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.