RIAA Barker Gillette
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PRACTICE NOTES
Prepared in collaboration with Bilal Shaukat, partner, and Shahbakht Pirzada, associate partner, at Pakistani law firm RIAA Barker Gillette, on key issues concerning merger control in Pakistan. Note—to check whether notification thresholds in Pakistan and across the globe are satisfied, see Where to Notify.
1. Have there been any recent developments regarding the Pakistani merger control regime and are any updates/developments expected in the coming year? Are there any other ‘hot’ merger control issues in Pakistan?
The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has recently issued the Competition Exemption Regulations 2020 (2020 Regulations). These Regulations set out the procedure for seeking an exemption from a prohibited agreement. The Competition Act 2010 (the Act) forbids undertakings and associations of undertakings from entering into prohibited agreements. Prohibited agreements—or, for associations of undertakings, decisions—concern the production, distribution, acquisition or control of goods, or the supply of services, whose object or
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