Nadia Kettani
Kettani Law Firm (KLF) is a major Moroccan business law firm founded in 1971 by Professor Azzedine Kettani. It covers the whole spectrum of financial and business activities. The firm acts for banks and other financial institutions, international businesses, major public and private companies and government departments. It has 20 lawyers, and a total of 50 staff. Nadia Kettani, Kettani Law Firm partner, practises in the areas of business law, foreign investment, international transactions and litigation. She was admitted to the Casablanca Bar Association in 1994. She also has a master’s degree in business law from the University of Hassan II, Casablanca. KLF is an acknowledged leader in the fields of corporate finance, banking, project finance, company and commercial law. The firm’s other areas of expertise include: stock exchange laws; aviation laws; telecommunication regulations; labour law; and industrial property. It also has a large experience in litigation handling all forms of commercial disputes. The firm acts as a local counsel for international public and private corporations, investments banks and financial institutions, governments and international bodies. It has handled a number of high profile projects for clients around the world. These include advising France Telecom as a potential buyer of Maroc Telecom ($2.3 billion), the national telecommunication operator, advising Telefonica for the acquisition of the second GSM line bid ($1.1 billion) and advising Imperial Tobacco in the acquisition of the Moroccan state owned tobacco company Régíe des Tabacos for approximately EUR1.3 billion. Kettani Law Firm advises on all operations relating to the financial strategy of Moroccan and foreign companies, such as restructuring and regrouping (mergers and similar operation, joint ventures), acquisitions, take over bids, public offers of exchange, stock exchange listings and other equity transactions.
Nadia Kettani Partner
Morocco
Business Law
Kettani Law Firm
+212 5 22 43 89 00 nadia@kettlaw.com www.kettlaw.com
Ayodele Musibau Kusamotu Kusamotu & Kusamotu
Debt Recovery Commercial Law Intellectual Property, Information Technology
Ayodele Musibau Kusamotu attended the University of Lagos where he obtained his LL.B. (Hons) in 1997. He worked with Clarke, Parko & Associates as well as Abdulai Taiwo & Co., (Solicitors) as an associate before joining the firm.
Mr Kusamotu was the pioneer chairman of the Information and Communication Technology Committee of the NBA and a Director of the OHADA CLUB OF NIGERIA (Organisation pour l’Harmonisation en Afrique du Droit des Affaires – a system of business laws and implementing institutions adopted by sixteen West and Central African Insitutions). He is also a fellow of the University of Massachusetts, National Centre for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution.
Ayodele Musibau Kusamotu Partner
Nigeria
Mr Kusamotu is a consummate professional with an exceptional eye for detail. He is a director of the Internetbar.org (USA), the brain behind the One-Laptop-PerLawyer scheme of the Lagos NBA, a driving force in the One-Laptop-Per-Child program in Nigeria and has also been in the forefront of enhancing Creative Commons awareness in Nigeria.
Mr Kusamotu is the author of several publications and articles. He brings the dynamism and freshness of new innovative thinking to the firm’s practice.
+234 (0) 814 720 3068 ayo.kusamotu@kusamotu.com www.kusamotu.com
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