- Our firm has extensive experience providing advice on all aspects of competition regulation in Egypt. The regulation and enforcement of Egyptian competition law is changing and this is why we believe that it is of increasing importance for clients to receive timely and expert advice in this area. Our primary aim is to offer practical advice and solutions for all competition matters, no matter the complexity.
- In addition to advising on the Antimonopoly Law and related regulations concerning distribution arrangements, and on commercial transactions such as M&A, business and asset transfers as well as share acquisitions.
- Counseling on Distribution Matters and Advertisement and Premium Matters.
- We regularly advise clients on distribution-related matters as well as advertisement and premium matters, We are often asked to carefully review a proposed distribution arrangement (or other vertical agreements such as agency, franchising, etc) in order to advise whether it is compatible with competition rules.
- Counseling on Licensing of Patent, Copyright and Know-how under Egyptian Antimonopoly Law and Guidelines
- As for distribution issues, agreements which involve intellectual property rights can have anti-competitive effects. This is one of the most complicated areas of competition law as it involves competition and IP law issues. MTK LAW FIRM extensive experience with the Guidelines on patent and know-how licensing agreements as well as with the Guidelines on joint research and development means that we can respond quickly and accurately to such issues. In addition, on a case-by-case basis we consult and work closely together with our IP lawyers where specialist knowledge of IP issues is required.
- Litigations involving Claims Arising Under Egypt’s Unfair Competition Laws.
- Our attorneys have extensive experience in advising on litigation or pre-litigation procedures involving claims of unfair competition. A primary focus of our unfair competition practice consists of advising on claims made based on the Act Against Unfair Competition Prevention and related laws which aim to protect consumers by ensuring fair competition.
- Coordination with Overseas Legal Counsel on International Antitrust and Competition Matters, such as International Price Fixing Conspiracies
- The globalization of our clients’ operations increasingly means that we are asked to advice on cases which involve multi-jurisdictional filings or more generally have cross-border effects. In this regard, due to our international client base we have accumulated, over the years, significant experience in working with top tier overseas counsel. In the context of mergers, this could be in the form of co-ordination of advice and activities when filing merger notifications for a global merger for a Egyptian client with overseas operations or of a foreign client with operations in Egypt. In the context of international cartels, co-ordination with foreign counsel is equally crucial given that it is increasingly the case that some foreign regulators have the power to impose not only administrative penalties in the form of fines but also criminal penalties which can involve prison terms for executives.