Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance's Morocco offering spans the full range of banking, finance, and capital markets matters. The firm has a strong focus on project finance, especially in the areas of energy and infrastructure. The practice is led by Mustapha Mourahib and Ouns Lemseffer. Mourahib is an expert in advising borrowers and sponsors on financing large-scale facilities across the region. Lemseffer recently advised large government-owned corporations on project financing concerning large renewable energy facilities. Additionally, Meriem Komiha often supports Lemseffer on large-scale financings for renewable energy facilities in Morocco.
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- ‘Ouns Lemseffer was an exceptional partner. She was skilled at handling challenging negotiations among stakeholders and finding common ground for agreement between partners. She made herself available to ensure that the projects progressed smoothly despite our tight schedule.’
- ‘I worked a lot with Ouns Lemseffer. It was a pleasure to deal with a lawyer with a finance background that understands exactly the consequences of every clause of a financing contract.’
- ‘The team is very experienced in the energy sector and has advised several companies in the sector within the African continent.’
- ‘The team's uniqueness lies in its flexibility to respond to client's needs and its ability to bring together resources from various fields to solve specific problems.’
- 'They are an international firm with local knowledge that really brings knowledge and solutions to all situations you miay find during the collaboration.'
- 'Leadership, knowledge, and very good relationship handling.'
- 'They are great specialists that always try to understand the business instead of just giving legal advice and recommendations that wouldn't be the best suitable ones considering one's operational needs.'
- 'The firm has strong and professional teams in several practices areas which allows client to have tailored advice adapted to its needs.'
Key clients
- Ciments de l'Atlas
- European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD)
- Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN)
- Enel Green Power Morocco
- Attijariwafa Bank
- Banque Centrale Populaire
- Bank of Africa
- BNP Paribas and CACIB
- Atlantic Business International
- Siemens Energy
- JIBC
- NEXI
- SMBC
- MUFG
- Bank of Africa
- JORF FERTILIZERS COMPANY III S.A.
- OCP
- Nareva Holding SA
- Enel Green Power
Work highlights
- 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 as well as build a new state-of-the-art integrated cement plant in Senegal.
- Advising the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on an unsecured loan of up to €40 million to the Moroccan National Ports Agency (Agence Nationale des Ports), to finance a package of construction and improvement works to improve the climate resilience of selected Moroccan ports.
- Advising the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN) as sponsor and off-taker in the framework of Koudia Al Baïda Wind Farm repowering project in Morocco to increase its capacity from 50 MW to 100 MW.
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Mustapha Mourahib, Ouns Lemseffer