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ייצוג רפק אנרגיה בעסקה לרכישת תחנות כוח

משרדנו ייצג את רפק אנרגיה, המוחזקת בחלקים שווים (50%) על ידי ג’נריישן קפיטל בע”מ ורפק תקשורת בע”מ, בעסקה לרכישת מלוא הון המניות של שתי חברות פרויקט המחזיקות (כל אחת) בתחנות כוח בשורק ובאשקלון, מידי חברת דלק חברת הדלק הישראלית בע”מ. תחנת הכוח בשורק הנה תחנת כוח קונבנציונלית במחזור משולב, בעלת הספק מותקן של 140 מגה […]

ייצוג גסטטנרטק בע”מ ובעלי מניותיה בעסקה למכירת השליטה בחברה למטריקס, ואופציות הדדיות למכירת או לרכישת יתרת מניות החברה

משרדנו ייצג את גסטטנרטק בע”מ ואת המוכרות, קרן סקיי וחברה ישראלית למכפלות תעשיה 1951 בע”מ, בעסקה למכירת השליטה (51%) בחברה לחברת מטריקס, לפי שווי חברה של כ-100 מיליון ש”ח. במסגרת העסקה, המניות נרכשו בחלקים שווים מקרן סקיי ומחברת מכפלות, והסכם הרכישה מקנה למטריקס ולמוכרות אופציות הדדיות לרכישה ומכירה של יתרת 49% המניות בחברה. העסקה כללה […]

בית המשפט המחוזי דחה בקשה לאישור תובענה כייצוגית נגד בנק דיסקונט

ייצוג בנק דיסקונט בבקשה לאישור תובענה ייצוגית שהוגשה כנגדו, כנגד 3 בנקים אחרים ושירותי בנק אוטומטיים (שב”א) בסכום של 47 מיליון ש”ח. בבקשה נטען כי במסגרת פעילותם של הבנקים באמצעות שב”א, הם גובים עמלה גבוהה באופן ניכר, כביכול, מזו המותרת להם. עוד נטען כי הבנקים אחראים לנזק מאחר שהם בעלי המניות ובעלי השליטה בשב”א והיא […]

מנורה מבטחים ביטוח רכשה את תיק ביטוח חיים של ביטוח חקלאי

מנורה רכשה מביטוח חקלאי את תיק ביטוח החיים של ביטוח חקלאי, בעסקה שאושרה על ידי בית המשפט כהסדר העברת פעילות לפי סעיף 350 לחוק החברות וסעיף 59 לפקודת האגודות השיתופיות. מטרתו של ההסדר הנה העברת פעילות ביטוח החיים של ביטוח חקלאי למנורה, בלי שיהא צורך בקבלת אישור פרטני מכל אחד מבעלי הפוליסות הנמנות על תיק […]

GCR’s The European, Middle Eastern and African Antitrust Review 2021: Israel Overview

Global Competition Review (GCR) published The European, Middle Eastern and African Antitrust Review 2021. The “Israel Overview” chapter was written by FBC’s Tal Eyal-Boger, Ziv Schwartz and Shani Brown. The Economic Competition Law, 5748-1988 (amended in January 2019) has led to a significant reform in the Israeli antitrust regime. The amendment’s declared goal is to decrease the […]

ייצוג לאומי פרטנרס בעסקה לרכישת 20% בחברת מיני ליין בע”מ

משרדנו ייצג את לאומי פרטנרס בע”מ, זרוע ההשקעות של בנק לאומי, בעסקה לרכישת 20% בחברת מיני ליין בע”מ לפי שווי חברה של 500 מיליון ש”ח. במסגרת העסקה, המניות נרכשות בחלקים שווים מקבוצת אלייד וחברת מאגר, המחזיקות בחברה. העסקה הותנתה באישור ועדת הריכוזיות להסרתה של מיני ליין מרשימת התאגידים הריאליים המשמעותיים, ובהקשר זה כללה התנהלות רגישה […]

Legal Update: Intellectual Property and Competition & Antitrust – September 2019 (Hebrew)

On August 28, 2019, the Tel-Aviv District Court rendered an important decision, dealing with the relationship between the patent law and the competition law, and the subject matter jurisdiction of the court vis-à-vis the patent registrar. The decision deals with the concurrent applicability of the patent law and the competition law, as well as the […]

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – August 2019 (Hebrew)

On July 28, 2019 the Israeli Competition Authority (the “ICA“) published a new merger regulation draft (the “Draft“) and is seeking comments from the public. In the attached legal update, we describe the key features of the Draft. The Draft has two principal elements: An attempt to reduce the number of merger transactions which need […]

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – July 2019 (Hebrew)

How is significant market power assessed under Israeli competition law? Earlier this year, the amendment of the Israeli Restrictive Trade Practices Law (now called the Economic Competition Law) expanded the definition of a monopolist to include not only an entity which has a market share above 50% of the supply or acquisition of a product […]

GCR’s The European, Middle Eastern and African Antitrust Review 2020: Israel Overview

GCR published The European, Middle Eastern and African Antitrust Review 2020. The publication’s “Israel Overview” was written by FBC’s Tal Eyal-Boger, Ziv Schwartz and Shani Brown. Please find a PDF copy of the Israel Overview here.

