Zellermayer Pelossof

Zellermayer, Pelossof & Co. anti-trust department provides a broad range of legal services in anti-trust matters. We have experience and expertise in structuring transactions to meet the requirements of Israeli anti-trust law. We have been successful in obtaining anti-trust clearances for major international and local mergers and acquisitions, as w... ell as joint ventures and other forms of commercial cooperation requiring regulatory and anti-trust approval. We provide on-going counsel to our clients in respect of business conduct which may create potential exposure to anti-trust claims and we provide advice in order to ensure compliance with Israeli anti-trust law, to avoid anti-trust violations and to reduce such exposure. In addition, we provide advice concerning the regulation of monopolies and firms having dominant position. Our anti-trust practice includes the preparation of applications to be submitted to the Restrictive Business Practices Authority, representation of clients before the Commissioner of Restrictive Business Practices and the Restrictive Business Practices Court. We also appear in civil anti-trust actions initiated by private plaintiffs, including class actions based on anti-trust causes of action. We provide counsel to major Israeli firms and to foreign firms having business in Israel or transacting with Israeli corporations. The firm has recently represented clients in various anti-trust matters as follows: obtaining anti-trust clearances to large scale merger and acquisition transactions in the telecommunications field; representation of all vehicle importers in a consent decree entered by the Restrictive Business Practices Court and related litigation; representation of a major Israeli manufacturer in a claim for abuse of monopoly power; on going anti-trust counsel to several of the largest industrial corporations in Israel in respect of monopoly power and anti-trust exposure.Read More