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Eyal Roy Sage

Eyal Roy Sage is one of the firm’s founding partners and heads our Law and Technology Department, which concentrates in data protection and security, telecommunications and media, intellectual property and competition law. Eyal’s practice concentrates in data protection and security, telecommunications and media, intellectual property and competition. He draws on his technical background to provide practical commercial and regulatory advice, helping bridge the gap between often outdated laws and modern technology. Eyal’s clients include industry leaders in the technology, banking, insurance, financial services and telecommunications and media sectors. He represents the firm’s clients before the Privacy Protection Authority, other regulators, and parliamentary committees, participates in the defence teams of complex class action lawsuits in the areas of privacy, consumerism, and competition. Eyal regularly advises on Israeli law for foreign companies and is experienced in bilingual handling of litigation cases of foreign companies that are plaintiffs or defendants in Israel. He has extensive expertise in handling the engagements of broadcasters for the production of content and for licencing the use of musical and audio-visual works on a collective basis. He lectures, writes articles and provides instruction at conferences, in webinars and in courses on privacy protection and information security. Eyal was recognized by local and international ranking guides: The LEGAL 500 has recommended his work continuously since 2003, in the fields of intellectual property, high-tech and start-ups, telecom and media; as a leading lawyer on the Israeli law market in the field of telecom and media, he has been awarded the accolade of ‘Leading Individual’. Chambers and Partners has ranked Eyal a leading lawyer in the areas of IT & Data Privacy, Intellectual Property, Telecom and Media. Global Data Review, which ranks the world’s most prominent firms in the fields of Data Privacy, Cyber Security, IP, IT and TMT, has recommended Eyal as a leader in his domain. DUN’S100 and BDi mentioned him as a leading lawyer in his field of expertise. · AYR – Amar Reiter Jeanne Shochatovitch & Co

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About

Founding partner at AYR who leads the Law and Technology Department, advising on data protection and security, telecommunications and media, intellectual property and competition law. He represents clients before regulators and in complex class actions, advises foreign companies on Israeli law, lectures and is regularly recommended by international and local ranking guides.

Practice areas

Data Protection & PrivacyCybersecurityTelecommunications & MediaIntellectual PropertyCompetition / AntitrustTechnology / IT

Office

Israel

AYR – Amar Reiter Jeanne Shochatovitch & Co · Eyal Roy Sage is one of the firm’s founding partners and heads our Law and Technology Department, which concentrates in data protection and security, telecommunications and media, intellectual property and competition law. Eyal’s practice concentrates in data protection and security, telecommunications and media, intellectual property and competition. He draws on his technical background to provide practical commercial and regulatory advice, helping bridge the gap between often outdated laws and modern technology. Eyal’s clients include industry leaders in the technology, banking, insurance, financial services and telecommunications and media sectors. He represents the firm’s clients before the Privacy Protection Authority, other regulators, and parliamentary committees, participates in the defence teams of complex class action lawsuits in the areas of privacy, consumerism, and competition. Eyal regularly advises on Israeli law for foreign companies and is experienced in bilingual handling of litigation cases of foreign companies that are plaintiffs or defendants in Israel. He has extensive expertise in handling the engagements of broadcasters for the production of content and for licencing the use of musical and audio-visual works on a collective basis. He lectures, writes articles and provides instruction at conferences, in webinars and in courses on privacy protection and information security. Eyal was recognized by local and international ranking guides: The LEGAL 500 has recommended his work continuously since 2003, in the fields of intellectual property, high-tech and start-ups, telecom and media; as a leading lawyer on the Israeli law market in the field of telecom and media, he has been awarded the accolade of ‘Leading Individual’. Chambers and Partners has ranked Eyal a leading lawyer in the areas of IT & Data Privacy, Intellectual Property, Telecom and Media. Global Data Review, which ranks the world’s most prominent firms in the fields of Data Privacy, Cyber Security, IP, IT and TMT, has recommended Eyal as a leader in his domain. DUN’S100 and BDi mentioned him as a leading lawyer in his field of expertise.

Israel

Expertise

Regulatory & Privacy Enforcement (including representation before the Privacy Protection Authority)Class Action Defence (privacy, consumer and competition matters)Cross-border / Bilingual Litigation (foreign companies in Israel)Broadcasting, Content Licensing & Collective RightsTechnology and TMT sector advisory

Education

  • The Hebrew University, LL.B., 1991
  • London School of Economics, LL.M., 1992

Admissions

  • Israel Bar Association, 1994
  • Licensed to practice in New York, 2002
  • Licensed to practice in England, 2005 – non-active

Languages

EnglishHebrewFrenchDutchGerman