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New GAC Guidelines On Anti-Competitive Agreements: A Compliance Roadmap For Businesses In Saudi Arabia

The Saudi General Authority for Competition (GAC) has issued new guidelines on anti-competitive agreements under the Saudi Competition Law and its Executive Regulations.

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

Iraq Issues First Merger Guidelines: What Businesses And Investors Should Know

Iraq's Competition and Antitrust Council has issued its first Merger Guidelines, establishing a structured framework for merger control and restrictive commercial practices.

Iraq Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

Merger Control In Kuwait: How The Regime Has Evolved Five Years After Reform

Kuwait's competition landscape has transformed dramatically since Law 72/2020 introduced modern merger control requirements. The Kuwaiti Competition Protection Authority now actively reviews transactions, enforces filing obligations, and imposes meaningful penalties, creating new compliance challenges for investors and multinational companies operating in the Middle East and Africa region.

Kuwait Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

UAE Issues Executive Regulations To The Competition Law: Key Merger Control Takeaways

The UAE Cabinet has issued Executive Regulations to the Competition Law, introducing significant procedural clarifications for merger control filings.

United Arab Emirates Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

Complaint-Driven Competition Enforcement In The UAE

United Arab Emirates Anti-trust

SP

Sohaibani & Partners

Regulation Of RPM In KSA, The UAE, And Kuwait

Worldwide Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

Merger Control In Kuwait Five Years In

Kuwait Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

Draft Amendments To Egypt’s Competition Law

Egypt Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

Draft Amendments To The Antitrust Law

Egypt Anti-trust

SH

Soliman Hashish & Partners

Amendments To Kuwaiti Merger Control Thresholds

Kuwait Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

Saudi Competition Authority Issues 2025 Activities Report

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

First Conditional Clearances By The Egyptian Competition Authority

Egypt Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

The Iraqi CAC Issues First Merger Guidelines

Iraq Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

Egypt/Armenia New MoU On Competition Law Enforcement: Institutional Expansion And Practical Limits

Egypt Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

DIFC Licensing Categories (Video)

United Arab Emirates Finance

CA

Cavenwell Group

Private Whatsapp Chats, Forwards Not Exempt From Cybercrime Laws: UAE Lawyers

United Arab Emirates Criminal

AM

Dr. Hassan Elhais

UAE Payment Service Provider Regulation: CBUAE RPSCS Licensing, Capital And Compliance

United Arab Emirates Finance

DV

Dolce Vita Advisors

أفضل مكتب لتحصيل الديون في السعودية 2026 | مؤسسة السعدني ومشاركوه

Saudi Arabia Finance

SK

Sadany & Partners Law Firm

UAE Announces Exit From OPEC: Implications For OPEC Pricing Controls And Global Supply

Worldwide Energy

FB

FBT Gibbons

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Iraq Issues First Merger Guidelines: What Businesses And Investors Should Know

Iraq's Competition and Antitrust Council has issued its first Merger Guidelines, establishing a structured framework for merger control and restrictive commercial practices.

Iraq Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

New GAC Guidelines On Anti-Competitive Agreements: A Compliance Roadmap For Businesses In Saudi Arabia

The Saudi General Authority for Competition (GAC) has issued new guidelines on anti-competitive agreements under the Saudi Competition Law and its Executive Regulations.

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

Merger Control In Kuwait: How The Regime Has Evolved Five Years After Reform

Kuwait's competition landscape has transformed dramatically since Law 72/2020 introduced modern merger control requirements. The Kuwaiti Competition Protection Authority now actively reviews transactions, enforces filing obligations, and imposes meaningful penalties, creating new compliance challenges for investors and multinational companies operating in the Middle East and Africa region.

Kuwait Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

UAE Issues Executive Regulations To The Competition Law: Key Merger Control Takeaways

United Arab Emirates Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

Amendments To The Egyptian Merger Control Notification Thresholds

Egypt Commercial

BF

BREMER LF WLL

Complaint-Driven Competition Enforcement In The UAE

United Arab Emirates Anti-trust

SP

Sohaibani & Partners

Regulation Of RPM In KSA, The UAE, And Kuwait

Worldwide Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

Merger Control In Kuwait Five Years In

Kuwait Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

Draft Amendments To Egypt’s Competition Law

Egypt Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

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Cartels, Monopolies

Inter-agency Cooperation Among MENA Competition Authorities

In recent years, the landscape of competition enforcement in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has witnessed increased emphasis on inter-agency cooperation.

Worldwide Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

The UAE Walks Away From OPEC: What Happened And Why It Matters

On April 28, the UAE made a dramatic announcement: it was leaving OPEC—the powerful oil producers' cartel it had belonged to for nearly 60 years—along with the broader OPEC+ group, effective May 1.

United Arab Emirates Energy

SJ

Steptoe LLP

Navigating The New UAE Competition Law: Moving Towards EU Principles? Part 3—UAE Prohibition On Restrictive Agreements And Article 101 Of The Treaty On The Functioning Of The European Union (TFEU)

The New Competition Law1 maintained the prohibition on restrictive agreements and practices between undertakings whose object, purpose, or impact is to distort, lessen, prevent, or restrict competition.

Worldwide Anti-trust

KG

K&L Gates LLP

Egyptian Competition Authority Launched Criminal Action Against Clay Suppliers

Egypt Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

ECA Announces Action Against Cartel In

United Arab Emirates Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

The Egyptian Competition Authority Discovers Bid-Rigging Cartel In The Automotive Sector

Egypt Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

The Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) Takes Action Against Textbook Cartel

Egypt Anti-trust

BF

BREMER LF WLL

The Bigger The Better… Comes With A Proviso!

United Arab Emirates IP

AV

Audiri Vox

Cartels Practice Guide 2021

United Arab Emirates Anti-trust

BA

BSA Law

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New Competition Law In The UAE | Business Competition Regulations (Video)

AM

Dr. Hassan Elhais

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