The Morocco Hydrogen Offer (the Offer) finally landed on 11 March 2024. It was much expected by the developers and the investors. The Offer is intended to cover the entire value chain of the green hydrogen sector. It was...more
Morocco has enacted amendments to its competition law that will have significant impacts on its merger control regime. The amendments include increasing the minimum turnover thresholds for merger control filings, introducing...more
In Morocco, renewables now account for more than 19% of market energy, up from 18.5% in 2020. Installed renewable energy capacity has exceeded 5 GW, which represents major growth over the past two decades. The government...more
The tidal wave of antitrust activity throughout the Middle East & North Africa is expected to continue rising in 2023, as several jurisdictions across the region have started to amend their competition laws, introduce new...more
On 28 April 2022, the Moroccan Competition Authority (“MCA”) imposed its first ever fine for failure to notify, i.e., gun jumping. The fine was imposed on a Swiss company, Sika AG, in the context of its acquisition of a...more
In order to meet the growing demand for electricity and address certain issues arising from the significant expansion of renewable energy, the Kingdom of Morocco has decided to diversify its generation mix by increasing the...more
On December 10, 2020, President Trump formally announced that the Government of Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco will normalize their bilateral relationship, marking the fourth Arab country that recognizes Israel as a result...more
New U.S. countervailing duty (“CVD”) petitions were filed on June 26, 2020, by The Mosaic Company against imports of phosphate fertilizers from Morocco and Russia....more
On June 26, 2020, The Mosaic Company, (“Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of countervailing duties on Phosphate Fertilizers from the Morocco and Russia. SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION- The merchandise...more
A Fifth Circuit ruling that failed to enforce a roughly $123 million Moroccan judgment against haircare and liquor tycoon John Paul DeJoria harms trade relations between the U.S. and foreign nations. The authors, attorneys at...more
Public-private partnerships key for gas infrastructure development in SADC region - Speaking [Nepad Business Foundation (NBF) Africa infrastructure programme manager Peter Varndell] at the Africa Gas Forum, in...more
In this hoganlovells.com interview, Hogan Lovells partner Laurent Gouiffès discusses oil and gas supply chain disruption and litigation trends in North Africa, including Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, and Egypt....more
We continue our Africa Stand Up series with a short piece on what has to be the unsung giant impacting Sub-Saharan Africa. On 13 March 2017, the Moroccan flag was officially raised in a ceremony at the African Union (AU)...more
The Vice-President of the European Investment Bank, Jonathan Taylor called for “a renewed effort from the world’s financial institutions to make the Paris Agreement a reality” at the COP 22 Conference, held last month in...more
Brazil, Chile and Morocco recently joined “the Hague Convention of 5 of October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents” (the “Apostille Convention”) and will accept documents that have...more
Morocco is currently implementing important changes to its energy mix, which may provide interesting opportunities in the LNG sector. This article presents a brief overview of the origin of the national development plan for...more
Leading the News - Burundi - On February 12th, the United Nations (U.N.) Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) (MINUSCA) announced its decision to repatriate three...more
In July 2014 the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) confirmed that it had launched an investigation into allegations of bribery concerning a former employee of property surveyor Sweett Group. The former employee was based in the...more
Leading the News - Libya: On October 8th, The Washington Post provided an update on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s (ISIL) activities in Sirte, Libya. Since taking hold of Sirte earlier this year, ISIL...more
The latest news on legal and regulatory developments in Africa's energy sector with perspectives from our offices in New York, Washington and London. This third Africa energy update focuses on North Africa, Africa's most...more
From 1 March 2015, a new agreement will come into force that allows European patents to be validated in Morocco. This is the first time that a non-member country of the European Patent Organisation will have recognised...more
The President of the EPO and the Minister of Industry, Trade, Investment and the Digital Economy of Morocco announced on January 19th that Morocco would permit EP applications and granted EP patents to be validated in that...more