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On May 24, 2023, the Moroccan legislature ushered in a new era of merger control with the implementation of heightened notification thresholds.

Hub and spoke arrangements enable indirect coordination between competitors through a common intermediary, raising significant competition law concerns in Morocco. While not expressly regulated, these structures may constitute prohibited concerted practices under Moroccan Competition Law when they facilitate information exchange and reduce independent decision-making.

The Moroccan Competition Council is increasingly using remedies to address competition concerns in merger control reviews. Recent cases demonstrate the MCC's willingness to impose both structural and behavioral commitments, and actively enforce compliance through fines and monitoring.

As merger control enforcement continues to evolve in Morocco, the ambiguities of the local nexus test introduced by the 2023 Moroccan Merger Guidelines (Guidelines)...

The most recent amendments of the Moroccan merger control regime, which entered into force in May 2023, introduces new turnover notification thresholds as well as several procedural novelties.

Morocco regulates financial firms and institutions through a several statutes with changing regulatory authority.

The Moroccan Competition Council (MCC) published its activities report for 2024. The report outlines the MCC's enforcement activities, merger reviews, investigations, and advisory work.

As Morocco steps up its merger control enforcement, businesses are increasingly grappling with the country's evolving local nexus test.

Facilitating the establishment of foreign investors in Morocco has been declared as a key objective of the Kingdom. In order to achieve this objective, Morocco has made serious efforts in terms of downstream investment ...