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Hicham is Managing Partner of Morocco.
Hicham's clients include multinational corporations, financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds, private equity firms, development banks and public entities. He acts for them on their strategic investments, financings, restructurings and disputes in various sectors, such as banking, energy, infrastructure, telecoms, mining, consumer goods, healthcare and hospitality.
He is recognized as a market leader by leading legal directories, such as Chambers Global, IFLR1000 and Legal 500 EMEA.
Expertise
Experience
Representative matters
A pool of Moroccan institutional investors on their acquisition from the Wilmar group (Wilmar) of its entire stake in Cosumar S.A., a company listed in the Casablanca Stock Exchange, representing 30.05% of the share capital, in consideration of a price of circa. USD 600 million.
Sanlam Group on the joint-venture with a global financial services provider, combining their insurance assets in Africa (including Morocco and excluding South Africa) for USD2bn.
Holmarcom on its acquisition of the entire 78.7% stake held by French bank Crédit Agricole SA in Crédit du Maroc for over EUR350m.
Al Mada on its Joint Venture in Morocco with Chinese listed company, CNGR, to develop of a gigafactory for the production of EV batteries materials for USD2bn.
Fonds Mohammed VI Pour l'Investissement in relation with its incorporation (fully owned by the Moroccan State), a key player in strategic investments in Morocco in the industry, infrastructure, PPP, agriculture and tourism sectors.
Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations
Qualifications
Admissions
Academic
Magistère in business law, DJCE, University of Montpellier I, 1995
Postgraduate, (Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies – DEA), University of Montpellier I, 1995