Jawad Fassi-Fehri

Jawad fassi-fehri is a principle associate in the africa group, and is based in paris. He has more than 10 years of experience and specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private-equity transactions and corporate law in france, north africa countries, and in the 17 ohada member states. Jawad recently advised several clients in those countries, on mergers and acquisitions and on private equity transactions. He has extensive experience in due diligence, negotiating and establishing contractual documentation (letter of intent, sale purchase agreement, representations and warranties agreements, shareholders agreements, etc) as well as corporate documents for related operations. He also advised clients in relation to the structuring of corporate governance and in profit-sharing plans for executives. Finally, he advises funds and companies on, investment issues (foreign exchange regulations, exchange control, etc). He is the author of the first legal guide in private equity in french-speaking africa “guide juridique du capital investissement, droit marocain - droit français” (lexis nexis, 2014). He is currently working on additional versions of this guide for ohada law, tunisian law and algerian law. Admitted to the paris bar in 2004, jawad holds a post-graduate diploma in business law and a post-graduate diploma in civil and commercial law (paris v). Related news • author of the first legal guide in private equity in morocco & france, a comparative study published in 2014 (lexis nexis). Currently working on additional versions for ohada law, tunisian law and algerian law. • eversheds has advised a consortium consisting of tunisie leasing, amen bank, proparco and two funds managed by responsability on an agreement with africinvest, fmo, finnfund, bank of africa group, and gras savoye entered into with a view to acquiring a controlling interest in the alios finance group français jawad est avocat au sein de l'équipe afrique à paris. Il est spécialisé depuis plus de 10 ans dans les opérations de fusions-acquisitions, de private equity et en droit des sociétés en france, dans les pays d’afrique du nord et dans les 17 pays de l’ohada. Jawad a récemment conseillé plusieurs clients dans ces pays, sur des opérations de fusions-acquisitions et des transactions de private equity. Il possède une vaste expérience en matière de due diligence, de négociation et établissement de la documentation contractuelle (lettre d'intention, contrat d'acquisition, garanties d'actifs et de passifs, pactes d'actionnaires, etc.) ainsi que de la documentation corporate relative à ces opérations. Il conseille également les clients en matière d’organisation de la gouvernance des sociétés et en matière d’intéressement des dirigeants. Enfin, il intervient au profit de fonds et d’entreprises pour les conseillers sur les questions d’investissement (réglementation des investissements étrangers, contrôle des changes etc.) il est par ailleurs l’auteur du premier guide juridique du capital orienté sur l’afrique francophone, intitulé guide juridique du capital investissement, droit marocain- droit français, éd. Lexis nexis 2014. Il décline actuellement ce guide pour les pays de l’ohada, l’algérie et la tunisie membre du barreau de paris depuis 2004, jawad est titulaire d'un dess de juriste d'affaires et d'un dea de droit des obligations civiles et commerciales de paris v. Related news • author of the first legal guide in private equity in morocco & france, a comparative study published in 2014 (lexis nexis). Currently working on additional versions for ohada law, tunisian law and algerian law. • eversheds has advised a consortium consisting of tunisie leasing, amen bank, proparco and two funds managed by responsability on an agreement with africinvest, fmo, finnfund, bank of africa group, and gras savoye entered into with a view to acquiring a controlling interest in the alios finance group, Eversheds Sutherland (France) LLP