Mac Mahon Avocats advises, through its dedicated Morocco Desk based in Paris, companies operating in Casablanca on the prevention and treatment of financial distress. The engagement is strictly limited to restructuring advisory: prevention, negotiation, turnaround.
Casablanca is economic and financial capital of the Kingdom, leading industrial and banking hub. Groups operating there face specific issues: liquidity pressure, bank debt, operational underperformance, capital restructuring, negotiations with local and international financial partners.
The reform of Book V of the Moroccan Commercial Code (distress prevention and treatment) calls for early strategic analysis. The Morocco Desk delivers combined Moroccan-French legal reading whenever the group is exposed to both jurisdictions.
Out of scope: judicial representation before Moroccan courts. For local filings, coordination with counsel admitted to the Casablanca or Casablanca bar.
Strategic meetings by video, targeted trips to Casablanca for critical phases (bank negotiations, creditor committees), memos in French, English or Arabic depending on recipients.
The Commercial Court of Casablanca has first-instance jurisdiction over companies headquartered within its district, with appeals heard by the Commercial Court of Appeal of Casablanca. The number, seat and territorial scope of these courts are set by Decree no. 2-97-771 (28 October 1997), issued under Law no. 53-95 establishing commercial courts. Casablanca handles the heaviest caseload in the Kingdom: hearing schedules and the workload of the court-appointed officers are a timing factor to build into the diagnosis from day one.
Mac Mahon Avocats does not appear before Moroccan courts; this information is provided as guidance for company directors.
Casablanca concentrates the financial marketplace (Casablanca Finance City), the head offices of Morocco's largest groups, port and logistics activity, retail, real estate and construction, together with a large share of the country's industry.
The Commercial Court of Casablanca has first-instance jurisdiction, with appeals before the Commercial Court of Appeal of Casablanca. Mac Mahon Avocats does not appear before those courts: procedural filings are handled by a lawyer admitted to a Moroccan bar, while the firm acts as strategic adviser and coordinator.
Yes. This is a frequent situation in Casablanca. The firm maps the interaction between the French proceeding (mandat ad hoc, conciliation, sauvegarde) and the treatment of the Moroccan subsidiary under Book V of the Commercial Code, alongside local counsel.
Mac Mahon Avocats — 33 avenue Mac-Mahon, 75017 Paris, France
Phone: +33 1 45 03 20 20
Email: accueil@macmahon-avocats.fr
Proceedings governed by Book VI of the French Commercial Code follow statutory deadlines. The information below is general and does not constitute legal advice.
Confidential procedures. The ad hoc mandate and conciliation (articles L.611-3 to L.611-15) are opened at the director's request and remain confidential.
Observation period. In rehabilitation proceedings, the observation period lasts six months, renewable once, with a further extension available at the public prosecutor's request (article L.631-7).
The actual timetable depends on the company's situation, the size of its liabilities and the work of the court-appointed officeholder. An initial discussion helps identify the appropriate procedure.
Matters in Morocco are handled in collaboration with partner lawyers admitted to the Moroccan bars. Those colleagues, admitted before the Kingdom's courts, carry out filings, hearings and local representation. Mac Mahon Avocats works alongside them on restructuring strategy and France-Morocco coordination.
This set-up complies with the applicable professional rules: the firm itself provides no judicial representation before Moroccan courts.
An initial confidential discussion helps identify the appropriate route (prevention, negotiation, turnaround).
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Advisory only, in collaboration with our partner lawyers admitted to the Moroccan bars, who handle representation before the Kingdom's courts.