ADNA

Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Financing, Private Equity

Founding Partner

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

English, French, Arabic

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

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.