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S. HOROWITZ HOUSE
31 AHAD HAAM STREET
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Mr Hagai Doron
Work Department
Position
Partner
Career
Hagai, who chairs the firm’s Antitrust & Competition Law Practice Group, is widely recognized as one of Israel’s leading antitrust lawyers.
Hagai’s extensive experience includes: advising on civil and criminal investigations by the Israel Competition Authority (including abuse of monopoly and market power, oligopoly markets, and cartel and restrictive trade practices investigations), challenging monopoly declarations, merger control, collaborative joint ventures, distribution strategy, cartels, dominance, licensing, and class actions involving breaches of Israeli antitrust law. In particular, Hagai acts for clients in damages and class action claims which seek substantial compensation following a finding, whether in the US, the EU or Israel, of a contravention of competition law. Hagai also has substantial experience co-coordinating with foreign counsel on Israeli antitrust and merger clearances for global and cross-border mergers, joint ventures, strategic alliances and other collaborative arrangements.
He advises on both non-contentious and contentious issues and has extensive experience resolving and litigating competition disputes before the Restrictive Trade Practices Tribunal and at all levels of Israel’s civil court system. Hagai’s clients are from a wide range of industry sectors, including: pharmaceuticals, banking and financial services, technology, consumer healthcare, energy, retail, defence, telecommunications, insurance, aviation, media and automotive manufacturing.
Hagai also has specific regulatory and industry expertise concerning the telecommunications and media industry. He acts for television and radio broadcasters, cable franchisees, internet content and service providers, production companies, internet service providers, newspapers and mobile phone manufacturers and network operators on all the regulatory and legal aspects of conducting business in Israel. He has a wealth of experience representing clients in tenders issued by the Ministry of Communications for the operation and broadcasting in Israel of television, radio and cable channels as well as for mobile telephone spectrum and internet services.
Languages
English Hebrew
Memberships
Israel Bar, 1997
Education
Haifa University, LL.B., cum laude, (1996) Haifa University, BA, Economics, summa cum laude, (1996)
Lawyer Rankings
Israel > Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: class actions (including derivative actions)
(Leading individuals)The team at S. Horowitz & Co stands out for its ability to plug into one of the market’s most comprehensive dispute resolution practices and one source attests, ‘very few firms, if any, can match the depth and experience of litigation that can be found at S. Horowitz’. The class actions practice serves as a key pillar of its wider contentious offering, with the group routinely supporting major international and domestic corporations, financial institutions and public authorities in high-stakes cases. Hagai Doron chairs the competition practice and brings his regulatory expertise to bear in complex class actions. Other key contacts are Uriel Prinz, who specialises in class actions; dispute resolution head Alex Hertman; and Gitit Levin-Grinberg.
Israel > Telecoms and media
(Leading individuals)Housing a dedicated media and entertainment group, S. Horowitz & Co is valued by industry clients for providing ‘comprehensive legal services covering many different fields’, including broadcasting rights, privacy and data security, regulatory issues and competition, among others. The team’s expertise is routinely called upon by a broad range of stakeholders, including telecoms companies, mobile phone operators, cable licensees, internet content providers, and newspapers, with Google, Hot and Yedioth Ahronoth all representative names. Hagai Doron spearheads the department and leverages a strong record in representing telecoms and media companies in regulatory matters and in tenders issued by the Ministry of Communications. Cybersecurity and privacy head Tomer Scheuerman is also noted.
Israel > Competition/antitrust
(Hall of Fame)S. Horowitz & Co‘s competition and antitrust practice spans civil and criminal investigations pertaining to cartels and abuse of dominant power, including before the Israel Competition Authority, competition disputes, and competition law compliance. A deep roster of blue chip multinationals and financial institutions routinely engages the team, which is led by department head Hagai Doron, who notably handles both contentious and non-contentious issues, and includes litigation specialist Gitit Levin-Grinberg, who is recognised for his expertise in antitrust regulatory clearance matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Competition/antitrust Israel
- Dispute resolution: class actions (including derivative actions) Israel > Dispute resolution
- Hall of Fame Israel > Competition/antitrust
- Leading individuals Israel > Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: class actions (including derivative actions)
- Leading individuals Israel > Telecoms and media
- Telecoms and media Israel
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Competition/antitrust
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: class actions (including derivative actions)
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: local litigation and arbitration
- Employment
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Infrastructure
- Insurance
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: disputes
- Telecoms and media
Firm Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: mediation and international arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: white-collar crime, investigation and fraud
- Energy
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: commercial/transactions
- Planning and zoning
- Tax
- Transport
- Capital markets
- Hi-tech and start-ups
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Real estate and construction
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: filing/prosecution