On 8 November 2025, the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) determined that 13 schools violated Egyptian competition law by abusing their dominant position...

Egypt's Senate has approved sweeping amendments to the Competition Law that would transform the Egyptian Competition Authority into an independent regulatory body with direct enforcement powers.

With the Consumer Protection Law of 2018 Egypt for the first time introduced a comprehensive consumer protection regime enforced by the Egyptian Consumer Protection Agency (CPA). In parallel Egypt's Competition Law enforced by the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA)...

In August 2023, the Jordanian government introduced revenue based notification thresholds that apply alongside the existing market share thresholds.

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

In a recent board meeting held on December 27, 2023, the Saudi General Authority for Competition (GAC) made significant strides in reinforcing its commitment to fair market practices.

On 11 August 2025, the Saudi legislator issued the Saudi Investment Law, which includes language that may introduce a more comprehensive FDI review in Saudi Arabia.

The UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism is developing a National Competition Platform that will use artificial intelligence to transform competition enforcement, potentially reducing merger review timelines to 15 days while automating antitrust investigations and exemption procedures.

On Saturday 22 February 2025, the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) together with the public prosecution initiated criminal proceedings against 162 broiler chicken producers and the General Union of Poultry Producers...

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has introduced significant changes to its merger control and antitrust regimes through amended Competition Regulations of 2025.

Over recent years the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Competition Commission (CCC) significantly increased its enforcement activities. This involved the CCC expanding its focus beyond merger control enforcement to actively...

Enforcement of the East African Community (EAC) merger control regime commenced effective November 2025. The concept of control is a key element in determining whether a transaction is subject to notification...

The long-anticipated overhaul of the Egyptian merger control regime introduces a pre closing notification regime.

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.

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

Foreign direct investment in developing economies—both in the form of green field investments and mergers and acquisitions (M&A)—surged in the 1990s.

The COMESA Competition and Consumer Commission (CCCC) recently announced that they commenced an investigation into Meta Platforms Ireland Limited following changes to the terms governing access to the WhatsApp...

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), with 21 member states, is the largest regional economic organization in Africa. Furthermore, COMESA comprises a comparatively far integrated regulatory regime.

On 20 January the UAE announced the long anticipated new notification thresholds. The new turnover threshold of AED 300 million (approx. USD 81 million) will apply starting send of March individually.

In early 2024, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Competition Commission (CCC) proposed significant amendments to its merger control regime.