Camilia Benani

Partner

Camilia is an excellent corporate lawyer with a client-focused approach and very strong commercial vision.

— Client, Chambers Global, 2026

EmailCamilia.Benani@dlapiper.com

Call+212 666 17 55 88

Casablanca

About

Areas of FocusCorporate

EXPERIENCE

Advising Sanofi on the sale of Maphar, its Moroccan subsidiary, to CFAO group including the structuring and negotiation of the post-closing operational agreements between the parties.
Advised a family shareholder group on the sale of a majority stake in a leading hydraulic infrastructure company to a consortium of private equity investors.
Advised Julphar, a leading Middle Eastern pharmaceutical company, on its potential acquisition of Servier Maroc through a competitive auction process.
Advising T2S Group on the structuring and implementation of a Pre-IPO management package.
Advising AfricInvest, a private equity firm, on its debt and equity investment into fintech company Vantage Payment Systems (VPS).
Advising Helios Investment Partners, a leading Africa-focused private investment firm, on the acquisition of Maroc Datacentre (MDC), Munisys and Medasys, creating 3MDC, a new digital infrastructure platform. The acquisition in collaboration with Fipar-Holding, a subsidiary of private equity firm, CDG Invest, aims to accelerate Morocco’s digital transformation and strengthen its position as a regional technology hub.
Advising the Sefrioui Group, one of Morocco's leading conglomerates, on the acquisition of Afric-Phar, a leading Moroccan pharmaceutical company.
Advising the Tazi family (Sothema's shareholders) in the sale of Farmalac a Moroccan pharmaceutical distributor to Dislog Group.
Advising T2S in the transfer of its Varian maintenance business to Siemens. T2S is the largest company in the distribution of medical devices in Morocco.
Advising Development Partners International and its funds, ADP II HOLDING 2 S.À R.L in the sale of its minority shareholding in KMR Holding Pedagogique to MK Education.
Advising the shareholders of STAM in the sale of a majority of the share capital of STAM to TGCC, listed Moroccan construction giant.
Advising on the acquisition by Azelis, a leading global innovation service provider in the specialty chemicals and food ingredients industry, of 100% of the share capital of the Chemical Partners group.
Advising AMDL in its joint venture with MedZ, leader in Morocco in developing and managing industrial and business parks, for the creation of logistic areas in Morocco – driven by the Ministry of transport.

Awards

Next Generation Partner, Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Morocco, The Legal 500 EMEA 2022-26
Camilia is ranked in Band 4 in Corporate & Commercial Morocco for Chambers Global 2026

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