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – June 2019 (Hebrew)

On June 17, 2019 the Israeli Competition Authority (“ICA“) published its Position Paper 1/19 (the “Position Paper“) with the aim to provide guidelines for institutional investors wishing to make joint decisions of companies that they hold. Since according to the ICA cooperation between competing institutional investors may, under certain circumstances, amount to a restrictive arrangement […]

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – March 2019 (Hebrew)

On January 1, 2019, the Israeli parliament (the Knesset) approved the proposed Restrictive Trade Practices Law (Amendment No. 21), 5759 – 2019 (“the Amendment“). The Amendment expands the definition of the term “monopolist” under Israeli law, in a way that from now on a “monopolist” is not only those who have a market share of […]

GCR’s The European, Middle Eastern and African Antitrust Review 2019: Israel Overview

GCR published The European, Middle Eastern and African Antitrust Review 2019. The publication’s “Israel Overview” was written by FBC’s Tal Eyal-Boger, Ziv Schwartz and Shani Brown. Please find a PDF copy of the Israel Overview here

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – July 2018

Click here to read the full update in Hebrew New Amendment to the Israeli Restrictive Trade Practices Law regarding Parallel Importing The Israeli Parliament (the Knesset) recently approved (on July 18, 2018), an amendment to the Israeli Restrictive Trade Practices Law, 5748-1988 (the “Law“) regarding parallel importing (the Restrictive Trade Practices Law (Amendment 20 – […]

GCR’s The European, Middle Eastern and African Antitrust Review 2018: Israel Overview

GCR published The European, Middle Eastern and African Antitrust Review 2018. The publication’s “Israel Overview” was written by FBC’s Tal Eyal-Boger, Ziv Schwartz and Shani Brown. Please find a PDF copy of the Israel Overview here

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – August 2017

Global Cartel – Follow-on Class Actions in Israel – Is This The End? We would like to update you with regard to the Israeli Supreme Court Ruling of July 31, 2017, which establishes that, for the purpose of service out of the jurisdiction based on Regulation 500(7) of the Israeli Civil Procedure Regulations, 5744-1984 (“Civil […]

FBC represented SKY and Kedman Capital in the purchase of 70% of S.AL Holdings Ltd.

FBC represented the SKY and Kedma Capital private equity funds in a transaction for the purchase of 70% of the shares of S.AL Holdings Ltd., in consideration of approximately NIS 136.5M. The consummation of the transaction is subject to the approval of the Israel Antitrust Authority. S.AL Holdings, a leading company in the field of […]

‘WWL Competition – Future Leaders 2017’ recognizes partner Ziv Schwartz

According to the latest ranking by #WhosWhoLegal ‘Competition – Future Leaders 2017’ – FBC partner, Ziv Schwartz “is one of Israel’s finest young competition lawyers. According to one client, “He is very experienced, very pragmatic and very good at navigating through complex issues. He really sees the big picture and it is always a pleasure […]

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – February 2017 (Hebrew)

The Antitrust Authority published a draft opinion on pricing arrangements between suppliers and wholesalers and marketers in connection with the sharing of data between competing entities for the purpose of confronting cyber attacks. Click here to read the full legal update (Hebrew)

FBC’s Competition & Antitrust Department ranked Elite by the 2017 GCR100

FBC’s Competition & Antitrust practice, led by Tal Eyal-Boger, was again nominated Elite in the 17th edition of GCR100, Israel chapter. “Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co boasts the largest antitrust practice in Israel…” Click here to view the ranking

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – January 2017 (Hebrew)

The reduction concentration committee published a comprehensive methodology setting out its method for assessing economy-wide concentration; the methodology will serve the Committee when it provides advice to government agencies in procedures of privatizations, granting licenses and other forms for allocation of rights in essential facilities. Click here to read the full legal update (Hebrew)

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – December 2016

We would like to update you with regard to the Israel Antitrust Authority’s recent Notice (the “IAA“, the “IAA’s Notice“, respectively), which sets out the procedure for reviewing mergers which clearly do not give rise to a reasonable concern of significant harm to competition (“Ultra Green Mergers“). A. The Background to The IAA’s Notice On […]

GCR’s The European, Middle Eastern and African Antitrust Review 2017: Israel Overview

GCR recently published The European, Middle Eastern and African Antitrust Review 2017. The publication’s “Israel Overview” was written by FBC’s Tal Eyal-Boger, Ziv Schwartz and Shani Brown. Please find a PDF copy of the Israel Overview here.

