Chekkouri Law Firm

Maître Rabii Chekkouri

International Law Attorney

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  • Barreau de LyonFormer lawyer admitted to the Lyon Bar (France)
  • École des Avocats Rhône-AlpesGraduate of the Lyon Bar School (France)
  • Université de LyonMaster's 1 in Private Law and Criminal Sciences, University of Lyon
  • Mohammed V University of RabatBachelor's in Private Law, Mohammed V University of Rabat

Our Partners

  • Maître Damien LegrandLille – Paris
  • Accounting & Tax FirmCasablanca – Brussels

The Firm

Cabinet CHEKKOURI was founded by Maître Rabii Chekkouri following an extensive academic and professional career in France.

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Our Firm supports and assists its clients, both individuals and legal entities, with personalized services in advisory and litigation matters.

On the advisory side, our Firm can produce “Legal Opinions”: legal advice intended for a national and international clientele. We offer Legal Opinions in several languages (French, Arabic, English and Spanish), across all areas of Moroccan law, French and European law, and international law.

In the event of a dispute, we first favour an amicable approach to settling the matter (concluding a settlement agreement), as we know such an approach will better suit the parties.

If negotiations fail, our Firm represents and assists its clients before the courts.

The Firm can act before all the courts of the Kingdom as well as before the French courts, in particular through its network of partner firms.

Our Expertise

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International law

International criminal law

  • Extraditions (persons sought by INTERPOL)
  • International transfer procedures for sentenced persons
  • Follow-up of international letters rogatory…
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International taxation

  • Transfer pricing
  • Foreign exchange advisory and litigation
  • Market-entry advisory

International business law

  • International contracts
  • International mergers and acquisitions
  • Setting up international subsidiaries and branches

Criminal law

Defence of accused persons

  • Assisting suspects before the Public Prosecutor’s Office (Crown Prosecutor or Crown Prosecutor General)
  • Assisting persons under judicial investigation before the investigating judge
  • Assisting the accused and defendants at trial

Defence of civil parties

  • Filing complaints and following them up with the Public Prosecutor’s Office (misdemeanour and criminal cases)
  • Assisting civil parties before the investigating judge
  • Assisting civil parties at trial

Administrative procedures

  • Annulment of arrest and search warrants
  • Rehabilitation (expunging a criminal record)
  • Various prison-related procedures

Financial crime

  • Fraud
  • Breach of trust
  • Money laundering
  • Embezzlement
  • Forgery and use of forged documents

Crimes against persons

  • Intentional (murder) and unintentional homicide
  • Intentional and unintentional violence
  • Sexual offences
  • Cybercrime and attacks on honour (insult, defamation, blackmail)

Tax law

Tax audit assistance

Our Firm supports its clients, companies and individuals, helping them reduce the cost of reassessments following tax or customs audits.

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Follow-up of specific operations

Assistance with restructuring operations (mergers and acquisitions, dissolution and liquidation) and intra-group operations (transfer pricing, recapitalization, shareholding plans).

Organizing and conducting tax audits

Carrying out tax audit engagements in the context of restructuring or liquidation operations.

Divorce in Morocco and International Divorce

A divorce calls for swift, clear, and legally secure decisions. The Firm assists its clients in divorce proceedings in Morocco and in situations with an international dimension.

Divorce by mutual consent

When both spouses agree on the principle of separating, the Firm favors a negotiated and efficient approach.

It assists its clients in preparing a tailored divorce agreement, designed to set out the consequences of the separation precisely and to prevent future difficulties.

The goal is simple: to reach a clear, secure, and lasting solution.

Divorce for discord – Chiqaq

When any agreement has become impossible, the Firm acts in divorce-for-discord (Chiqaq) proceedings and defends its client's interests throughout the procedure.

Each case is given a strategy tailored to its family, financial, and asset situation.

International divorce

The Firm also assists an international clientele in divorces involving several countries: spouses living abroad, binational couples, Moroccans residing abroad, or divorce rulings issued outside Morocco.

It acts in particular on questions of jurisdiction, recognition of foreign judgments, and their enforcement in Morocco.

Arbitration & mediation

Mindful of how the business world is evolving, Cabinet CHEKKOURI advocates a swift and effective approach to dispute resolution.

Our Firm can defend your interests before an arbitral tribunal (a private, judicial method of settling disputes) and conduct negotiations to bring you the best solutions through mediation (an amicable and confidential method of settling disputes).

Publications

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International Law

When should you call on a lawyer specialized in international law?

Guidance from an international lawyer becomes essential as soon as a matter involves a foreign element: extradition, prisoner transfer, letters rogatory, or private international law.

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International Law

Judicial cooperation between Morocco and France: the extradition procedure

Sovereignty and territoriality principles make international judicial cooperation necessary. A complete walkthrough of the extradition procedure between Morocco and France.

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Tax Law

Tax audits in Morocco

A complete walkthrough of the Moroccan tax audit: triggers, statutory duration, the correction procedure, appeal commissions, and strategy when facing the tax authorities.

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