Shai Bakal

Practice Areas

Administrative Law and Regulation

Class Actions

Competition/Antitrust

Consumer Products, Retail and Food

Life Sciences, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Transportation and Aviation

Career

Shai Bakal leads the Competition/Antitrust Department at Arnon, Tadmor-Levy. With a deep specialization in all areas of law and regulation related to competition, he provides ongoing advice and representation to leading domestic and international corporations in this field, including competitively sensitive mergers, joint ventures, global agreements, price regulation , internal compliance programs, and civil and administrative competition law based litigation.

With extensive experience, Shai has expertise in advising different sectors of the Israeli economy, especially in food, energy, aviation, pharmaceuticals, retail, and banking. He has designed and implemented compliance programs for major Israeli companies and several international corporations. Additionally, he has advised leading suppliers and retailers in Israel regarding the Food Law and top conglomerates concerning the Law for Promotion of Competition and Reduction of Concentration . .

Shai has successfully represented clients in complex competition law litigation before the Competition Tribunal and in civil litigation, including class actions and appeals to the Supreme Court of Israel. He has also represented clients before various Israeli regulators and in administrative petitions to the Israeli Supreme Court.

Recognized internationally, Shai has been lauded in rankings such as The Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal, and Chambers Global, in which he has been described as “highly knowledgeable and an excellent negotiator” and as someone with “a unique ability to analyze complex business issues creatively with a distinct legal and commercial understanding”.

Between 2002 and 2007, before joining the firm, Shai worked as a lawyer in the legal department of the Israel Competition Authority. There, he was responsible for areas such as food, retail, and intellectual property. He was later appointed as the head of the merger team at the Competition Authority, participating in the International Competition Network (ICN) subgroup for merger investigation techniques. During his tenure, he was involved in drafting several key policy documents, including the Commissioner’s Guidelines , and the Commissioner’s Position on Business Agreements between Suppliers and Retail Chains.

Shai has lectured at Tel Aviv University in the area of antitrust, including a course on the interface between IP, innovation, and antitrust .

Professional Memberships

Israel Bar Association

Publications

"ICA Updates Methodology for Determining Monetary Penalties" | Dr. David Tadmor, Shai Bakal | ILO | Dec 2019

"Private Antitrust Litigation in Israel" | Dr. David Tadmor, Shai Bakal | Lexology | Aug 2019

Merger Control 2019 | Dr. David Tadmor, Shai Bakal | GLI | Jun 2019

"Pharmaceutical Antitrust in Israel" | Dr. David Tadmor, Shai Bakal | Lexology | April 2019

Merger Control Laws and Regulations 2024 | Global Legal Insights