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – July 2016 (Hebrew)

We wish to update you on a notice that the Antitrust Authority released on July 25, 2016 in which for the first time, the Authority listed that before their allocation by the regulator, the allocating party has an obligation to consult with the Director General of the Antitrust Authority with regard to competition considerations. Please […]

FBC represented the Sky Fund in its acquisition of 50% of the Marmanet Group

FBC represented the Sky Fund in the acquisition of all of the shares of Mertens-Hoffman Holdings Ltd. for NIS 39M. Mertens-Hoffman is a holding company that holds around 50% of the share capital of Marmanet Organization and Projects Management Ltd., which operates directly and indirectly through subsidiaries. The group handles the management of complex projects […]

FBC represented a JPMorgan Chase Bank led syndicate in a $280M financing transaction

FBC represented a JPMorgan Chase Bank led syndicate, which included Bank Hapoalim and Bank Leumi, as joint organizers, in a $280M financing transaction with respect to Mellanox Technologies Ltd.   The proceeds of the loan were used mainly as part of Mellanox’s contribution to a merger with EZ Chip Semiconductor Ltd., in a scope exceeding […]

Legal Update: Competition & Antitrust – January 2016 (Hebrew)

The Director General of the Antitrust Authority recently imposed a monetary sanction on a monopoly holder for the provision of “tailored” discounts to customers. The Director General also recently imposed monetary sanctions on merging companies for beginning the merger process before the receipt of approval. New Decisions of the Israeli Antitrust Authority regarding Administrative Fines […]

FBC welcomes Adv. Ziv Schwartz who joins as a partner in our Competition & Antitrust Department

The IAA published revised Block Exemptions and outline for cooperation between factories in times of emergency (Hebrew)

The IAA published revised Block Exemptions and outline for cooperation between factories in times of emergency (Hebrew)

The IAA’s Notification regarding the Annulment of the Statutory Exclusion for Reciprocal Exclusivity Arrangements

The IAA’s Notification regarding the Annulment of the Statutory Exclusion for Reciprocal Exclusivity Arrangements (Aug., 2015) (co-authors Tal Eyal-Boger & Ziv Schwartz & Michael Lahmy)  

The IAA intends to amend Opinion 3/14 – “Trade Association and Their Activities” (Hebrew)

The IAA intends to amend Opinion 3/14 – “Trade Association and Their Activities” (Aug., 2015) (co-authors Ziv Schwartz & Michael Lahmy) (Hebrew)

Antitrust in Israel: Overview

Antitrust in Israel: Overview (published in the GCR European Antitrust Review 2016, co-authors Tal Eyal-Boger & Ziv Schwartz, Pg. 177-182)

International Legal Developments – Antitrust – Year In Review: 2014

International Legal Developments – Antitrust – Year In Review 2014 (co-authors Tal Eyal-Boger & Ziv Schwartz, Pg. 49-50)

Israeli Antitrust Authority proposes a reform of the monopoly control regime

Israeli Antitrust Authority proposes a reform of the monopoly control regime

Israeli Antitrust Authority proposes a reform of the merger control regime

Israeli Antitrust Authority proposes a reform of the merger control regime

“Follow-On” Class Actions Against International Cartels

“Follow-On” Class Actions Against International Cartels (published in the CPI Antitrust Chronicle)

Self-Assessment and Antitrust

Good self-assessment is an asset. This is the case not only in the field of psychology, but also in the legal and economic world of Antitrust. Recently, new subordinate legislation, entitled “Block Exemption” was enacted. This new legislation significantly changes the Israeli restrictive arrangement regime. According to the new Block Exemption, all forms of restrictive […]

Due Diligence among Competitors: New Draft Opinion Published by the IAA

The General Director of the Israel Antitrust Authority (the “IAA” and the “General Director“, respectively) recently published a draft opinion concerning the disclosure of information in due diligence examinations prior to transactions among competitors (the “Draft“). Negotiations leading to a transaction are commonly accompanied, inter alia, by economic, financial, accounting and legal due diligence examinations. […]

District Court dismisses a NIS 100M class action against the Berman Bakery (represented by FBC)

FBC represents Berman Bakery, in an estimated NIS 100M class action, claiming, inter alia, that Berman Bakery (and other leading bakeries), were parties to restrictive arrangements.  The class action was dismissed by the District Court on March 2013.