TMT: Telecoms, Media & Broadcasting
Global Guide 2024 : Israel
Band 2
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+972 3 777 0111About
Provided by Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano & Co
Our Telecoms and Media department is one of the most prominent in Israel, consistently ranked in the top tiers in domestic and global ranking directories.
We act for many of the largest and renowned companies in communications and media in Israel, including “yes”, Bezeq, Partner, the investigative television program “Uvda” (“Fact”), various production companies, a regional radio station, and more.
Our department is well versed in all the various regulations in the communications sector and acts for clients in ongoing representation before government ministries and various regulatory agencies, including the Ministry of Communications, the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council, and the Second Authority for Television and Radio. We also act for clients in public hearings and legislative proceedings in the Israeli Parliament committees. We act for clients across a range of legal proceedings with complex regulatory aspects, including class actions, administrative petitions and petitions to the High Court of Justice.
We also advise on commercial contracts in M&A transactions, as well as issues of copyright, privacy protection, IT and the Internet, consumer protection and defamation. Our department also drafts and negotiates commercial agreements associated with these aspects.
The department provides its clients in the communications, high-tech and retail arenas legal advice in respect of protection of privacy and management of databases.
Chambers Review
Erdinast Ben Nathan Toledano & Co. with Hamburger Evron is a highly regarded law firm in the telecommunications field in Israel. The team also provides regulatory advice in the broadcasting sector alongside litigation relating to class actions, copyright proceedings and privacy and data protection issues. It has a well-established reputation for the depth of its media and broadcasting practice, with an impressive roster of clients, including Israel's sole broadcast satellite television provider.
Work Highlights
- An Erdinast team represents the Israeli satellite television provider DBS Satellite Services (also known as 'yes') in a range of class actions and other suits, including in relation to price discrimination claims and licensing provisions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They handle complex class actions in the privacy and broadcasting sectors and they are very responsive to their clients."
"They handle complex class actions in the privacy and broadcasting sectors and they are very responsive to their clients."
Notable Practitioners
Hadas Bekel is a highly regarded lawyer who co-leads the firm's telecoms and media department and holds significant expertise in related commercial and class action litigation.
"Hadas Bekel is a very experienced, talented and well-known lawyer in the TMT sector."
Ranked Lawyers at
Erdinast, Ben Nathan, Toledano & Co
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