Ms Safia Fassi-Fihri > ADNA > Casablanca, Morocco > Lawyer Profile
ADNA Offices
68, Avenue Abdelkrim El Khattabi
Anfa Supérieur
Casablanca
Morocco
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Ms Safia Fassi-Fihri
Work Department
Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Financing, Private Equity
Position
Founding Partner
Career
June 2021 – To date: Founding Partner, ADNA, Morocco
2016 – June 2021: BFR & Associés, Managing Partner
2013 – 2016: RMA Capital – FinanceCom Group (Casablanca), General Counsel
2011 – 2013: Gide Loyrette Nouel (Casablanca), Associate
2011: Ashurst LLP (Paris), Associate
2010: Bredin Prat, trainee Lawyer
2010: Debevoise and Plimpton LLP, trainee Lawyer
2009: Credit Agricole CIB (London), Inhouse Legal Counsel
2007: Bredin Prat, trainee Lawyer
Languages
English, French, Arabic
Education
2010:”Grande Ecole” Program, ESSEC Business School
2008: Master Degree in Business Law, University Paris II Panthéon Assas
2007: Bachelor Degree in Law, University Paris II Panthéon Assas
Personal
Safia is a lawyer registered with the Casablanca bar association, and leader in her field as a transactional lawyer focusing on debt financing and M&A deals including sales and joint-ventures, Private Equity Investments, Project Finance and Capital Markets.
Safia’s clients include international institutions, private equity funds and multinational corporations across multiple sectors. She advises boards of directors and investors on a wide range of issues, including business strategy, finance, M&A, board governance, intellectual property and litigation strategy.
Safia is a board member of ALN, chaired by Cheick Modibo Diarra, the former prime minister of Mali. She has served as a board member of Confédération Générale des Entreprises du Maroc (CGEM) of which she chaired the legal commission for several years. She is also the Sector Leader for Francophone Africa in Private Equity and Venture Capital.
Lawyer Rankings
Morocco > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Leading individuals)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.
Morocco > Banking, finance and capital markets
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.
Morocco > Employment
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.
Morocco > Tourism and real estate
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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Morocco > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Morocco
- Banking, finance and capital markets Morocco
- Employment Morocco
- Tourism and real estate Morocco