Overview
An independent boutique based in Algiers (Algeria) specializing in business law , Loucif + Co offers its clients sophisticated expertise , combining in-depth knowledge of the Algerian market and international know-how. This dual culture provides the firm with a perfect understanding of the business environment, and allows it to respond effectively to the issues specific to each situation, and to offer solutions for global risk reduction.
Loucif + Co has developed strong expertise in highly regulated and structuring sectors for the Algerian economy such as energy (Oil & Gas in particular), the pharmaceutical industry, agriculture and transport.
As part of the recent trend of emergence of African firms founded by lawyers from the continent, Loucif + Co was created by Rym Loucif, a Franco-Algerian lawyer who returned to settle in Algeria, her country of origin, a few years ago. more than ten years, after having acquired her expertise in leading international firms in Paris and Algiers.
Practice Areas
- Foreign investment law
- Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions
- Corporate law
- Energy and Natural Resources – Oil & Gas
- Life Sciences, Health and Pharmacy
- Financing and banking law
- Exchange control, customs law and foreign trade
- Economic law – Competition – Merger control
- Commercial and e-commerce law
- Public business law – Public procurement
- Compliance
- Social right
- IP-IT-Data
- Insolvency proceedings
Highlights
Rym Loucif is an esteemed lawyer who focuses on transactional and commercial contract matters, often assisting clients with the establishment of joint ventures. She is further well versed in the oil and gas sector and has advised on a number of energy projects. Based in Algiers, she recently left LPA-CGR to set up her own law firm, Loucif + Co.
“She has excellent, rounded experience with deep knowledge of the Algerian market. She is a trusted counsel who has also invested in ramping up her knowledge of our business.” “The solutions she recommended were very business-oriented and met our business objectives.”
Achievements
- Elegancia Healthcare (Power International Holding): Assisting Elegancia Healthcare in establishing a joint venture with the National Investment Fund (FNI) to fund, design, build, equip, and operate a 300-bed hospital.
- Baladna (Power International Holding): Advising Baladna on the creation of a comprehensive facility for the production of powdered milk, dairy, and beef, as well as the cultivation of fodder and grains, a $3.5 billion project involving a joint venture with the FNI.
- Chery Automotive: Supporting Chery Automotive in setting up a joint venture for the manufacturing and sale of automotive vehicles in Algeria, in line with Executive Decree No. 22-384.
- International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group): Conducting an in-depth analysis of Algeria’s legislative and regulatory framework on renewable energy self-production and providing recommendations for its enhancement.
- Neptune Energy: Assisting Neptune Energy in the sale of its hydrocarbon assets to ENI.
