Saudi Arabia’s major antitrust developments and competition trends

author
Mohamed Elfar

Mohamed (“Mo”) advises multinational companies across a wide range of industries on antitrust, competition and trade law. In the area of ​​antitrust and competition law, he has worked on cartels, price fixing, market segmentation, and abuse of dominance and compliance issues. Mo also works extensively on trade disputes related to customs, dumping and safeguards. Mo has additional expertise advising clients on compliance, including in the areas of anti-bribery, compliance investigations, surprise inspections and unfair competition. He assists with regulatory approvals for mergers and acquisitions and advises on related competition law compliance issues. Mo joined Baker McKenzie in 2014 as a senior associate in the Cairo office and has served as an associate in Baker McKenzie’s Toronto office (only admitted to practice in Egypt), advising and representing clients. He previously worked in the firm’s London office, where he was responsible for investigations and merger filings before the EU Competition and Trade authorities. Mo has also worked as a case handler and consultant at the Egyptian Competition Authority. Mr. Mo holds an LLM in International and Comparative Law from the American University in Cairo, an LLM in EU Law from Stockholm University, an LLM in Canadian Law from the University of Toronto, and a PhD in Competition Law from Queen Mary University of London, where he taught competition law for three years. He is the author of several publications on competition law issues, which have appeared in numerous peer-reviewed international journals and periodicals.