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Managing Partners:
Morocco – Mehdi M. Bennani
Algeria – Mourad Seghir
Tunisia – Lamia Harghem
Ivory Coast – Assemian Kouakou
Languages: Arabic, English, French

Firm Overview:
Founded in 2004, Bennani & Associes is a leading independent pan-African firm with offices in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Ivory Coast. If offers cutting-edge business law expertise to listed and unlisted companies as well as public entities. In each market, the firm has a particular expertise in representing foreign investors across a wide range of complex issues, including:

  • General corporate law
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Joint ventures and partnerships
  • Corporate restructuring
  • Competition/antitrust and other regulatory advice
  • Employment law
  • Financing
  • Commercial litigation and arbitration
  • White collar criminal law

Recent Highlights:

  • Counsel to Fater Spa (a Procter & Gamble and Angelini Group joint venture) in the exit from Morocco via the sale of a 100% stake in Fater Morocco
  • Counsel to Vivo Energy Maroc on purchase of a 49% stake in Sopétrole and related compliance matters
  • Counsel to global investment management firm Carlyle in a $404 million bankruptcy litigation procedure opened against the SAMIR refinery
  • Counsel to Daewoo Engineering & Construction in commercial litigation relating to the construction of power plants

Chambers Review

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Corporate/Commercial - Morocco

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Bennani & Associés is a pan-African law firm whose Moroccan office frequently acts as local counsel on multi-jurisdictional transactions. The team is advises on a range of corporate mandates, including acquisitions, joint ventures and competition issues. Headquartered in Casablanca, the firm is a significant player across the Maghreb and francophone Africa, with additional offices in Algiers, Tunis, Abidjan and Kinshasa.

Work Highlights

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  • Bennani & Associés advised Plastic Omnium on the Moroccan aspects of its EUR600 million acquisition of Varroc's automotive lighting systems business.

Strengths

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"The service level is exceptional and responses are very timely and helpful."

Corporate/Commercial respondent
Global

"Bennani & Associés has supported me in navigating a number of complex matters."

Corporate/Commercial respondent
Global

"The advice provided was clear, pragmatic and timely. The turnaround for answering client questions and consolidating the advice across jurisdictions was extremely quick and seamless."

Corporate/Commercial respondent
Global

"They can line up appropriate resources rapidly and they are able to cover a wide range of areas."

Corporate/Commercial respondent
Global

Notable Practitioners

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3
Mehdi Bennani
3
Band 3

Mehdi Bennani is managing partner of the firm and is based in Casablanca. He is well rated for his significant international experience, having previously worked at law firms in New York. His recent work includes advising international clients on cross-border investment and M&A transactions, as well as merger clearance and exit issues.

"He is an incredibly smooth operator, he knows the market extremely well in North Africa, but he also understands UK and US law firms' operations and he speaks French, which brings a lot of value to us. He is very commercial and entrepreneurial."

"It is always a pleasure to cooperate with Mehdi on cross-border mandates. He is efficient and pragmatic and has a great awareness of the clients' needs."

"Mehdi Bennani is a great professional across the board, combining experience, flexibility and very solid technical skills."

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Mehdi Bennani
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Members

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Abdellah Moustaid

Mehdi Bennani

Head of Department

Clients

Provided by Bennani & Associés

AMMC (The Moroccan Capital Market Authority)

Adidas

Akzo Nobel

Alstom

Carlyle

Casatram

Cheplapharm

Daewoo

Dell Group

Electrolux

Etisalat

FATER Spa

FIAT

Groupe Bel

Huawei

IQVIA

KBC Bank

Lukoil Lubricants Africa

Middle East Radio Television Morocco (MRTM)

Phillips

ST MICROELECTRONICS

Samsung C&T

Siemens AG

TUI Fly

Western Union

Industries

Provided by Bennani & Associés

Aerospace

Automotive

Chemicals

Consumer Electronics

Defence

Energy

Engineering & Construction

Financial Services

Food

Oil & Gas

Pharmaceuticals and medical devices

Private Equity

Telecommunications

Transport