Morocco's New Wave: The Briefing for 2 May 2024

Dealmakers are increasingly mindful of merger control risk across the continent of Africa, but agencies in previously quiet jurisdictions are becoming more confident in behavioural matters too. Morocco’s Competition Council launched two new price fixing probes in one day earlier this week, targeting potential conspiracies among local businesses. Also in The Briefing, Canadian lawmakers look to adopt structural presumptions included in the US antitrust agencies’ new merger guidelines and Clifford Chance announces a slew of promotions.