UGGC Avocats — Morocco

Corinne Khayat

Corinne Khayat has been a partner of UGGC Avocats since 2000, where she co-heads the IP-IT and the competition law departments. Corinne Khayat regularly represents her clients before the courts and advises in all areas of French and EU Intellectual Property and Information Technologies law. She has particular experience in complex trademark and copyright litigation. Corinne Khayat assists French and foreign clients, mostly large and medium size companies and public bodies, active in various sectors such as food, retail, services, luxury (cosmetics, perfumes), arts and building materials industries. She also handles cases as a correspondent for many foreign law firms. She also regularly advises in distribution law and assists clients in setting-up distribution networks. Corinne Khayat is now an UNIFAB expert. · Intellectual Property

Fabien Gagnerot

Fabien Gagnerot is a senior counsel in UGGC’s corporate department with 10 years of experience in corporate and commercial operations. Prior to joining the Casablanca office in 2021, he was initially based in New Delhi, India, to assist the firm’s Indian Desk (2012-2015) and then in the corporate team of our Paris office (2015-2020). With a main focus on M&A (acquisition, sale, joint-venture, etc.) and contracts, Fabien’s practice in Morocco routinely includes commercial transactions and M&A/commercial litigation. His expertise in corporate law: Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; securities issues; joint ventures; corporate restructuring; international investments; capital markets. Fabien advises numerous foreign and local companies for their projects in Morocco, from upstream (project set-up, advisory on foreign exchange regulations and funding issues) to the actual implementation (greenfield, brownfield (joint-venture), restructuring) and to the downstream issues (corporate governance of the subsidiary, branch office or joint-venture, compliance issues (personal data), commercial contracts and general day-to-day commercial matters). He assists primarily an industrial clientele, operating in diverse sectors, such as defense/aeronautics, pharma/medical devices and telecommunications. Considering his experience in international corporate transactions, Fabien regularly intervenes as a lecturer or guest speaker in France or abroad for pedagogical or training purposes. · Corporate / M&A

Rim Tazi

Rim Tazi is of-counsel in the Casablanca office and has 14 years of experience in Moroccan law, including the following areas: corporate and commercial law, contract/distribution law, international investments. EXPERTISE IN CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL LAW Rim is regularly involved in structuring international investments and advises clients on the implementation of these investments and the negotiation of complex contracts. Corporate law Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; Joint-Ventures; Corporate restructuring; Commercial contracts/Distribution Drafting, review and negotiation of commercial contracts: purchase/sale, services contracts, sub-contracting, franchising, exclusive and selective distribution, commercial agent, licensing, business contributor contracts, etc.; Terms and conditions for the termination of commercial relations: abrupt termination, abusive termination; etc. Rim usually advises major institutional and financial groups, Moroccan and international (mainly French and Anglo-Saxon), as well as Moroccan administrations and para-public entities. · Corporate / M&A