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Bennani & Associes LLP
Contact: Mehdi Bennani, Partner
157 Bvd d'Anfa
Phone: 212 22 95 96 02
Fax: 212 22 95 96 10
Email: mbennani@bennaniassocies.com
I- OUR IDENTITY
The law firm of Bennani & Associés LLP has been established to provide a wide range of legal services to public and private companies, governmental agencies and individuals in the field of corporate and commercial law. The firm was founded in 2004 by Mehdi M. Bennani and Abdellah Moustaid.
Bennani & Associés LLP is organized into two departments. The activities of the firm are equally balanced between the Business and Transactional Department and the Litigation Department. Each attorney at the firm is committed to continually developing a solid legal expertise and, together, they constitute a law firm that has the ability to provide the highest quality representation in all legal areas.
Bennani & Associés LLP can, therefore, address the legal and juridical needs of Moroccan and foreign companies that require their attorneys to act as business partners, providing legal advice adapted to the local environment.
II- OUR CULTURE
Bennani & Associés LLP was founded by prominent lawyers committed to excellence in the practice of law while maintaining the highest standard of ethical and professional conduct.
We will admit to the partnership only those attorneys who have demonstrated, in their careers, a strong sense of leadership and a recognized level of legal knowledge and ability.
Our constant aim is to ensure that our clients feel confident in their legal representation and the services provided by their legal advisors.
III- OUR OBJECTIVES
The Moroccan legal market is today predominantly comprised of solo, general practitioners. Bennani & Associés LLP aims to change the market, by offering more specialized legal services without undermining the traditional close client/attorney relationship, which remains of the utmost importance.
Whether it be in the Business and Transactional Department or the Litigation Department, our institutional values favor legal solutions that are easy to implement and practical rather than theoretical.
When entrusted with a project, our attorneys collaborate with their clients to develop creative strategies and solutions tailored to achieving the clients’ objectives. In litigation matters, we work hand-in-hand with our clients to determine whether a case requires proactive action, and we advise our clients on the risks involved and, to the extent determinable, the chances of success.
IV- OUR QUALIFICATIONS
At the inception of the firm, each of the founders was already acknowledged as a leading attorney in his field, but each with a different background and different qualities and interests. The founders share two main qualities: an uncommon spirit and a strong desire to achieve the highest professional standards. Their success is based on their academic and professional achievements and also their diversity.
Mehdi M. Bennani received his LL.M. Degree (Master of Laws) from Harvard Law School and is a graduate of “Université Hassan II des sciences juridiques, economiques et sociales,” from which he graduated first in his class. He is an attorney admitted to the New York bar and has spent the largest part of his career as a corporate finance lawyer in New York with the firms of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP and Bryan Cave LLP, respectively.
Abdellah Moustaid is a graduate of “Université Hassan II des sciences juridiques, economiques et sociales”. He is admitted to the Moroccan bar and was trained as a litigator at the law offices of Mohamed Jankel and Hamid Andaloussi, respectively. Abdellah Moustaid is particularly knowledgeable in judicial procedures in the Moroccan courts and has developed an expertise in litigation related to banking, intellectual property disputes and labor disputes.
Our partners, together with their associates, constitute responsive teams of fully available attorneys. Collectively, they have the legal and linguistic (English, French and Arabic) abilities to provide the highly productive and personalized service that companies require to operate in today’s business environment.
V- AREAS OF ACTIVITY
A - BUSINESS/TRANSACTIONAL
The main areas of activity in the Business and Transactional Department are:
· Mergers and Acquisitions
· Banking and Finance
· Domestic and International Contracts
· Joint Venture Agreements
· Project Finance
· Privatizations
· Restructuring
· Corporate Finance
· Private Equity
B – LITIGATION
The main areas of activity in the Litigation Department are:
· Judicial Procedures
· Intellectual Property Disputes
· Bank Litigation
· Labor Disputes
· Arbitration
· Mediation
· Conciliation
HR Law Firm
Contact: Hassan Rahmouni, Attorney at Law and Legal Consultant
N°310, Bd. Haj Omar Riffi, #23, 2nd Floor, Quartier Alsace Lorraine, Mers Sultan
Casablanca, Morocco
Phone: +212 22 54 15 15 ; +212 61 13 85 00
Fax: +212 22 54 17 17
Email: hr@hassanrahmouni.com
Web: http://www.hassanrahmouni.com
The HR Law firm is totally dedicated to serving incoming businesses into the Moroccan market. It has been founded by Professor Hassan RAHMOUNI whose impressive career in academia and in the public service is publicly known. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in Law from the Mohammed V University (Rabat, Morocco) as well as a PhD in Law from the Sorbonne University (Paris, France). He was also a “Fulbright Scholar” to George Washington University (1985) and a “Fulbright Visiting Specialist” to Harvard University (2004). He has been teaching law in Moroccan Universities since 1973 and has been lecturing in some of the most prestigious U.S. universities like Harvard University (JFK School of Government), IUPUI (School of Law), Purdue and UCLA. He also served as “Governor” in Casablanca (1992 to 1998) and has been “Chevalier” of the Order of the Throne since 1995 [Royal Honour Distinction]. Professor RAHMOUNI is a legal consultant, a practicing attorney and a business and public law expert, sworn in member of the Casablanca Order of Lawyers, with pleading powers before all Moroccan courts, including the Moroccan Supreme Court. Also authorized to carry out professional legal advising for national and foreign firms operating in Morocco.
