CMS Francis Lefebvre Maroc Conseil Juridique et Fiscal is equipped to handle M&A, corporate and commercial matters, frequently advising on the implementation of new projects, drafting and negotiating contracts, as well as regulatory and transactional M&A matters to clients in the energy, healthcare, and technology sectors. The practice is jointly led by Rachida Charifi, who is well-versed in M&A, investment projects and joint ventures, and Johan Bruneau who is noted for assisting local and multinational companies on commercial and regulatory matters.
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Accolades

Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency

Key clients

  • Energy Pool
  • Eolis
  • Amiblu
  • CFAO
  • Aptiv
  • Amiblu
  • Concentrix
  • CMA CGM
  • Hays
  • Fondamental Group
  • SafranHays
  • IBM

Work highlights

Advised Concentrix on Intra-group restructuring within an African project involving 13 Moroccan entities and a French entity of the group previously named Webhelp and on Consolidation of the capital ownership, governance reorganisation and the rebranding of the Moroccan entities pursuant to the global merger between the French group Webhelp and the American group Concentrix.
Provided Corporate M&A to CFAO within their mobility activities, on intra-group restructuring between two subsidiaries and capital injection.
Provided Corporate M&A to Aptiv in the context of a cross-border transaction consisting of an intra-group reorganisation to align and simplify the legal structure of certain companies of the Aptiv group, including 5 Moroccan subsidiaries.
Practice head

Rachida Charifi; Johan Bruneau