Academic excellence
A background spanning Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Hassan II University and Harvard Law School, extended by two doctoral theses in business law.
Business law firm — Casablanca
Rigorous legal expertise,
at the service of your national and international ambitions.
International legal expertise across Moroccan, French and OHADA law, supporting your operations between Morocco, France and the OHADA area.
- 2023
- Firm founded
- 4
- Collaborators
- 2
- Doctorates in law
- MA · FR · OHADA
- International legal expertise
Continuing the tradition of IFLAH-SADKI Avocats, the family firm established in Casablanca in 1984.
Practice areas
A comprehensive
business law practice.
A business law practice covering the full range of a company's strategic legal needs.
Business and commercial law
Advice and support for companies across all their commercial operations and their growth.
Corporate restructuring
Support for companies in difficulty in implementing tailored restructuring solutions.
Mergers & acquisitions (M&A)
Structuring, negotiating and securing merger, acquisition and disposal transactions.
Commercial contracts and international transactions
Drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts, in domestic and international settings.
Foreign investment and regulatory compliance
Support for foreign investors setting up operations and meeting regulatory requirements.
Corporate governance
Legal structuring of companies and advice on corporate governance matters.
Commercial litigation
Defending companies' interests before the commercial courts.
Civil litigation
Representation and defence in civil disputes.
Administrative litigation
Support before the administrative courts and in dealings with public authorities.
Real estate law
Advice and legal security for real estate and land transactions.
Family law
Support in family law proceedings, handled with discretion and rigour.
White-collar crime
Criminal defence, including business criminal law and white-collar crime.
Alternative dispute resolution
Arbitration and mediation, for efficient and confidential dispute resolution.
Debt recovery
Debt recovery and enforcement proceedings.
Legal risk management
Strategic advice and preventive management of corporate legal risk.
The firm
At the crossroads of Moroccan, French
and OHADA law.
Founded in Casablanca, Sadki Law Firm is an internationally oriented business law firm, positioned at the crossroads of Moroccan, French and OHADA law. Its practice combines demanding academic rigour with close knowledge of the ground, serving companies, executives and investors operating across Morocco, France and the OHADA area.
We apply the same standards to complex business law, litigation and legal structuring matters, placing our clients' strategy and legal security at the heart of every engagement.
The firm continues a family tradition: that of IFLAH-SADKI Avocats, established in Casablanca in 1984, where Anouar Sadki practised for more than four years before founding Sadki Law Firm in 2023.
Meet the founderFounding partner
Anouar Sadki
Managing Partner of Sadki Law Firm
Founder of Sadki Law Firm since September 2023, Anouar Sadki combines his legal practice with academic research in business law. Holding a doctorate in law, he is the author of two doctoral dissertations completed concurrently:
- One at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne — Sorbonne Law School, under the supervision of Professor François-Xavier Lucas, on the prospects for the evolution of the law governing distressed companies that would follow Morocco's accession to OHADA.
- The other at Sultan Moulay Slimane University — Béni Mellal Multidisciplinary Faculty, on the handling of SME difficulties in times of major crisis, from a comparative-law perspective across France, Morocco and the United States.
His academic background includes a Master's degree in banking and financial law and a University Diploma (DU) in the law of distressed enterprises, both earned at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; a Master's degree in business law (FSJES Mohammedia — Hassan II University, valedictorian); the inter-university “OHADA Lawyer” diploma (Paris-Panthéon-Assas / Sorbonne Paris Nord, with honours); and a certification in Contract Law from Harvard Law School. He also holds a Bachelor's degree in law, earned as valedictorian (FSJES Mohammedia).
With over ten years' experience in both advisory and litigation work, he spent more than four years at the family firm IFLAH-SADKI Avocats, founded in 1984, before being admitted to the Casablanca Bar in 2019. He subsequently built his career between Casablanca and Paris, alongside Moroccan, French and American firms.
This dual background — academic and professional alike — has given rise to a demanding, strategic and resolutely international business law practice.
