Adv Yossi Abadi > Meitar Law Offices > Ramat Gan, Israel > Lawyer Profile
Meitar Law Offices Offices
16 ABBA HILLEL SILVER ROAD
RAMAT GAN 5250608
Israel
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Adv Yossi Abadi
Work Department
Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Telecome & Media
Position
Partner
Career
Yossi Abadi is the partner who heads Meitar’s telecommunication and media practice. His practice encompasses mergers and acquisitions, regulatory and legislative matters and litigation, in the field of media, content and telecommunications.
Yossi’s past experience combined an active senior role in shaping government regulation, wide experience in litigation and commercial law and senior positions in the media.
Until May 2011, he was the partner in charge of the communications practice at the law firm Caspi & Co. for over 11 years.
Between 1997 and 1999, Yossi was the Executive Director of the Israel Broadcasting Regulatory Administration, where he initiated sweeping reforms in the Israeli broadcasting market. These reforms included the launch of competition in multi-channel television platforms.
During 1996 and 1997, he served as Counsel to the Israeli Ministry of Communications, where he negotiated a landmark agreement between the Ministry of Communications and the British firm, Cable & Wireless, regarding its holdings in Bezeq, Israel’s privatized telecom monopoly. He also served as a member of the Peled Committee on Reform in the Electronic Media.
From 1994 to 1996, Yossi served as General Counsel of the Government Companies (Privatization) Authority, overseeing over US$500,000,000 in privatization deals completed during his tenure.
Languages
Hebrew and English
Education
Tel Aviv University, Israel (LL.B., 1984)
Lawyer Rankings
Israel > Telecoms and media
(Leading individuals)Well-positioned to advise on the full life-cycle of media and entertainment law, Meitar Law Offices handles regulatory matters and tenders, through to litigation, and corporate and finance transactions. Routinely acting for major domestic and multinational names, including Bloomberg, Ericsson and Imagine Media, the group’s activity covers all core industry spheres. The department is led by sector specialist Yossi Abadi, who is a 37-year veteran in the communications field.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition/antitrust
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: class actions (including derivative actions)
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: local litigation and arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: white-collar crime, investigation and fraud
- Energy
- Hi-tech and start-ups
- Infrastructure
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: commercial/transactions
- Investment and venture capital funds
- Planning and zoning
- Tax
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution: mediation and international arbitration
- Employment
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: disputes
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Telecoms and media
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Transport
- Intellectual property > Intellectual property: filing/prosecution