Dr. Yariv Ilan | partner

Yariv is a partner and heads of the Antitrust & Competition practice area of the firm. Yariv provides expert counseling on wide-ranging antitrust matters to leading Israeli corporations, concerning, among others, the legality of restrictive arrangements; approving an arrangement before the Antitrust Tribunal; applying for an exemption before the General Director of the Antitrust Authority; preparing merger notifications and engaging in pre-ruling procedures; addressing monopolization claims; constructing and implementing internal compliance programs, and representing clients before the Antitrust Authority, the Antitrust Tribunal and the Courts.

Over the years, Yariv has been professionally recognized as an expert in the fields of Competition and Antitrust by both Israeli and International ranking guides such as Chambers and Partners and Legal 500.

Prior to joining Lipa Meir, Yariv worked for the Antitrust Authority, as a member of the OECD accession mission; he then joined a well-established Tel-Aviv legal practice, specializing in antitrust.

Yariv serves as a lecturer for European Union Law in the University of Haifa, and a guest lecturer on antitrust and regulation in various national and international forums. Additionally, Yariv publishes articles in academic and non-academic circles. Yariv also serves as vice chairman of the Israel Bar Association committee on Antitrust Law.

Selected Publications and Presentations:
Yariv Ilan and Hila Nevo, The Dominance of Market Definition: Use or Abuse? (2018)
Yariv Ilan and Hila Nevo, Defining the Relevant Market in a Private Label Competitive Setting (Swedish Competition Authority, Stockholm, 2017)
Ilan Y. and Nevo H. Market Definition and Private Label, presented at Tel Aviv University (2017)
Ilan Y. and Nevo H, A Critical View of the Critical Loss Analysis, Corporations (Dec. 2013)
Ilan Y., Critical Loss Analysis, A New Tool in the Hands of Antitrust, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Israeli Law & Economics Association, IDC (December 2012)
Ilan Y, Restrictive Arrangements – First Principles, Israel Bar (February 2012)
Ilan Y. and Nevo H., New Trends in Assessing Market Definition, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Israeli Law & Economics Association, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (December 2011)
Ilan Y. and Nevo H., How Relevant is the Relevant Market, presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Law and Economics Association, University of Hamburg, Germany (September 2011)
Ilan Y. and Nevo H., The Relevant Market? Competition Law in View of Economic Analysis, Corporations Vol. H/2 p. 128 (May 2011)
Ilan Y., Gal M. and Zecler N., Private Enforcement in Israel, In: BertFoer and Jonathan Cuneo, (ed.) Handbook on Private Enforcement (Edward Elgar 2011)
Ilan Y., Exclusionary Practices in High-Tech Industries, the Google-Intel-Microsoft Experience, Regulation and Competition Policy, Nanchang, China (December 2011)
Ilan Y., Competition Law and High-Tech Markets – Antitrust Law Revisited?