UGGC Africa

Mergers & Acquisitions - Private Equity - Corporate and commercial law - International investments

Fabien Gagnerot  is a senior counsel in UGGC’s corporate department with 10 years of experience in corporate and commercial operations. Prior to joining the Casablanca office in 2021, he was initially based in New Delhi, India, to assist the firm’s Indian Desk (2012-2015) and then in the corporate team of our Paris office (2015-2020).

With a main focus on M&A (acquisition, sale, joint-venture, etc.) and contracts, Fabien’s practice in Morocco routinely includes commercial transactions and M&A/commercial litigation.

His expertise in corporate law:

Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; securities issues; joint ventures; corporate restructuring; international investments; capital markets.

Fabien advises numerous foreign and local companies for their projects in Morocco, from upstream (project set-up, advisory on foreign exchange regulations and funding issues) to the actual implementation (greenfield, brownfield (joint-venture), restructuring) and to the downstream issues (corporate governance of the subsidiary, branch office or joint-venture, compliance issues (personal data), commercial contracts and general day-to-day commercial matters).

He assists primarily an industrial clientele, operating in diverse sectors, such as defense/aeronautics, pharma/medical devices and telecommunications.

Considering his experience in international corporate transactions, Fabien regularly intervenes as a lecturer or guest speaker in France or abroad for pedagogical or training purposes.

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