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Definition Of Control Under The New Saudi Merger Guidelines

Following a public consultation process initiated in July 2024 the Saudi General Authority for Competition (GAC) published the 5th edition of their Merger Guidelines on 8 April 2025.

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

Merger Control Enforcement In Saudi Arabia

The Saudi General Authority for Competition's (GAC) has over the past years substantially increased enforcement of the Kingdom's antitrust and merger control rules.

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

Saudi Competition Authority Issues 2024 Activities Report

The Saudi General Authority for Competition (GAC) has released its 2024 Annual Activity Report. The report underscores a year of intensified enforcement, legislative initiatives...

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

Saudi Completion Authority Issues Activity Report For Q2/2025

The Saudi General Authority for Competition (GAC) published its quarterly report summarizing merger control activity for the second quarter of 2025.

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

100% Foreign-Owned Company In Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Commercial

AHYSP

Gun Jumping In M&A: A Cautionary Tale For Saudi And UAE Transactions

Saudi Arabia Commercial

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Sohaibani & Partners

Learn About One Of The Top Law Firms In Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Commercial

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Sadany & Partners Law Firm

Revised Saudi Notification Thresholds And Implications For Transaction

Saudi Arabia Commercial

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BREMER LF WLL

Global Family Business Report 2025 (Video)

Saudi Arabia Commercial

KPMG

Saudi Arabia Responds To Investors With Revised Merger Guidelines Addressing Practical Needs

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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Baker Botts LLP

Saudi Arabia's GAC Issues New Merger Guidelines: A Closer Look At What's Changed

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

GAC Publishes Revised Merger Guidelines – Key Takeaways For Market Players

Saudi Arabia Commercial

BLK Partners

Tax Alert: Enforcement Of RETT Law And New RETT Implementing Regulations

Saudi Arabia Tax

KPMG

Update: The General Authority For Competition In Saudi Arabia Has Updated Its Economic Concentration Review Guidelines

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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Addleshaw Goddard

Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia: Draft New Arbitration Law Issued For Consultation

Saudi Arabia Litigation

BLK Partners

Business Licenses In Saudi Arabia: Requirements, Types, And Procedures

Saudi Arabia Government

AHYSP

Unpacking The Offshore Securities Business License In The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Commercial

BLK Partners

Saudi Arabia's 2025 Real Estate And Urban Planning Reforms: New Era In Construction

Saudi Arabia Real Estate

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Al Tamimi & Company

Saudi Arabia Enables Direct Wage Enforcement For Unpaid Employees

Saudi Arabia Employment

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

GAC Issues New Merger Guidelines. Updated Thresholds And Other Amendments

On 1 July 2024, the Saudi antitrust regulator—the General Authority for Competition (GAC)—proposed amendments to the Merger Control Guidelines.

Saudi Arabia Commercial

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BREMER LF WLL

New Saudi Merger Guidelines Issued

On 1 July 2024, the Saudi antitrust regulator—the General Authority for Competition (GAC)—proposed amendments to the Merger Control Guidelines.

Saudi Arabia Commercial

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BREMER LF WLL

Overview Of Pending Amendments To The Saudi Commercial Agency And Distributor Regime

Learn more about the overview of pending amendments to the Saudi commercial agency and distributor regime at Bremer.

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

Saudi Arabia Amendments To Notification Threshold And Filing Fee

The General Authority for Competition (GAC) today officially announced that they are considering two amendments to the Kingdom's merger control regime.

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

Cross Border Mergers In The Middle East Merger Control Considerations

Saudi Arabia Commercial

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BREMER LF WLL

Saudi Arabian Regulator Lowered Merger Control Filing Fee Cap

Saudi Arabia Commercial

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BREMER LF WLL

Saudi New Civil Transaction Law, Amendments To The Egyptian Investment Law's Executive Regulations, And Saudi Merger Control Regulator Issues First Conditional Approval

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

Surge Of Merger Control In The Middle East

Saudi Arabia Commercial

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Al Tamimi & Company

Draft RETT Implementing Regulations For Public Consultation

Saudi Arabia Real Estate

KPMG

Saudi Authority Issues Report On 2024 Activities

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

GAC Issues Third Conditional Approval

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

Compliance With The Competition Law For Commercial Entities

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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Eyad Reda Law Firm LLP

