Mokhtari Avocats was created by Ghalia Mokhtari and two local partners in 2017.
Ghalia is a specialist in projects and banking law with expertise in the energy, infrastructure, and real estate sectors. She regularly advises borrowers, financial institutions, funds, energy companies, corporations, and governments on a range of transactions, including projects, public-private partnerships (PPPs), acquisitions, construction issues, and general Moroccan regulation matters.
Before founding Mokhtari Avocats, Ghalia worked with the real estate and project finance teams of Linklaters in Paris before heading the Projects and Financing team of an independent North African law firm in Casablanca. She has also worked for major energy developers, investors, and financial institutions in Europe and Africa. Ghalia regularly publishes articles on the energy sector for legal journals and teaches project finance & business law at a leading business school in Casablanca and at the University Mohammed VI Polytechnique (UM6P) of Benguerir.
Education
The London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
Executive MPA, 2019
Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
Master in Project & Structured Finance, 2012
Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas
M2 in Private Law, 2008
M1 in Business Law and Tax, 2007
Université Hassan II, Casablanca
Diploma in Private Law, 2006
Bar Admissions
Casablanca (2010)