The HR Law firm provides a wide range of legal services linked to corporate and commercial law. All these services are rendered to its clients in English, French and Arabic, by professional lawyers serving within the firm and dedicated to honesty, fidelity and competency. Among the areas identified by the firm as critical for the success of new business ventures and for which the HR Law Firm team is particularly sensitive are:
The facilitating of the clients’ relationship with local and national branches of the Moroccan administration [including the fulfilment of all procedural necessities prior to field implementation, follow up all procedural processes and supplying continuous administrative back up] ;
Networking upon request, on behalf of the clients, for the purpose of identifying new business opportunities and launching new joint ventures ;
Assuring legal assistance, advice and consulting, through all phases of the clients’ project implementation and subsequent offering of legal follow up of the clients’ local activities, including the handling of the contracting processes, the various labour related issues and the multiple other local legal business related necessary know how ;
Representing the clients before courts and legally defending their interests through all conciliation, mediation, arbitration and judicial aspects of potentially emerging disputes.
Professor Hassan RAHMOUNI and his team of professional lawyers are committed to efficient service, excellency rapport and optimal output. Serving the clients with the clearly targeted will of assuring the success of their business endeavour is the ultimate objective that may guarantee a sound and most outstanding field reputation of the HR Law Firm.
Law Offices of Shelley Liberto
22 Rue 16 Novembre N:8
Rabat, Morocco
Phone: +212 37 67 12 60
Fax: +212 37 67 12 60
Email: sliberto@libertolaw.com
Web: http://www.libertolaw.com
U.S. attorney licensed in California and U.S. courts with areas of focus on commercial opportunities in Morocco, business transactions and intellectual property licensing. Consultant to USAID in matters pertaining to commercial law and procedure in Moroccan courts, intellectual property, bankruptcy and US/Morocco Free Trade Agreement. Permanent resident in Morocco, fluent in Moroccan Arabic, French and English. Affiliated with the law firm of Callahan & Blaine www.callahan-law.com
U.S. Legal Practitioner. Mr. Liberto is a practicing attorney with 18 years experience in commercial law litigation and transactions, licensed to practice in all state and federal courts in California, and authorized to practice as a legal counsel in Morocco. He has over 8 years experience as an expatriate in Morocco and Saudi Arabia, and is a former Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco. He is fluent in Moroccan Arabic, French and English. Mr. Liberto has also served as a judge pro tem for the Orange County, California, Superior Court in the capacity of a settlement judge and arbitrator. Mr. Liberto has most recently served as a consultant to the United States Agency for International Development in Morocco as Chief of Party. In this capacity, Mr. Liberto supervised the design, management, and implementation of technical assistance for USAID’s Economic Growth project to modernize commercial law and the judiciary. In so doing, he established high-level working relationships with project Moroccan institutional counterparts including the Ministry of Justice, courts, judges and administrative agencies of the Moroccan Government. Mr. Liberto also guided participatory reform and transition processes with the Ministry of Justice regarding the Moroccan Commercial Courts, and drafted substantive legal reform of bankruptcy, customs and intellectual property law as related to US/Morocco Free Trade Agreement.
Mr. Liberto has degrees from the University of California-Berkeley, University of Arizona-Tucson, and McGeorge School of Law-Sacramento (Order of the Coif). A more detailed profile of Mr. Liberto and his accomplishments can be found at his U.S. based Web site at www.libertolaw.com .
Oulamine Law Group
Contact: Reda Oulamine, Attorney at Law
2 Rue Abou Faid Al Masri
Immeuble JIP II, Appt C4-4eme Etage
Quartier Gauthier
Casablanca 20000
Phone: 212 22 22 82 85; 212 22 27 84 94; US 202-558-6649
Fax: +212 22 22 82 86
Email: reda@oulaminelegal.com, redaoulamine@menara.ma
Web: http://www.oulaminelegal.com
Oulamine Law Group (OLG) founder, Reda Oulamine, is a US and Moroccan citizen who holds bar memberships in New York, Paris and Casablanca. He leads a growing team of dynamic, multinational legal associates to offer expert legal advice pertaining to commercial investments, business and corporate law, real estate and tourism development, banking and finance law, securities and financial markets, Government and NGO contracts, litigation and employment law among other fields.
OLG advises domestic and multinational corporations, foreign investors, government agencies and international NGO’s throughout the country from its office in Casablanca. Mr. Oulamine and his associates are fully equipped to handle all legal needs, both written and verbal, in English, French, and Moroccan Arabic.
Mr. Oulamine possesses an impressive professional biography including both French and American legal training. After obtaining a D.E.S.S. de Droit des Affaires Internationales (Master’s in International Law) and a Magistere Droit des Affaires, Fiscalité et Comptabilité (Post-Masters Certificate in Business and Finance Law) from Université Aix-Marseilles in France, he studied as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of San Diego School of Law, earning an LLM in Comparative Law. His legal training also included an internship in the legal division of the United Nations in New York. Mr. Oulamine’s expertise in business law and foreign investment law was cultivated through working in firms in both Morocco and the US, including Bryan Cave, LLP and Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison, LLP, and Masnaoui, Mazars, et Guerard. He has worked as an advisor to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Moroccan Department of Justice in the fields of legal reform.
Profiles of all of OLG’s associates are available at the firm’s web site.
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