Bassamat & Laraqui
Bassamat & Laraqui stand out for their distinctive focus on disputes concerning the real estate, and banking and finance sectors. The team is noted for its strong focus on debt recovery, restructuring, insolvency, and the enforcement of court decisions. Bassamat Fassi-Fihri leads the practice alongside Asma Laraqui. Fassi-Fihri routinely appears before commercial, civil, criminal, and administrative courts in Morocco, and Laraqui is noted for her broad experience in international arbitration and disciplinary proceedings instigated by administrative authorities.
Testimonials
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- 'Outstanding practice at all levels.'
- 'Trustworthy, efficient, reliable.'
Key clients
- Aluminium du Maroc
- Avis Maroc
Work highlights
- Advised Banque Populaire de Fes-Meknes on drafting a debt restructuring protocol, securing proper documentation for proposed securities, and successfully enforcing guarantees, recovering 168m MAD.
- Advising Cosmos Electro on a lease dispute over non-compliant guarantees, engaging ICC Morocco for arbitration-based suretyship nullification.