Adv Niva Barg Livnat > Meitar Law Offices > Ramat Gan, Israel > Lawyer Profile
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16 ABBA HILLEL SILVER ROAD
RAMAT GAN 5250608
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Adv Niva Barg Livnat
Career
Niva Barg Livnat is a partner in the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Group.
Niva has over 15 years of experience advising on antitrust issues, including serving as a team leader in the Israel Antitrust Authority and representing clients before the Israel Antitrust Authority, the Antitrust Tribunal and the Israeli courts.
Niva has extensive experience in both civil and criminal aspects of antitrust law. Niva regularly advises leading Israeli and foreign companies with respect to a broad range of competition issues, such as restrictive trade practices, mergers and abuse of dominant market positions, including representation in civil claims and class actions regarding antitrust matters. Niva also represents international and local clients with respect to all antitrust aspects of a wide range of transactions, including receipt of permits from the antitrust authorities in Israel and abroad.
Niva joined Meitar’s Antitrust and Competition Group in November 2013. Prior to joining Meitar, Niva was a partner and head of the antitrust department at a leading law office in Tel Aviv.
Before moving to private practice, Niva worked at the Israel Antitrust Authority, as head of the team covering the agriculture, food and retail sectors. Niva also worked as a criminal prosecutor on behalf of the Antitrust Authority where she led complex legal proceedings.
Niva receives recognition as a leading antitrust practitioner in prominent independent guides, such as Legal 500, Duns100 and The Global Competition Review.
Languages
Hebrew and English
Education
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (LL.B., 1999);
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (B.A. in International Relations, 1999)
Lawyer Rankings
Israel > Competition/antitrust
(Leading individuals)With a strong focus on heavily regulated industries, Meitar Law Offices displays significant strength in merger control work, while also routinely advising clients on dominance cases, and handling competition disputes, class actions, and investigations before the ICA. Former ICA criminal prosecutor Niva Barg Livnat chairs the practice, and is the go-to choice for clients seeking advice on merger filings, civil claims, and class actions alike, while merger controls specialist Liat Hertzka is noted for her expertise in the hi-tech, aviation, and retail sectors, where she represents clients across the full spectrum of antitrust and competition matters.
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