On 8 April 2025, the General Authority for Competition (GAC) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) published the 5th edition of its Economic Concentration Review Guidelines (formerly known as the Merger Review Guidelines).
This critical update, following the GAC’s public consultation on its proposed amendments to the Guidelines of 1 July 2024, provides essential refinements and clarity on the KSA merger control regime.
The Canadian Competition Bureau (“Bureau”) recently published the Consultation on Artificial Intelligence and Competition: What We Heard (“Report”), which summarizes feedback it received from its 2024 public consultation about how AI is impacting competition in Canada. The Bureau will use the insights from the submissions summarized in the Report to inform how it will protect and promote competition in Canada’s AI market.
Since 19 July 2024, companies operating in the Czech Republic have faced significant changes in their legal obligations when undergoing mergers, spin-offs and other transformations. The new legislation follows the EU Directive on cross-border conversions, mergers, and demergers. It aims to streamline the transformation process, reduce administrative costs and bureaucratic burdens.