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Alain Gauvin
Advising clients, governments and operators in the banking, financial and insurance sectors for more than 25 years.
- Cell. Europe : +33 6 19 64 02 14
- Cell. Afrique : +212 6 61 96 97 67
- E-mail : [email protected]
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Alain GAUVIN has been advising clients, governments and operators in the banking, financial and insurance sectors for more than 25 years: regulations, relations with supervisory authorities, creation of financial institutions, product structuring, litigation, market operations (financial futures, temporary transfer of securities), crypto-assets, structuring of investment funds, risk management and transfer instruments, creation of sovereign funds (AFRICA50) and private funds, and financing (corporate, assets, documentary credits).
He brings together clients – financial institutions, mining operators, governments and development banks and agencies – who are looking for growth opportunities and assists them in the development of their projects and the management of their common interests.
He also helps clients manage their exposure to risks of all kinds: country risk, legal and financial risk.
He is a conference speaker and has written many articles on financial law topics. His latest book, published on January 14, 2021 (by the publisher Banque), deals with Moroccan Banking Law.
He is a member of several associations, including the Association Nationale des Juristes de Banque (National Association of Banking Lawyers) and the Alliance Franco-Russe.
He holds a doctorate in law and is a member of the Paris Bar.
He began his career as a lawyer at Freshfields, before joining Coudert Frères in May 2000, where he became head of the Capital Markets Department in Paris. In October 2007, he joined the Banking & Finance Department of Lefèvre Pelletier & Associés as a partner, where he created the Casablanca and Algiers offices before becoming a partner at ASAFO & CO, the first pan-African law firm.
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Kawtar Raji-Briand
Specialist in banking and financial regulation, sovereign wealth funds and Islamic finance.
- Cell. Europe : +33 6 17 30 36 28
- Cell. Afrique : +212 6 61 20 86 54 / +243 837 901 015
- E-mail : [email protected]
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Kawtar RAJI worked as a lawyer for Transparency International before collaborating with international firms in Europe and Africa. She was a member of the Commission of Free Trade Agreements, Trade Agreements and EU of the CGEM (Moroccan employers' association). Secretary General of the Moroccan Association of Exporters (ASMEX), she also chairs the Legal Commission.
She is a graduate of the Doctoral School of Lyon III, the International Academy of Constitutional Law (Tunis), and holds a DEA in Administrative Development Law.
Kawtar has contributed to the structuring and restructuring of sovereign funds (Africa50, FGIS, FSRG, FSM). In Islamic finance, she has contributed to the structuring and negotiation of sharia compliant products (murabaha, mucharaka, ijara, tawarruk, guarantees, istisnaa, syndication, etc.) and to the setting up of sharia compliant market infrastructures (teleclearing, funds, etc.).