Our Expertise
Counsel
Corporate: M&A, Private Equity, LBO-MBO
Konan Marc & Associes advises economic stakeholders during various operations such as acquisitions and disposals, mergers, capital investments, and buy-outs, specifically in the sector of agrobusiness, the pharmaceutical industry, IT, distribution, transport and logistics, healthcare and education.
Mining and Energy Law
The law firm provides legal advice to both funders and borrowers in order to optimise the financing of a project (negotiating financing contracts or acquisition contracts), to recapitalise and restructure debt, specifically in industry, real estate, and shipowning.
Commercial Law
The law firm provides its clients with legal advice by implementing the legal framework necessary to all their activities, as well as the strategic planning of their transactions.
Administrative Law and Public tender contracts
The Konan Marc & Associes team assists the clients who are usually multinationals and large African corporations in their individual or collective participation in public tenders, or the structuring of public and private partnerships (PPP). Konan Marc & Associes has developed specific expertise in infrastructures and delegated management of public services in public transport and sanitation.
Banking and Financial Law
The law firm provides legal advice to both funders and borrowers in order to optimise the financing of a project (negotiating financing contracts or acquisition contracts), to recapitalise and restructure debt, specifically in industry, real estate, and shipowning.
ITC and Media Law
The law firm has a well-established reputation internationally, and in Africa, in Internet and media law, specifically in digital entertainment: Konan Marc & Associes has provided legal advice to advertisers, artists, recording labels, artistic production companies, and digital service providers, in the media and entertainment industry.
Industrial and Intellectual Property Law
As the world of Business also requires expertise in the protection of copyright, Konan Marc & Associes intercedes as counsel and litigator regarding counterfeiting and unfair competition, whether it concerns brands, patents, industrial designs, copyrights and related rights.
Social Law
The Konan Marc & Associes team offers guidance to companies in the different situations they may encounter: strategic restructuring, negotiation and conclusion of collective agreements, restructuration, and social plans.
Litigation
Commercial Litigation
The Konan Marc & Associes team has developed a leading edge in commercial litigation: Konan Marc & Associes has initiated several cases of jurisprudence in litigations between partners and in litigation related to corporate law.
Banking litigation
Banking litigation is also among Konan Marc & Associes’s competencies: the law firm represents the interests of the economic stakeholders in litigations related to debt recovery and banking liability.
Insurance litigation
The law firm intervenes in litigations related to liability, road, sea, and air insurance, premium collection: Konan Marc & Associes represents several African and international insurance companies in litigations they may encounter with African jurisdictions.
Social litigation
Following years of experience, the law firm offers counselling and represents Ivory Coast’s major economic stakeholders in all matters related to litigations in social, labour
Commercial arbitration
Konan Marc & Associes assists and represents economic stakeholders against institutional jurisdictions, in defence or appeal. The law firm has developed considerable national and international experience in arbitration.
Maritime litigation
In the complex field of admiralty law, Konan Marc & Associes offers its expertise to the sector’s stakeholders regarding charter agreements, maritime transport, damage, and crew.
Commercial arbitration
Konan Marc & Associes assists and represents economic stakeholders against institutional jurisdictions, in defence or appeal. The law firm has developed considerable national and international experience in arbitration.
Industry
Mining activities
Agriculture and agribusiness
Insurance
Aviation
Banks and financial institutions
Maritime law
Energy
Hotels and leisure
Real estate
Infrastructures
Pharmaceutical industry
Media
IT
Telecommunication
Freight and logistics