
Shai Bakal
About
Provided by Shai Bakal
Practice Areas
Administrative Law and Regulation
Class Actions
Competition/Antitrust
Consumer Products, Retail and Food
Life Sciences, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Transportation and Aviation
Career
Shai’s practice covers all areas of competition law and regulation. He regularly advises and represents leading corporations in Israel and abroad with respect to complicated competition matters. He is well-acquainted with the different sectors of the Israeli economy, particularly the food, energy, retail, and banking sectors.
Shai has created and implemented antitrust compliance programs for large Israeli and multinational corporations. Shai advises leading suppliers and retailers in Israel regarding the recently-enacted food sector law as well as leading conglomerates regarding the new anti-concentration law.
Shai successfully represents clients in complex antitrust litigation before the Competition Tribunal and in civil litigation, including class actions and appeals before the Supreme Court.
Professional Memberships
Israel Bar Association
Publications
"ICA Updates Methodology for Determining Monetary Penalties" | Dr. David Tadmor, Shai Bakal | ILO | Dec 2019
"Private Antitrust Litigation in Israel" | Dr. David Tadmor, Shai Bakal | Lexology | Aug 2019
Merger Control 2019 | Dr. David Tadmor, Shai Bakal | GLI | Jun 2019
"Pharmaceutical Antitrust in Israel" | Dr. David Tadmor, Shai Bakal | Lexology | April 2019
Work Highlights
Prior to joining the firm, Shai practiced law in the legal department of the ICA (2002-2007), where he was in charge, among others, of the food sector, retailing, and intellectual property. He was later appointed as the head of the ICA’s mergers team, where he participated in the International Competition Network’s subgroup for merger investigative techniques. During his term at the ICA, Shai drafted several key policy documents, including the “Antitrust Commissioner’s Premerger Filing Guidelines” and the “Antitrust Commissioner’s Position on Commercial Arrangements among Suppliers and Retail Chains”.
Shai is also a lecturer at Tel Aviv University in the area of antitrust law, and particularly the interface between IP, innovation, and antitrust.
Shai’s notable work highlights include:
representation of one of the largest banks in Israel before the Antitrust Tribunal in an appeal on the IAA’s determination regarding alleged information exchange between banks.
representation of a multinational conglomerate headquartered in Germany regarding the alleged GIS cartel.
representation of oil and gas exploration and production firm regarding the Leviathan natural gas field.
representation of a prominent Israeli firm before the Supreme Court in an appeal over the Antitrust Tribunal decision regarding the acquisition of the One Plaza shopping center.
representation of the largest multinational pharmaceutical companies regarding a 3-part merger transaction with another major multinational pharmaceutical company.
representation of a multinational pharmaceutical company regarding a proposed multi-billion dollar acquisition of another multinational pharmaceutical company.
representation of the newspaper with the highest daily circulation in Israel regarding its high-profile acquisition of an Israeli daily newspaper.
Chambers Review
Global
Head of department Shai Bakal's practice spans a range of contentious and non-contentious antitrust matters, including advice on restrictive trade practices and class actions involving unfair pricing. He also advises on high-profile merger clearance matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is able to analyse complex commercial issues creatively and has a unique legal and economic understanding. Receiving a legal opinion from him that supports our business plans always gives us a feeling of walking on stable and safe ground."
"Working with Shai Bakal is pleasant. His commitment to our success makes him a friend and unofficial partner."
"Shai Bakal is an expert in competition law. His advice on the issues he handles is of an extremely high standard. He is a top-class lawyer in his field."
"He is able to analyse complex commercial issues creatively and has a unique legal and economic understanding. Receiving a legal opinion from him that supports our business plans always gives us a feeling of walking on stable and safe ground."
"Working with Shai Bakal is pleasant. His commitment to our success makes him a friend and unofficial partner."
"Shai Bakal is an expert in competition law. His advice on the issues he handles is of an extremely high standard. He is a top-class lawyer in his field."
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