Business Law
Advice and representation across the commercial life of a company, from formation and governance to the disputes that follow from them.
- Commercial law
- Company law
- Banking law
- Intellectual property
- Competition law
- Employment law
Counsel for the decisions that carry the most weight.
A Casablanca firm advising Moroccan and international clients in business law, public law and international law — in litigation, in arbitration and, above all, in the counsel that keeps a matter out of court.
The Firm
Commercial life is as demanding as it is fast-moving, and the law does not stand still with it. We answer that with depth rather than breadth.
Our lawyers specialise, then work in constant contact with one another — exchanging technical knowledge and the experience that only comes from carrying matters to their conclusion. Clients draw on the whole of that knowledge, whichever area of law their question falls in.
Sound solutions are rarely possible without knowing the business behind the problem. We take an interest in what you actually do. Our lawyers have spent years advising leading companies and industry federations across their sectors, and they bring that market knowledge to the legal question in front of them.
Practices
Four areas in which the firm advises and appears, in Arabic, French, English and Spanish.
Public Law
Matters where the counterparty is the administration itself, and where procedure often decides the outcome before the merits are reached.
- Administrative law
- Tax law
- Public finance
International Law
Cross-border questions for foreign companies operating in Morocco and Moroccan companies operating abroad.
- Private international law
- Public international law
Higher Education Law
A field the firm knows from inside the institutions it governs — university statutes, accreditation, academic governance and the disputes arising from them.
How we are engaged
Three forms of engagement, each governed by its own written agreement.
Standing counsel
Legal assistance and advice under an annual retainer, for companies that would rather ask the question early than litigate it later.
Litigation
Representation before the Moroccan courts under a matter-specific agreement, from first instance through appeal.
Arbitration
Arbitration work accredited by the Moroccan Ministry of Justice, whether the firm sits as counsel or the matter is referred to it.
El Bachir Kouhlani
Member of the Casablanca Bar. Former Dean of the Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences of Casablanca, and former Director of Higher Education.
A career spent on both sides of the discipline — teaching and directing it, then practising it. Doctorate and postgraduate degree from Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), and counsel at the Michel Camus legal practice in Paris before the Casablanca Bar.
- Doctorat d'État — Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris II
- Former Dean, Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences, Casablanca
- Former Director of Higher Education
- Chevalier des Palmes Académiques (France)
- Gran Cruz de Alfonso X el Sabio (Spain)
Insights
Notes on Moroccan business and public law from the firm.
When a judge invites you to mediate
Law 38-15 gave the bench a power it did not have before. What an invitation to mediate means for a party mid-litigation, and what declining it signals.
Shareholder deadlock in the SARL
The statutory routes out of a blocked general meeting, and the drafting that would have avoided the block in the first place.
Challenging a tax reassessment: the first thirty days
Deadlines are short and largely unforgiving. A practical sequence for the month after a notification arrives.
Tell us what the matter concerns.
We will tell you whether we are the right firm for it, and what the engagement would look like in writing before any work begins.