The Promotion of Competition and the Reduction of Concentration Act, 2013
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Media Center
January / 2014
Antitrust / Competition Law
January / 2014
Representation of Conduit
Meitar represented Conduit in its spin-off of ClientConnect, Conduit’s toolbar division, and the subsequent purchase of ClientConnect by Perion Network Ltd., a NASDAQ company, in an all stock transaction. Conduit’s shareholders and option holders received 81% of Perion shares in the transaction, which closed in January 2014.
Globes, December / 2013
“Israel’s accession to international conventions is important to attract foreign investors”
Adv. Renelle Joffe speaks about pending legislation in Israel regarding definition of the country’s Exclusive Economic waters and application of local law in this area, and emphasizes the importance of foreign investors in encouraging competition in the natural gas market.
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November / 2013
Draft guidelines of the Antitrust Authority – Prohibition on monopolies to charge excessive price
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Antitrust / Competition Law
August / 2013
The Law for the Change of National Priorities – The Arrangement Law for the years 2013 and 2014
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Taxation
Globes, May / 2013
Meet Israel’s Socially Conscious Attorneys
In this survey of the most socially conscientious law firms in Israel, Meitar was ranked among the highest in terms of percentage of pro-bono projects it undertakes on behalf of the needy and for worthy causes in the community.
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TheMarker, March / 2013
The Only Infrastructure Reform That Succeeded
Much has been written on Israel’s water reforms, but according to Gidi Frishtik, Head of Meitar’s Municipal Law practice, the true success and benefits of the reforms have not been properly evaluated. Contrary to the claim that the formation of special companies to distribute water was superfluous and a failure due to rising water prices, a professional examination, free of self-serving demagoguery, reveals that it is the only successful structural reform in infrastructure that has taken place in the last decade.
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