Mac Mahon Avocats advises, through its dedicated Morocco Desk based in Paris, companies operating in Marrakech on the prevention and treatment of financial distress. The engagement is strictly limited to restructuring advisory: prevention, negotiation, turnaround.
Marrakech is major tourism, hospitality and real-estate hub of the Kingdom. 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 Marrakech or Casablanca bar.
Strategic meetings by video, targeted trips to Marrakech for critical phases (bank negotiations, creditor committees), memos in French, English or Arabic depending on recipients.
The Commercial Court of Marrakech rules at first instance and the Commercial Court of Appeal of Marrakech, the Kingdom's third commercial appellate court, covers a wide southern district. Organisation set by Decree no. 2-97-771 (28 October 1997), issued under Law no. 53-95.
Mac Mahon Avocats does not appear before Moroccan courts; this information is provided as guidance for company directors.
Marrakech's economy is dominated by tourism and hospitality (hotels, riads, resorts), restaurants, events, tourism real estate, construction and crafts.
The cash plan is built over a full cycle rather than a smoothed financial year, so the schedule negotiated with creditors matches the real seasonality of the business. This is the central issue in Marrakech hospitality cases.
Yes, on an advisory basis: review of the ownership structure, debt and operating agreements, then creditor negotiation. Any court filings are handled by the partner lawyer admitted to the local bar.
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.
Filing of claims. Creditors have two months from publication of the opening judgment in the BODACC to file their claim (article L.622-24).
Filing deadline. Article L.631-4 of the French Commercial Code requires the insolvency (cessation of payments) to be declared within forty-five days, unless conciliation is requested within that period.
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.