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Our lawyers, Iliass and Anas Segame, were awarded the Certificate of Animator in Industrial Property, Branding option, after several months of training, three written tests of three hours each, an oral interview and a defense of a dissertation topic.

The CAPI is issued by the Moroccan Academy of Intellectual and Commercial Property, (AMAPIC) of the Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPIC) in partnership with the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI France), the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Our lawyers have shared their takeaways from the programme:

“The valuation of intangible assets and the mastery of the challenges of industrial property for national economic development are, today more than ever, at the heart of the major current concerns, more particularly in the context of the post-Covid economic recovery”.

Written by our founding partner, M’hamed Segame in collaboration with our lawyers Iliass Segame and Anas Segame, the Treatise on Civil Law is devoted to the Law of Obligations as it is regulated today by the various rules, the oldest and the most recent, and which constitutes the necessary substrate of all private law.

The theoretical analysis is supported by the most recent case law positions and certain aspects of the law of obligations are addressed for the first time in this book. In terms of form, the Treaty contains an alphabetical index, as well as citations and legal Latin expressions, making it easier to navigate between the parts, titles, chapters and sections that compose it.

Our partners spoke on the subject:

“It is quite an update, after almost three decades since the last publication in French on the subject, which is offered to readers in a format revealing a permanent concern for pedagogy despite its voluminous content (more than 1200 pages)”.

“Beyond its certain legal value, the Treaty also has an intimate moral value, particularly with regard to the circumstances that led to the realization of this project. Despite the many constraints imposed by confinement in 2020, it still had the virtue of bringing together a passionate family around a common project. The plan we had imposed on ourselves was daunting, but armed with resilience and a lot of patience, the Treaty was finally able to see the light of day”.

Our Partner, Iliass Segame, contributed to the elaboration of the first Africa-wide Survey focusing on costs of resolving disputes, the financing of claims, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on litigation and arbitration costs and measures to drive cost-efficiency in African disputes.

Based on responses from 25 African jurisdictions the survey provides useful insights from sole practitioners, associates, partners of law firms, in-house counsel, academics, third-party funders, representatives of arbitral institutions and other users of litigation and arbitration in Africa.

It is hoped that the survey will contribute to promote the development of efficient disputes resolution system in Africa and that arbitral institutions and governments in Africa will find useful when establishing or revising the rules in relation to costs and disputes funding.

The Survey is available in four languages:

English : https://lnkd.in/ekQQhU2f
French : https://lnkd.in/e_MZDkSN
Portuguese : https://lnkd.in/erYpzWJ4
Arabic : https://lnkd.in/e_vujYT3

Given the current volatility that impacts prices and jeopardizes the performance of contracts, questions arise as to their economic balance and the terms of contractual review.

Is it possible for one of the parties, whether public or private, to request a revision of the contract or the price? Is the co-contracting party forced to accept? What about the legal means to protect yourself in the event of economic turbulence?

Find the analysis of our partner, Iliass Segame, in terms of contractual review in the presence of uncertain economic circumstances in common law as well as in the context of Public Private Partnerships via the link below:

https://medias24.com/2022/03/18/comment-reviser-ses-contrats-apres-des-hausses-des-prix-en-ces-temps-de-turbulences/

Our partner, Iliass Segame, participated on January 24 and 25 in an online training course on alternative dispute resolution methods (ADR) for SMEs in Côte d’Ivoire by moderating panels composed of Arnaud Oulepo, Sylvie Bebohi Ebongo and Mahamat Atteib.

This training was designed to equip Ivorian SMEs with the necessary knowledge and skills on contract management, dispute prevention and resolution techniques using ADR techniques.

Contacted among expert cryptocurrency lawyers, our partner, Iliass Segame, delivered his perspectives on the idea of strict regulation by highlighting the obstacles such a measure is likely to encounter, as well as the aberrations that account holders on decentralized financial platforms may expose themselves in case of litigation.

Link to the article (in French): https://medias24.com/2022/01/24/crypto-monnaies-au-maroc-vide-juridique-et-flou-judiciaire/ 

After 3 weeks of intensive training consisting of seminars, workshops and mentoring sessions delivered by internationally renowned experts, our partner, Iliass Segame, obtains the International Arbitration Diploma.

Iliass spoke on the subject:

“I am overjoyed to be awarded the international arbitration diploma and to have had the opportunity to take part for 3 weeks, alongside brilliant African practitioners, in several conferences, workshops, seminars and mentoring sessions hosted by prestigious experts, arbitration institutions, in house counsels and renowned international law firms from across the globe”.

Open to young dispute resolution practitioners aged 40 and under, ICC YAAF provides a range of opportunities for individuals to gain knowledge, develop skills, build networks and garner a better understanding of ICC’s Dispute Resolution Services. 

Throughout the world, ICC YAAF hosts hundreds of educational and social events per year, providing young professionals the opportunity to discover best practices, discuss topical issues and network with experienced practitioners. ICC YAAF’s activities are globally coordinated by the ICC YAAF Global Coordinating Committee in Paris and organized in each region by the ICC YAAF Regional Head of Chapter.

Iliass shared a statement on the subject:

“I am delighted to have been appointed as an ICC YAAF representative and I look forward to promoting ICC’s Dispute Resolution services and further developing ICC YAAF’s global network of young arbitration talent”.

More on ICC YAAF: https://bit.ly/3zKXSSd

Open to young dispute resolution practitioners aged 40 and under, ICC YAAF provides a range of opportunities for individuals to gain knowledge, develop skills, build networks and garner a better understanding of ICC’s Dispute Resolution Services. 
Throughout the world, ICC YAAF hosts hundreds of educational and social events per year, providing young professionals the opportunity to discover best practices, discuss topical issues and network with experienced practitioners. ICC YAAF’s activities are globally coordinated by the ICC YAAF Global Coordinating Committee in Paris and organized in each region by the ICC YAAF Regional Head of Chapter.
Iliass shared a statement on the subject:
“I am delighted to have been appointed as an ICC YAAF representative and I look forward to promoting ICC’s Dispute Resolution services and further developing ICC YAAF’s global network of young arbitration talent”.
More on ICC YAAF: https://bit.ly/3zKXSSd

The magazine “Conjoncture” of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Morocco spoke with our partner, Iliass Segame about consumer protection on digital in the health context linked to Covid-19. Find the full interview on the Magazine’s number 1033, February 15 – March 15, 2021.

On this topic, Iliass specifies that “in view of the health crisis, many suppliers and economic operators have turned to digital to ensure the sustainability of their activities. Such a transition, even if beneficial at the economic level, also constitutes an environment conducive to many abuses, particularly on social networks, a veritable advertising Eldorado, to the detriment of consumer rights”.