Desk MENA — Middle East and North Africa

At Komon Avocats, we act on behalf of clients in the Middle East and North Africa and provide them with our legal expertise.

Our firm's close ties with these two regions of the world make us familiar with the business manners specific to this area and bring us as close as possible to our clients. Hence the ability to offer high-quality legal services and to understand accurately their expectations.

Komon Avocats advises clients all along their life, from the strategic considerations involved in setting it up to defending its interests in complex international litigation and arbitration proceedings.

Specifically, our services range the creation and development of French companies in these regions - and vice versa - including any related legal operations that may be required (mergers and acquisitions, investment projects, contracts drafting, legal secretarial services, compliance, personal data protection, etc.).

In addition, our firm defends the interests of foreign companies before the French courts, in complex international litigation and arbitration proceedings, and also handles the enforcement of decisions rendered in the Middle East, North Africa and/or France.

When it comes to international litigation and arbitration, a dedicated and specialised team represents the interests of the firm's clients, whether they are French companies up against companies from the MENA regions or vice versa, particularly in the context of settlements negotiations, post-merger and acquisition disputes, commercial litigation or shareholder disputes.

For example, Komon Avocats successfully represented the interests of an African central bank in an arbitration involving more than €200 million in a dispute relating to the mining sector.

The litigation and arbitration team also defended the interests of a North African client in connection with the enforcement of an international arbitration award in the Middle East, while the corporate team has already assisted several Moroccan companies in their expansion in Morocco or in connection with insolvency proceedings in this country.

Members of the MENA Desk regularly travel to these regions to maintain and develop the links already established which at the same time enables the firm to keep on perfecting its local knowledge.

Komon Avocats is definitely present and active in the MENA region, particularly in Morocco and the United Arab Emirates, especially Dubai.