Corporate/Commercial
Global Guide 2024 : Morocco
Band 2
Contact number
+212 (0)529 09 00 60Chambers Review
Norton Rose Fulbright operates a compact but sophisticated team in the Moroccan market, with a diverse portfolio of international clients active across the industrial, financial services, insurance, automotive and energy sectors. The firm demonstrates notable expertise in M&A and foreign investment law, complemented by a sound grasp of banking and finance and competition issues. The Casablanca team has a close working relationship with the firm's Paris office, with several lawyers splitting their time between the two locations.
Work Highlights
- Norton Rose Fulbright advised the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy on the financing, construction and operation of four solar power plants across Morocco.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Norton Rose has a very attentive and very responsive team."
"They are very business-oriented, very pragmatic, and try to find solutions. I am very satisfied with the quality of the work and their responsiveness."
"Norton Rose has a very attentive and very responsive team."
"They are very business-oriented, very pragmatic, and try to find solutions. I am very satisfied with the quality of the work and their responsiveness."
Notable Practitioners
Alain Malek leads the firm's North Africa practice, dividing his time between its offices in Casablanca and Paris. His deep-seated and wide-ranging experience sees him act on major cross-border M&A transactions and energy and infrastructure projects, as well as offering expertise in other areas such as insolvency, corporate compliance and white-collar crime. He is noted for his regular assistance to domestic and French clients active in Morocco.
"Alain is always available for any emergency to take care of, he is very responsive and attentive."
"Alain is a lawyer with a great ability to listen, he is available and business-oriented."