Amir Vang

Practice Areas

Adv. Amir Vang specializes in competition law (antitrust), telecoms and media and regulation in various markets, including regulated financial services, payment services, recycling, food and more.

Amir possesses unique expertise in all aspects related to competition (antitrust) in Israel, and he and his team accumulated significant experience in the field. In this capacity, they are ranked among Israel’s leading competition and antitrust attorneys by international rankings. Amir represents his clients in precedential cases in the fields of mergers, monopolies, restrictive agreements and concentration, as well as in relation to the Law for Promoting Competition and Reducing Concentration, 2013 (the “Concentration Law”) and the Promotion of Competition in the Food and Pharma Sectors Law, 2014. Academic articles by Amir are frequently mentioned in court rulings, including antitrust tribunals and the Supreme Court.

In addition, Amir possesses expertise in the regulation field, including drafting and implementing strategies relating to legislative proceedings and other regulatory actions; planning for and representation in hearings and before committees; leading approval and license processes for transactions and various actions; and representing in appeals to the Supreme Court. Amir provides ongoing counsel to leading food companies and recycling corporations regarding various regulatory aspects of their activity

As part of his activity in financial services field in recent years, Amir advised on the legislative process of the Supervision of Financial Services (Regulated Financial Services) Law, and on Israel’s new laws for regulating open banking (open finance) and payment services, as well as their implementation in the market. He also handles the regulation of crypto assets and related financial services, and he is the legal advisor for both the Israeli Bitcoin Association and the Israeli Crypto, Blockchain and Web 3.0 Companies Forum which spearheads the advancement of all legal aspects pertaining to crypto assets in Israel.

Amir advises his clients on building internal compliance programs, including procedures, guidelines and training for all members of the organization.

Amir possesses unique expertise in the telecommunications and media field in Israel, and is consistently ranked as one of Israel’s leading attorneys in the field by international guides such as The Legal 500, Chambers & Partners and others. He advises leading telecommunications companies on all aspects of their activity, from day-to-day activity to participation in Knesset deliberations and regulatory hearings, drafting proposals for new legislation and reforms, and drafting petitions and representation of clients before all courts and tribunals.

In the technology field, Amir represents companies, public entities and government ministries in large scale transactions, as well as software licensing, development, infrastructure procurement, outsourcing, cloud computing and tenders. In the past, Amir served as a software officer in the IDF’s Center of Computing and Information Systems (“Mamram”) and in various positions in the software industry.

Professional Memberships

Israel Bar Association, 2002

England and Wales Law Society, 2005

Personal

LL.B. (cum laude), Tel Aviv University, 2000