The corporate and M&A team at ADNA stands as a reliable partner, offering unwavering support to clients throughout every phase of a company’s life cycle. Leading the team is Safia Fassi-Fihri, a specialist in joint ventures and capital market transactions who recently advised the International Finance Corporation on a high-value financing in Crédit du Maroc. Other notable names include senior associate Dina Benjelloun, who supports Fassi-Fihri on several M&A matters for listed companies and investment funds.
Testimonials
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‘Safia Fassi-Fihri is a highly competent lawyer, with deep knowledge in her area of expertise and a strong team to support her to complement her offering for businesses in the market.’
‘Safia is a lawyer that juggles well the balance between business needs and the legal framework to ensure her clients are well mitigated from risks.’
- 'The partners are reachable and add value to the discussions. They also commit themselves personally to move forward in the files they deal with.'
- 'Very broad knowledge of the market.'
- 'The team is above all available and very very responsive. The strengths of ADNA collaborators are understanding the business in question, identifying the problem raised, calculating the risks and proposing legally practical options.'
- 'The team is full of talents and above all has an exceptional ability to listen.'
Key clients
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Helios
- AfricInvest
- Butec Group
- Allianz
- Sanlam
- Africa 50
- EMID
- Sabis Group
- Cofina Group
- China Communications Construction Company (CCCC)
Work highlights
- Advising Sanlam in relation to the merger of its insurance activities in Africa with those of Allianz; ADNA Morocco team has worked on the deal in twelve francophone jurisdiction (not only Morocco).
- Advising Butec Group on the acquisition of Engie Services Maroc and Cofely Tangier, the largest transaction of the seventeen acquisitions of ENGIE Group in Africa operating in the fields of energy efficiency, maintenance, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, green mobility, multi-technical maintenance as well as facility management.
- Advising International Finance Corporation on the subscription of a minority equity stake in Holmarcom Insurance Activities, the holding company of Atlanta Sanad, a leading listed insurance company in Morocco.