Pillsbury Announces Intent To Open In Riyadh Partnering With Alarfaj & Partners: Pillsbury Alarfaj

Saudi Arabia Energy

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AlArfaj & Partners

Q3'24 Venture Pulse Report – Global Trends

Saudi Arabia Commercial

KPMG

GAC Issues Third Conditional Approval

In February 2025, the Saudi General Authority for Competition (GAC) granted conditional approval for a transaction. This marks the third time that they imposed remedies, since the Kingdom's new merger control.

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

Compliance With The Competition Law For Commercial Entities

The Competition Law issued by Royal Decree No. (M/75) dated 1440/06/29H and its regulations, govern economic concentration, in addition to other directly related operations closely linked to the safety and stability of competition ...

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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Eyad Reda Law Firm LLP

Pillsbury Announces Intent To Open In Riyadh Partnering With Alarfaj & Partners: Pillsbury Alarfaj

Pillsbury has announced its intention to launch an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, following its recent filing of required paperwork with the Saudi Ministry of Justice.

Saudi Arabia Energy

AP

AlArfaj & Partners

Q3'24 Venture Pulse Report – Global Trends

Both VC investment and the number of VC deals remained subdued in Q3'24, as many VC investors globally remained in a holding pattern given the current uncertainties still permeating the market...

Saudi Arabia Commercial

KPMG

Global ESG Due Diligence+ Study 2024

Saudi Arabia Commercial

KPMG

Middle East – Geopolitics And Progress

Middle Eastern economies continued to expand in 2023 with M&A activity in the region fuelled in large part by sovereign wealth funds and other government-owned entities.

Worldwide Energy

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia Economic And M&A Market Trends For 2024

2023 was characterised by a shift in the global macroeconomic regime, with inflation rising across developed economies and central banks responding with several rounds of monetary tightening.

Saudi Arabia Commercial

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Saudi Attempt To Limit Scope Of Merger Control Regime May Backfire. New Thresholds And Local Nexus Test.

On 1 November 2023, the Saudi General Authority for Competition (GAC) announced amendments to the Saudi merger control notification threshold, adding a local turnover requirement ...

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

Saudi Attempt To Limit Scope Of Merger Control Regime May Backfires. New Thresholds Replace Local Nexus Test.

On 1 November 2023, the Saudi General Authority for Competition announced amendments to the Saudi merger control notification threshold adding a local turnover requirement as well as a minimum ...

Saudi Arabia Commercial

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BREMER LF WLL

The Saudi General Authority For Competition (GAC) Sheds Light On Their Blocking Delivery Hero's Acquisition Of The Chefz

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

Saudi Merger Control Regulator Issues First Conditional Approval

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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BREMER LF WLL

Saudi Antitrust Authority Blocks First Vertical Transaction Under New Competition Law

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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Jones Day

Saudi Antitrust Regulator Blocks First Acquisition Under New Merger Control Law

Saudi Arabia Anti-trust

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Jones Day

KSA – The Premier Hub For Startups In MENA By 2030

Saudi Arabia Commercial

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BSA Law

Saudi Arabia Update - August And September 2019

Saudi Arabia Strategy

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Dentons

Overview Of Public Merger & Acquisition Regulations In The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Commercial

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A&O Shearman

Introduction To Company Acquisitions In Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Commercial

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BSA Law

Saudi Arabia Update - June And July 2018

Saudi Arabia Commercial

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Dentons

Overview Of Public Merger & Acquisition Regulations In The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Commercial

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A&O Shearman

Company Types In The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Commercial

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A&O Shearman

Strategic Moves For The Saudi Petrochemicals Sector

Saudi Arabia Energy

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Jones Day

Succession Planning: The Case For Private Interest Foundations

Saudi Arabia Commercial

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Al Tamimi

Will KSA Lead The Region On Insurance Reform?

Saudi Arabia Insurance

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PWC

Structuring Mergers & Acquisition Transactions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Commercial

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Al Tamimi & Company

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