Clifford Chance advises on an array of banking, capital markets, and financing transactions, including Islamic finance, acquisition finance, cross-border financing, and general corporate lending. As a market leader with ‘solid experience’ in project finance and project development, the firm has been involved in major energy, mining, and infrastructure projects in Morocco. It regularly advises international and African investors, lenders, sponsors, and governments. Practice co-heads Mustapha Mourahib and Ouns Lemseffer, supported by Meriem Komiha, are regularly involved in project financing. Lemseffer and Komiha also advise on structured financing, financial regulation, regulatory, and capital market operations.
Testimonials
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‘The CC team in Morocco has vast knowledge regarding the local practices mixed with know-how on international procedures. This allows us to keep the process moving as smoothly as possible.’
‘The availability of the full team has been remarkable from the beginning of the project.’
Key clients
- Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF)
- European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD)
Work highlights
- Advising Acciona Agua, Green of Africa S.A., and Afriquia Gaz on their successful bid for the development, financing, and operation of a desalination plant in Casablanca to supply 300 million m3 of water per year.
- Advising CIMAF/CIMAT as the borrower and sponsor in respect of the facilities to be provided by IFC, Proparco, and EAIF in order for the borrowers to expand the existing cement grinding facilities in Ghana and Mali and build a new state-of-the-art integrated cement plant in Senegal.