Antitrust and competition laws are developing rapidly around the world.
We ensure that our clients support and guidance are straightforward, proactive and tactical to prevent or mitigate possible penalties and reputational harm, as well as a regulatory or litigation risk. The Antitrust and competition team acquire a great exposure how the governmental regulatory authorities function and act in accordance with misuse of market power or dominance, which is being detected, prosecuted, and sanctioned by antitrust enforcers worldwide.

The significant fines, major reputational harm, criminal charges, sanctions and violations of antitrust laws imposed on cartels and other anti-competitive conducts.

We are leaders in all areas of antitrust law and experienced in the related matters and procedures related to the Egyptian competition Authority, the COMESA competition commission department, the new competition power granted to the banking sector in the central bank of Egypt and other competition authorities in the MENA region.
Our team provides and actively advises his clients in the following areas:

  • Filling plans pertaining to advising merger arrangement and market due diligence.
  • Multijurisdictional fillings in cross-border transactions and securing clearances
  • Dawn Raids guidance, internal audits, data/document requests and court challenges
  • Non-cartel antitrust investigation, anti-competitive settlements and exploitation of dominance of market control (price predation, price squeezing, exclusivity and abuse of IP rights.
  • Vertical restrictions