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• Advised Al Mada on the sale of its entire stake in Sopriam S.A. to the Stellantis group.
  
• Advised Veolia Environnement on the sale of its shareholding in Lydec SA to SociétésRégionale Multiservices Casablanca-Settat.
  

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• Advised the Swiss construction chemicals group, Sika AG, on the acquisition of MBCC Group (Master Builders Construction Chemicals), the former BASF Construction Chemicals division, from Lone Star Funds, a global private equity firm, for CHF 5.5 billion (EUR 5.2 billion).
  
• Advising International School Partnership in connection with the acquisition of the group of schools, Charles Péguy.
  
• Advising ONHYM (the Office of Hydrocarbons and Mining) in connection with various issues with their activities and partners in Morocco (corporate, financing, tax, etc.)
  

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• Advised OCP Group on the setting up of the largest hydrogen joint venture between OCP Group and Fortescue. The JV aims to supply green hydrogen, ammonia, and fertilizers to Morocco, Europe, and other international markets.
  
• Advised Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar) in the sale of its 30.05% equity stake in Cosumar S.A (Cosumar) to MAMDA, MCMA, CIMR, RCAR, SUCDEN (French sugar operator) and other Moroccan investors for approximately US $605 million.
  
• Advised Globeducate regarding its acquisition of a controlling interest in a Moroccan Group, and 100% of a Dutch entity, both operating K-12 schools in Morocco and the Netherlands.
  

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• Advising the Brazilian conglomerate, Votorantim Cimentos, on the sale of its cement-related activities and assets in Tunisia and Morocco.
  
• Assisted DFDS, a European leader in the ferry and logistics sector, with the Moroccan aspects related to the purchase of FRS Iberia SLU and other group companies engaged in the operation of ferry lines in the Strait of Gibraltar.
  
• Advised Crédit Agricole on the sale of its remaining 15% stake in Crédit du Maroc—one of the largest banks in Morocco listed on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
  

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• Advised Sanlam regarding the merger of its insurance activities in Africa with those of Allianz.
  
• Advised Butec Group on the acquisition of Engie Services Maroc and Cofely Tangier, the largest transaction of the 17 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.
  
• Advised 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.
  

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• Advising Adenia Partners (Adenia), a private equity firm that focuses on responsible and sustainable investments in Africa, in its agreement with Air Liquide, a major supplier of industrial and medical gases, to acquire Air Liquide’s operating entities in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, and Togo.
  
• Advised AFIG Funds (AFIG) and NME (Nouvelle Mici Embaci) in Injaro Investment Advisors’ equity investment in NME, a major packaging company in Côte d’Ivoire.
  
• Advised a consortium of investors – AfricInvest, Amethis, IFC, and Proparco – in their acquisition of a majority stake in Netis, a pan-African telecom infrastructure service provider operating in 15 African countries.
  

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• Advised the global insurance giant, Allianz SE, on a €2 billion joint venture with Sanlam Group, which created the largest Pan-African insurer with operational assets across 29 African markets outside South Africa.
  
• Advised Demant A/S, a Danish hearing aids manufacturer listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, on the sale of several subsidiaries to Australia-based Cochlear Limited.
  
• Acted as Moroccan antitrust counsel to EP Equity Investments in the €2 billion acquisition of Atos Holding France 1 from Atos SE.
  

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• Advising Azelis, a leading global innovation service provider in the specialty chemicals and food ingredients industry, regarding 100% of the share capital of the Chemical Partners group.
  
• Advised Denmark’s Investeringsfonden for Udviklingslande (IFU), an independent government-owned fund, on its MAD 230 million investment in a leading operator of a network of private specialised care facilities, Oncology and Diagnostics of Morocco (ODM).
  

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• Advised Société Générale on the sale of its Moroccan operations (the sale of its stake in Société Générale Marocaine de Banques including its subsidiaries and the sale of Sogecap’s stake in La Marocaine Vie) to Saham Group, for a price of EUR 745 million.
  
• Advised Hightech Payment Systems, a leading global provider of payment software and solutions listed on the Casablanca Stock Exchange, on its acquisition of CR2, a digital banking and payments software company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
  
• Advising The Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN) on the next phases of Morocco’s ambitious solar plan.
  

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• Assisted CNX Therapeutics in the acquisition of two pharmaceutical products’ marketing authorisations in France and their corresponding registration decisions in Algeria. The transaction also included the sale of the brands associated with the drug in Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria.
  
• Assisted the Spanish company, ESP Solutions Holdings SL, and its usual local counsel, Gomez-Acebo & Pombo Abogados (GAP), in the proposed acquisition of the Spanish transport group Autransa and its Moroccan and Romanian subsidiaries.
  

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• Advising NGE Group on the merger filing in Morocco for the acquisition of a 99,49% stake in SADE CGTH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Veolia, specialising in the construction and rehabilitation of water and infrastructure networks.
  
• Advised Proximus Group in antitrust for the merger filing in Morocco for the acquisition of a 57,56% stake in Route Mobile Limited.
  

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• Assisted Sun Pharma – one of the largest specialty generic pharmaceutical companies in the world – in its acquisition of 100% of the shares of Valstar S.A, and its Moroccan-based subsidiary Kemipharm – a leading African player in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector, making it a strategic addition to Sun Pharma’s portfolio and manufacturing footprint in Africa.
  
• Assisted Stena Line, one of the world’s largest ferry companies with over 33,000 yearly sailings and over 6,100 employees, on the acquisition from Attica group, an international ferry company based in Greece, of an interest of 49% in Africa Morocco Links (AML), a maritime company which operates ferry lines between Morocco and Spain in the Strait of Gibraltar.
  
• Advised Nama Holding (CDG group) on the acquisition of 30% of the share capital of Baltimar (Richbond group).
  

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• Advised Air Liquide in connection with the sale of 16 African subsidiaries in 14 countries to Adenia Partners LLP.
  
• Advising Azur Innovation Management/Azur Innovation Fund in connection with the acquisition of a stake in Blink Pharma, Presta Freedom and Data Pathology.
  

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