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Gide Loyrette Nouel covers all aspects of financing transactions, including structured finance with a focus on securitisation and bond issuance. The firm also advises foreign banks and institutions on local banking and capital market regulatory matters. ‘Outstanding’ Wacef Bentaibi leads the project and financing team, with a client list comprising state-owned enterprises, sponsors, and lenders, many of which operate in key sectors such as mining, gas and oil. ’Dedicated’ Mounia Larhrissi focuses on structured finance across all types of assets and transactions, but also advises sponsors and borrowers involved in corporate and project financing.

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  • ‘Quality of team members, and proactive.’

  • ‘Gide has a strong team in Morocco, with ample experience and deep knowledge of transaction precedents in the infrastructure and energy space, which is extremely helpful for insightful decision-making.’

  • ‘Wacef Bentaibi is a business-minded partner who is able to provide clear recommendations and pragmatic, practical, and legal solutions'.

  • 'Mounia Larhissi is a dedicated lawyer, detail-oriented, and makes sure that all is in order.'

  • ‘The team is available and efficient.’

  • ‘We appreciate the availability and seriousness of the team. The partner (Wacif Bentaibi) is also outstanding when it comes to availability and kindness.’

Key clients

  • African Development Bank
  • Afrigreen Debt Impact Fund SLP
  • Global Port Holding
  • Ocean Management Infrastructure
  • STEYA
  • Hitachi Zosen Inova AG
  • ENGIE North Africa
  • SUEZ International
  • Banque Centrale Populaire
  • CFG Bank
  • Crédit Agricole S.A
  • KD Holding
  • Societe General de Travaux du Maroc (SGTM)
  • NAREVA Holding
  • ITOCHU Corporation
  • CIMR
  • International Finance Corporation
  • CaixaBank
  • European Investment Bank
  • NOVACIM (previously TEKCIM)
  • Westmont

Work highlights

  • Assisting the African Development Bank (AfDB) with the implementation of three multimillion-dollar financings granted to OCP S.A.—the world’s largest suppliers of phosphate-based fertilisers—in the context of its new Green Investment Programme aimed at supplying clean water to the towns around three new desalinisation plants.
  • Assisting Banque Centrale Populaire Du Maroc with a multimillion-euro non-recourse financing—a type of commercial lending that entitles the lender to repayment only from the profits of the project the loan is funding.
  • Advising the Moroccan CFG Bank on a multimillion-euro loan for the financing of two office towers in the Casablanca Finance City (CFC) area, sold under a forward sale.

Lawyers

Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Wacef Bentaibi

Other key lawyers

Mounia Larhissi