Ms Safia Fassi-Fihri > ADNA > Casablanca, Morocco > Lawyer Profile

The corporate and M&A team at ADNA stands as a reliable partner, offering unwavering support to clients throughout every phase of a company’s life cycle. Leading the team is Safia Fassi-Fihri, a specialist in joint ventures and capital market transactions who recently advised the International Finance Corporation on a high-value financing in Crédit du Maroc. Other notable names include senior associate Dina Benjelloun, who supports Fassi-Fihri on several M&A matters for listed companies and investment funds.

As a member of the Africa Legal Network, the ADNA banking and finance team often conducts cross-border transactions across the continent, with recent examples including advising on matters in Ethiopia, Lebanon, and Egypt. Safia Fassi-Fihri heads the practice with her strong expertise in credit financing, often acting for both lenders and borrowers on large multijurisdictional transactions between Africa and Europe.

Leveraging its pan-African network, ADNA assists clients across Francophone Africa with a wide range of mandates, including collective redundancies and partnerships, and day-to-day HR matters. The team is also adept at handling contentious labour disputes and major workplace investigations. The team is led by Safia Fassi-Fihri, who has broad experience in assisting international clients with a broad range of employment issues.

ADNA advises a range of international corporations, contractors, and financiers in their operations in Morocco, including real estate and construction issues. Safia Fassi-Fihri leads the practice. Fassi-Fihri is currently engaged in drafting and negotiating construction documents for Sabis to up a new international network of schools in Morocco, as well as assisting Chinese construction companies in drafting and negotiating the development and operation of the Tanger Tech Free Zone in Morocco.