Africa - Morocco

Gide Loyrette Nouel

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Gide Loyrette Nouel has a dedicated real estate team which frequently advises clients on the sale and acquisition of large-scale real estate projects, and on negotiations of lease agreements. The team has a particular expertise in the construction of hotels and development of coastal resorts. The practice is headed by Loris Marghieri, who specializes in advising international clients in land acquisition, construction, and real estate regulatory matters. Additionally, Wacef Bentaibi is an expert in assisting both domestic and foreign investors in hospitality investments, infrastructure, and real estate related finance work.

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Key clients

  • AtlantaSanad
  • Onomo Hotels
  • Sentury Tire
  • World Bank
  • Nhood
  • Immorente Invest
  • Club Med
  • Arabian Construction Company
  • Kew green Hotels
  • Agroberries
  • Société Générale Marocaine de Banques
  • Aman Hotels
  • O Capital Group
  • Réalités Afrique
  • Katara Hospitality
  • Pestana Hotel Group
  • Adagio

Work highlights

  • Advising the insurance company AtlantaSanad in connection with a build to suit transaction for the construction and rental of an industrial plant to be operated by the manufacturing company LEONI in the new industrial acceleration zone of Haliopolis (Agadir).
  • Assisting Sentury Tire for the development of an industrial project in Morocco, which consists of investing in the construction of High-Performance Car and Light Truck Radial Tire Projects in Morocco.
  • Advising Immorente Invest in a sale and leaseback transaction involving a property asset (offices and logistics buildings) with a surface area of approx. 12,000 m² located within the industrial unit at Fahs-Anjra in the Tangier Automotive City free zone, owned and operated by SFC SOLUTIONS AUTOMOTIVE MOROCCO SARL.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Loris Marghieri

Loris Marghieri

Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.

Counsel Loris Marghieri was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2010 and specialises in real estate law. Loris heads the real estate practice of Gide Casablanca office where he moved in 2015 after five years spent in Paris as a member of the Real Estate Transactions & Financing practice group. Loris advises a broad panel of Moroccan and international professionals on all aspects of real estate transactions and on all types of real estate assets (industrial, office, retail and shopping mall, hotels, logistics, residential, data centres, etc.) in Morocco and more broadly in sub-Saharan Africa. He is mainly involved in acquisitions and disposals of real estate asset (externalisations, share deals, asset deals), real estate financing, construction operations and large scale development projects as well as in the drafting and negotiation of lease agreements for tenants and owners alike. Loris has developed a strong expertise in Built-to-Suit transactions and regularly assists owners and operators in the context of tourism and hospitality projects with the preparation and negotiation of hotel management contracts or hotel leases. In recent years, Loris has also been involved in the structuring and creation of Moroccan OPCI.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Loris Marghieri

Other key lawyers

Wacef Bentaibi, Dounia El Aissaoui