Bennani & Associés — Morocco

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Firm overview: Founded in 2004, Bennani & Associes is a leading independent pan-African firm with offices in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Côte d’Ivoire and now also Democratic Republic of Congo. If offers cutting-edge business law expertise to listed and unlisted companies as well as public entities and international law firms active in the region. 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 Industries served: The firm has extensive experience in representing a range of major industry sector, including (but not limited to): - Aerospace - Automotive - Chemicals - Consumer electronics - Energy - Engineering and construction - Financial Services - Food - Oil and gas - Pharmaceuticals - Private equity - Telecommunications - Transport ### Recent highlights - Antitrust counsel to Alstom on filing of its €6.2bn merger with Bombardier (Morocco) Counsel to Sage Global Automotive S.R.L. on its acquisition of a 30% stake and voting rights in the Moroccan company, ERT Automotive Morocco Sarl-Au (Morocco) Counsel to Bunzl on Moroccan aspects of its acquisition of a 100% equity interest in Proin Pinilla, S.L., and Protec & Marti, S.L. (Morocco) Counsel to global investment management firm Carlyle in a $404m bankruptcy litigation procedure against the SAMIR refinery (Morocco) Counsel to Representing Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Morocco in commercial arbitration against its former distributor (Morocco) - Counsel to Facebook on data privacy and payment instruments for new products (Algeria) Counsel to Hyundai on a new vehicle manufacturing joint venture with Tahkout Manufacturing Company (Algeria) Counsel to Evatherm AG in successful defence against penalty claims relating to a turnkey salt production plant (Algeria) Counsel to Enel Green Power on regulatory review of 5,000MW of photovoltaic and wind farm projects (Algeria) Counsel to Delfingen Industry in the acquisition of a 100% shareholding in Schlemmer group’s Tunisian subsidiary (Tunisia) - Counsel to Volkswagen regarding merger clearance of its joint venture with Rimac (Tunisia) Counsel to Salama – Islamic Arab Insurance Company PSC on the sale of its Senegalese subsidiary, Salama Senegal, to Groupe Duval (Côte d’Ivoire) Counsel to Paystack Nigeria on regulatory authorisation of the company’s activities (Côte d’Ivoire) ### Languages - Arabic - English - French ### Staffing Figures - 53 Number of lawyers - 22 At this office

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