Bahrain: Corporate/Commercial Law

The ancillary restraints doctrine, originally developed by the European Commission, validates restraints objectively necessary to implement legitimate transactions with neutral or positive competitive effects. This analysis examines how Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, and Tunisia approach ancillary restraints in economic concentrations, revealing significant jurisdictional variations in regulatory frameworks and enforcement practices across the Levant and North Africa region.

The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR, Regulation (EU) 2022/2560) is a tool adopted to address distortions in the EU internal market caused by subsidies from non-EU governments.

Looking back at 2025, there have been impactful developments in regulatory M&A provisions across national regimes in the Middle East and Noth Africa as well as regional merger control regimes on across the African continent.

Over the past several years, Bahrain has undertaken significant incremental reforms to open its economy to foreign investment.

Bahrain has approved a comprehensive Secured Transactions Law establishing a unified, modern framework for creating, perfecting, prioritising, and enforcing security rights over movable assets.

Bahrain offers a straightforward entry point for foreign investors who are looking to establish a base in the Gulf.