+ Mergers & Acquisitions

HB Law Firm represents and assists both local and foreign clients, consisting mostly of international groups, investment funds and banks, as well as corporations, in various business sectors. In particular, on a daily basis, HB Law Firm assists Moroccan multinationals in their overseas development.

HB Law Firm is in all types of Mergers & Acquisitions, public offering or private takeover, domestic or trans-national transactions.

+ Capital Market

HB Law Firm has a significant experience in stock exchange law in the Moroccan market (IPO, capital increase, capital decrease, preferred shares or perpetual …)

+ Corporate law

HB Law Firm regularly advises local and foreign companies, and international groups on all matters regarding corporate governance issues. Our law firm has a relevant experience in setting up and ensuring the follow-up of governance structures.

The firm handle also, on a daily basis, corporate law issues for several clients, overseeing aspects of legal security in the drawing up of their legal documentation in compliance with the legal formalities of the relevant authorities.

Also, our firm regularly advises investors operating in various sectors during all stages of their implementation project in Morocco.

The Law Firm assists large multinational companies, SMEs and individuals in all aspects related to their projects. It assists them, as well, in their dealings with administrative authorities.

Our firm also represents clients before courts and administrations regarding the corporate litigations (shareholders agreement, criminal and civil responsibility of directors, etc.)

+ Intellectual property law

HB Law Firm assists clients in different aspects related to intellectual property, including prior art searches, protecting the brand, models, drawings or other before the competent authorities, the formalities with Customs for the suspension of the release of the suspected or counterfeited goods.

The law firm assists multinationals companies in awareness campaigns to fight against counterfeiting and infringement of copyright law and represent them before the courts and administrations in legal actions for infringement, unfair competition, protection of patents, trademarks, designs, and copyright etc.

+ Distribution / Consumption

The firm advises clients on the development of distribution networks as well as their license agreements, franchise, exclusive or selective distribution, sales office or business introduction, general conditions of sale and assists them to protect their rights.

The firm regularly advises clients on the validation of promotions and advertising (contests, lotteries, sale with premium, batch sales etc.) implemented in the traditional and modern distribution channels as well as in the Internet.

+ Competition

HB Law Firm advises multinational companies in the development of their business and complex issues they face antitrust, dominance, economic concentration and any anti-competitive practice.

The Firm assists its clients in establishing internal manual procedures to be in compliance with the competition laws.

+ Banking and Finance

The Firm assists financial institutions in financing transactions, syndicated loans, restructuring, loans and also regarding local regulation with the central bank.

+ Real estate and tourism law

Our firm advises and assists leading companies in the real industry in the framework of the implementation of tourism and real estate projects, in particular major transactions in financing, acquisitions and disposals.

HB Law Firm is involved in the definition and implementation of contractual arrangements for the achievement and valuation of complex transactions, particularly in the context of negotiating investment agreements with the State, the establishment of partnership and contracts of delegated project management.

+ Labor law

HB Law Firm has a particular expertise in labor law. Our firm assist clients in all aspects regarding labor law including :

• Assistance of clients on all recurring issues in the life of a company on labor law ;
• The drafting and review of employment contracts and all legal documents related to labor law ;
• Implementation of internal procedure manuals ;
• Assistance of companies on all cases of termination of the employment contract ;
• Legal representation before courts and administrations.

+ Insurance law

HB Law Firm has developed a wide experience in insurance law, in the context of the implementation of big projects.

The firm daily assists insurance companies in all legal issues related to reinsurance, brokerage, life insurance, civil liability etc.

The firm represents its clients before courts on complex litigation.

+ Tax law

The firm has experience in tax law especially corporate taxation.

It also assists companies before courts and public administrations regarding tax issues.