- Doctorate in law — Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
- Doctorate in law — Sultan Moulay Slimane (Béni Mellal)
- Master, Banking & Financial Law — Paris 1
- Master, Business Law — Hassan II (top of class)
- DU, Insolvency & Restructuring — Paris 1
- DIU “Juriste OHADA” — Assas / Sorbonne Paris Nord
- Contract Law — Harvard Law School
- Languages
- French · English · Arabic (C2) · Spanish (B2)
- Commitments
- President of the OHADA Lawyers' Club in Morocco
- Elected member of the executive committee of the Moroccan Lawyers' Club
Why choose us
Four standards,
one single practice.
Threefold expertise: MA · FR · OHADA
Combined command of Moroccan law, French law and OHADA uniform law, to secure your transactions from one legal area to the next.
Strategic approach
Every matter is handled with an overall vision, combining legal security with business objectives.
Rigour and discretion
Personalised support, founded on confidentiality and a commitment to results.
OHADA area
One business law,
seventeen African countries.
From Dakar to Kinshasa, the same rules govern companies, contracts and security interests. The firm advises businesses and their leaders right across this area.
OHADA — the Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa — brings seventeen states together under a common body of law. Its uniform acts apply directly in every member country, and a single court, the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration in Abidjan, settles how they are read.
A company, a contract, a security interest therefore carry the same effects from one country to the next. That is what lets the firm act throughout the OHADA area: the analysis does not start again at each border.
- 17Member states, from Senegal to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 10Uniform acts, directly applicable in every one of them
- 1Common Court of Justice and Arbitration, in Abidjan
The seventeen member states
Hover a country on the map, or read down the list.
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Mali
- Niger
- Senegal
- Togo
What the firm does for you across the area
Setting up your company
Choosing the corporate form, drafting the articles, registering with the commercial register, subsidiary or branch: your structure rests on the uniform act on commercial companies — the same one in all seventeen states.
Securing contracts and guarantees
Commercial contracts, distribution, carriage of goods, guarantees, mortgages and pledges: documents drafted once that keep their force from one member country to the next.
Getting through difficulty
Conciliation, preventive settlement, judicial reorganisation, liquidation of assets: anticipating rather than enduring, and protecting the director as much as the business, under the uniform act on collective proceedings.
Recovering debts, enforcing your rights
Payment orders, attachments and enforcement measures, CCJA or ad hoc arbitration, and appeals before the Common Court of Justice and Arbitration.
In the OHADA legal press
www.ohada.com/actualite/8058/compte-rendu-de-lanimation-juridique-ohada-le-15-novembre-2025-casablanca-maroc.html
OHADA.com
Site de l’Association pour l'Unification du Droit en Afrique (UNIDA)
ActualitéToute l'actualité
Compte rendu de l'animation juridique OHADA, le 15 novembre 2025 Casablanca (Maroc)
Le samedi 15 novembre 2025, la Maison de l'Avocat de Casablanca (siège du Barreau), a accueilli une animation juridique de haut niveau organisée par le Club OHADA des Juristes de Casablanca, dont le président est Me Anouar SADKI, et l'Institut de Formation et d'Expertise Juridique (IFEJ), dirigé par M. Momoya SYLLA. Cet événement, placé sous le haut patronage du Barreau de Casablanca, a réuni avocats, juristes d'entreprise, entrepreneurs, enseignants-chercheurs et étudiants autour d'une thématique d'actualité : Les défis liés au fonctionnement des entreprises au regard du droit OHADA et Marocain.
- Casablanca
- Club OHADA
- Maroc
Wherever you are in the OHADA area
Advice, drafting and litigation strategy are handled from Casablanca, in French, English, Arabic and Spanish. Meetings take place remotely or in person depending on the matter, and the firm travels to the country concerned when the case calls for it. One point of contact, from the first meeting to the enforcement of the decision.
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Trust is earned,
one matter at a time.
“Highly rigorous support on a complex restructuring transaction. The firm's strategic vision made all the difference.”
“Sharp expertise in international business law, combined with constant availability.”
“The firm combined technical excellence with pragmatism on a sensitive litigation matter.”
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AddressRésidence du Palais, Building E, 2nd floor, no. 7 — Ex Oualmas, Ghandi, Casablanca, Morocco
Phone+212 664 73 91 92
Emailanouarsadkijuriste@gmail.com
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