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ARTICLE · 21 APRIL 2025

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

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The General Authority for Competition in Saudi Arabia (the GAC) has issued updated guidelines on the assessment of economic concentrations.

Saudi ArabiaAntitrust/Competition Law

Background: The General Authority for Competition in Saudi Arabia (the GAC) has issued updated guidelines on the assessment of economic concentrations. The guidelines expands the "control" principle and further details how merger filing thresholds and certain exemptions are applicable to mergers, joint ventures, and investment funds.

In its decision dated 8 April 2025, the GAC has further updated its Economic Concentration Review Guidelines (the 2025 Guidelines) expanding the "control" principle and further details how merger filing thresholds and certain exemptions are applicable to mergers, joint ventures, and investment funds. The 2025 Guidelines are already in effect.

The material changes introduced by the 2025 Guidelines include:

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