work, ES Shimron, I Molho, Persky & Co ‘never compromises on the efforts needed to produce the best results’. On the telecoms side, the group enjoys a particularly fruitful relationship with Cellcom, which includes advising on its international roaming agreements with foreign operators. Key media clients include Channel 9 and CNN. Dov Abramowitz is a high-profile specialist in communications regulation and heads a department that also includes Shira Schlaff, who is noted for corporate and commercial matters.

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  • ‘The partner we deal with is exceptional with experience and knowledge in the field and provided us with efficient services that all my clients thank me for.’

  • ‘A friendly and influential team.’

  • ‘An excellent team, with a variety of lines of expertise. Lawyers are highly experienced, available when needed, and friendly and modest.’

  • ‘A remarkable group of highly experienced professionals in a variety of fields. The team is always available when needed, and never compromises on the efforts needed to produce the best results.’

  • ‘I started working with the firm a decade ago and I have sought its assistance twice. In both cases I was given advice by Dov Abramowitz. He did superb work. He got deep into the essence of of each case, although the subject matter of each was not within the scope of his field of specialization.’

Key clients

  • Cellcom Israel
  • Cellcom Fixed Line Communications
  • Golan Telecom
  • Webbing
  • Pelephone Communications
  • Channel 9
  • CNN
  • The Israeli Shopping Channel
  • Noorcom Communications
  • NMC United
  • Nextcom Group
  • Backbox Software
  • Stream IL
  • i24
  • Alpine Quantum Technologies
  • Vela Digital Media

Work highlights

  • Advising Cellcom Group on various issues, including all roaming agreements, international capacity and bilateral agreements with foreign operators, and content and technology acquisitions for its Cellcom TV streaming services.
  • Advising Webbing on international regulation concerning limitations on permanent roaming, virtual SIM devices with interchangeable profiles, territorial restrictions regarding the location of data storage, and more.
  • Representing a group of independent television channels (including i24, Channel 9, Shopping Channel and, to a lesser extent, the Music Channel) before the Ministry of Communications on the contemplated reform and liberalisation of the audio-visual services market.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Dov Abramowitz

Other key lawyers

Shira Schlaff, Rachel Shay, Hila Daniel, Ofek Bruck, Alexander Levintant