Mac Mahon Avocats advises, through its dedicated Morocco Desk based in Paris, companies operating in Rabat on the prevention and treatment of financial distress. The engagement is strictly limited to restructuring advisory: prevention, negotiation, turnaround.
Rabat is administrative and institutional capital of Morocco. 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 Rabat or Casablanca bar.
Strategic meetings by video, targeted trips to Rabat for critical phases (bank negotiations, creditor committees), memos in French, English or Arabic depending on recipients.
The Commercial Court of Rabat has first-instance jurisdiction over companies in its district, covering the capital and its metropolitan area. Appeals lie before the commercial court of appeal designated for that district by Decree no. 2-97-771 (28 October 1997), issued under Law no. 53-95. Because districts may be amended by regulation, the exact forum is verified case by case with local partner counsel.
Mac Mahon Avocats does not appear before Moroccan courts; this information is provided as guidance for company directors.
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra combines central government and public procurement, services and offshoring (Technopolis), private healthcare and education, construction and property development, plus a growing automotive cluster along the Kenitra corridor.
It changes the timetable more than the substance. Public receivables are collected through specific channels whose pace must be built into the cash plan before opening bank negotiations. The analysis is run with the Moroccan partner lawyer handling contentious matters.
Yes. The firm reviews framework agreements, termination clauses, currency exposure and debt structuring, together with the group's European entities where relevant.
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.
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).
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.
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.