Legal Assistance
Our legal department will assist you in the establishment of your company, the increase of its capital, appointing directors, the possible transfer of your company, or simply in the holding of a regular and rigorous legal secretariat work.
Registration of a New Company
Baker Tilly Majer helps investors to choose the most convenient legal form according to the type of activity, the size of the structure, the number of Shareholders or partners and the level of risk they are prepared to take.
Our firm performs the drafting of the articles of association, the shareholders’ agreement, and the specific clauses according to the needs of the partners.
Baker Tilly Majer takes care of all administrative formalities in order to accomplish the registration at the trade register, to get tax identification numbers and social security number. We are also able to retrieve all official corporate documents from official registries.
The legal forms provided by Moroccan law are:
- Limited Companies (SA);
- Simplified Limited Companies (SAS);
- Limited Liability Companies (SARL);
- Limited Partnerships (SCA);
- Real Estate Company (SCI).
Transformation of a company
Baker Tilly Majer can also be in charge of formalities related to the transformation of the form of the company. The firm provides in particular the writing of legal acts and their execution with competent authorities, as well as the report of the transformation auditor.
Legal secretarial service and reorganizations/legal and statutory restructurings
Baker Tilly Majer can take care of the corporate law and company secretarial requirements of our customers including:
- Appointment of CIO, Managing Directors and Directors of the Board; delegations of powers;
- Transfer of head office and modification of the company name;
- Opening and winding up of offices;
- Approval of the annual accounts, etc…
Baker Tilly Majer legal team provides the following key Company Law services related to operations on capital (capital increase, capital decrease) and restructuring operations (merger, contribution to a corporation, dissolution and liquidation…).
Business transfer
The sale of a business requires a special procedure (legal publicity, respect of the opposition period …) which allows to defend the interests of the buyer and the seller. Baker Tilly Majer can advise and assist its clients throughout this procedure (valuation of goodwill, drafting of the deed of sale, completion of formalities, tax obligations, buyer or vendor due diligence …).
Customers wishing to carry out sale of shares transactions may also request assistance in the drafting of the assignment and in the completion of legal and tax formalities.
Employment and social law
Baker Tilly Majer can give advice to its clients about legal aspects in connection with staff management policy (preparing employment contracts, dismissal procedure…).
For clients who employs foreign employees, under expatriate and secondment contracts, we are able to take over the entire administrative procedure related to this recruitment, obtaining the certificate of work from the ANAPEC, obtaining the Contract of Foreign Worker or obtaining the residence permit.