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Benzakour Law Firm

12 Rue du Prince Moulay Abdellah Casablanca 20000 Morocco

 +212 661090579
 +212 522204686

www.cbllawfirm.com
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Law Firm Overview

Benzakour Law firm is a major Moroccan business law firm founded in 1968.

The firm acts for international businesses, major private companies and financial institutions. It offers a full portfolio in different areas of business law. Particularly, the firm offers legal services to clients with international business interests, and focuses on assistance to foreign investors in real estate and corporate law, tourism projects, and acquisitions. The firm has also considerable experience in local and international litigation and arbitration.

The firm has worked in different projects in collaboration with several foreign law firms, such as "Baker & McKenzie", "Linklaters", "Clifford Chance", "Willkie Far & Galligher","Denton Wilde Sapte","Herbert Smith", " SJ Berwin", "Eren Law Firm","Morrison Cohen", "Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman", "Paul Hastings", "Carney & McKay", "Janofsky Walker L.L.P", "Cleary Gottlieb", "Hogan Lovells", "Duane Morris", "Manatt, Phelps & Philipps", "Robert Wray P.L.L.C", "Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitmann L.L.P", "Duval Vassiliades", "Bredin Prat", " Lamartine Conseil"," Ginestié, Magellan Paley-Vincent", "Diaz-Bastian Truan", "Del Prado & Partners", "Desjardins Ducharme", "Lenz & Staehelin", "Schmitz Knoth Wullrich Marquardt", "Bignon Lebray et Associés", "Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP", "Mayrrecht".

The firm has also worked in different projects for : Export and Import Bank of America, Royal Air Maroc, Alitalia, IATA, General Electric Healthcare, Club Med, Accor, Coca-Cola, Nokia-Siemens, Danone, Alstom, Ikea, New Look, Sumitomo, Columbia, Aeropurtos Argentina, Oetker, Averda, Al Shafar General Contracting, Endesa, Sita, SNCF International, Simba Toys, Teleperformance Intermediation, Hermes, Technogym, PGS, Acticall, AAR Corp, Can-Pack......

Year this Office was Established: 1968

Languages: English, French, Spanish and Arabic

Practice Areas

Practice Areas Description

Our practice areas include:

Commercial Law

- Negotiation and drafting of contracts
- Distribution law (franchising, exclusive dealing, selective distribution)
- Competition law
- Contracts for commercial representation
- Sales contracts
- Debt recovery and enforcement procedures
- Professional and civil liability law

Corporate Law

- Formation of new corporations
- Implantation of foreign companies in France
- Assistance and legal secretariat for existing corporations
- Development of initial contracts to begin activity (leases, employment contracts)
- Dissolution of corporations or partnerships
- Asset and liability guarantee agreements
- Mergers and acquisitions (LBO, LBI, LMBO, LMBI, BIMBO)
- Joint venture agreements
- Shareholder agreements
- Bankruptcy and collection procedures
- Counsel and assistance with corporate policies and procedures
- Corporate litigation

Employment Law

- Employment contracts
- Individual and collective labor conflicts
- Employment litigation

Real Estate Law

- Commercial leases
- Professional leases
- Joint ownership arrangements (co-ops)
- Assignment of goodwill
- Real estate litigation

Intellectual Property

- Trademarks, service marks, patents, designs, drawings and models: research for prior art, inscription of rights before the appropriate jurisdictional organization (INPI, OHMI, OMPI), drafting of licensing and distribution agreements, litigation related to counterfeiting and copyright infringement
- Legal advice and assistance related to cross-media royalties and reproduction rights, including within the advertising industry
- Contracts for the transfer of ownership rights
- Contracts authorizing modification of protected materials
- Intellectual property litigation

Affiliations

Lawyers

Abdelaziz Benzakour Lawyer Commercial Law, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Corporate Litigation, Employment

Rachid Benzakour Lawyer Commercial Law, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Corporate Litigation, Employment

Representative Clients

Export and Import Bank of America (EXIMBank) International Air Transport Association (I.A.T.A) Royal Air Maroc Alitalia Club Med Accor Ikea Danone Alstom New Look Sumitomo Mitsui Endesa Columbia Averda Oetker Aeropurtos Argentina Saemog Coca-Cola Incorporation Nokia Siemens Network Lanxess-Bayer C.I.T Group SITA SNCF International Teleperformance Intermediation Acticall

Banque Populaire Attijariwafabank Credit du Maroc Union Marocaine de Banques AXA Assurance CNIA Assurance Wafa Assurance Group ONA Group Der Krikorian Casablanca Finance Group Centrale Atomobile Cherifienne Simba Toys Generali Kone GE Healthcare Hediard Averda

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