In accordance with Article 13 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition and Article 10 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for its implementation, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council makes available to the public the \u201csummary of the operation\u201d below, containing the information provided by the parties.<\/p>\n
This information has been prepared by the notifying parties, who are solely responsible. Any inaccurate or distorted information contained therein does not in any way prejudge the Competition Council’s position on the proposed operation.<\/p>\n
The publication of this press release does not attest to the completeness of the file provided for in Article 9 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for the implementation of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition as amended and supplemented.<\/p>\n
Names of the companies and groups concerned:<\/strong><\/p>\n Nature of the operation<\/strong><\/p>\n Economic sectors concerned:<\/strong><\/p>\n Deadline for interested third parties to submit their observations:<\/strong><\/p>\n NON-CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF THE OPERATION PROVIDED BY THE PARTIES<\/strong><\/p>\n \u200eThe Competition Council has received notification of an economic concentration project concerning the merger by absorption by the company \u201cLCI Africa Holding SASU\u201d of the company \u201cUniversit\u00e9 Internationale Priv\u00e9e Averro\u00e8s SA\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cLCI Africa Holding (SASU)\u201d is a single-member simplified joint-stock company under Moroccan law, with its registered office at 745 Boulevard Al Qods, California district (Casablanca, Morocco), registered with the Casablanca Trade Register under number 516045. It is active, through its subsidiaries, in the private higher education sector. It is 100% owned by \u201cLCI Education SA\u201d, a Luxembourg public limited company, itself wholly owned by \u201cColl\u00e8ge LaSalle International Inc.\u201d, a Canadian legal entity constituting the parent company of the LCI Education group. \u201cLCI Africa Holding (SASU)\u201d is the holding company for the LCI Education group’s activities in Morocco and notably holds 95% of the capital of \u201cInstitut Priv\u00e9 des Hautes \u00c9tudes en Management SAS\u201d (HEM) as well as 100% of the capital of \u201cColl\u00e8ge LaSalle International SAS\u201d (Morocco). \u201cHEM\u201d also holds 100% of the capital of the company \u201cFonci\u00e8re L’AGORA pour l’\u00c9ducation\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cUniversit\u00e9 Internationale Priv\u00e9e Averro\u00e8s SA\u201d is a Moroccan public limited company, with its registered office at Lotissement La Colline II, Sidi Maarouf, registered with the Casablanca Trade Register under number 559233. It is active in the multidisciplinary private higher education sector.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Done in Rabat on July 2, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In accordance with Article 13 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition and Article 10 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for its implementation, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council makes available to the public the \u201csummary of the operation\u201d below, containing the information provided by the parties. This information has been prepared by the notifying parties, who are solely responsible. Any inaccurate or distorted information contained therein does not in any way prejudge the Competition Council’s position on the proposed operation. The publication of this press release does not attest to the completeness of the file provided for in Article 9 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for the implementation of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition as amended and supplemented. Names of the companies and groups concerned: The acquiring company: the company \u201cLCI Africa Holding SASU\u201d; The acquired company: the company \u201cUniversit\u00e9 Internationale Priv\u00e9e Averro\u00e8s SA\u201d Nature of the operation Merger by absorption. Economic sectors concerned: Private higher education market. Deadline for interested third parties to submit their observations: 10 days from the date of publication of this press release, i.e., July 13, 2026. NON-CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF THE OPERATION PROVIDED BY THE PARTIES \u200eThe Competition Council has received notification of an economic concentration project concerning the merger by absorption by the company \u201cLCI Africa Holding SASU\u201d of the company \u201cUniversit\u00e9 Internationale Priv\u00e9e Averro\u00e8s SA\u201d. \u201cLCI Africa Holding (SASU)\u201d is a single-member simplified joint-stock company under Moroccan law, with its registered office at 745 Boulevard Al Qods, California district (Casablanca, Morocco), registered with the Casablanca Trade Register under number 516045. It is active, through its subsidiaries, in the private higher education sector. It is 100% owned by \u201cLCI Education SA\u201d, a Luxembourg public limited company, itself wholly owned by \u201cColl\u00e8ge LaSalle International Inc.\u201d, a Canadian legal entity constituting the parent company of the LCI Education group. \u201cLCI Africa Holding (SASU)\u201d is the holding company for the LCI Education group’s activities in Morocco and notably holds 95% of the capital of \u201cInstitut Priv\u00e9 des Hautes \u00c9tudes en Management SAS\u201d (HEM) as well as 100% of the capital of \u201cColl\u00e8ge LaSalle International SAS\u201d (Morocco). \u201cHEM\u201d also holds 100% of the capital of the company \u201cFonci\u00e8re L’AGORA pour l’\u00c9ducation\u201d. \u201cUniversit\u00e9 Internationale Priv\u00e9e Averro\u00e8s SA\u201d is a Moroccan public limited company, with its registered office at Lotissement La Colline II, Sidi Maarouf, registered with the Casablanca Trade Register under number 559233. It is active in the multidisciplinary private higher education sector. Done in Rabat on July 2, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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