EXcellence Awards 2024

Arbitration Law Firm of the Year – Morocco
KETTANI LAW FIRM (KLF) was created in 1971.
In 2011, KLF was the first legal entity to register as a private lawyers’ partnership (“Société Civile
Professionnelle”) in Casablanca under the name of KETTANI LAW FIRM SCP.
KLF is the largest Moroccan independent law firm composed of 120 employees in its Casablanca
head office.
Practice Areas:
Arbitration;
Consulting;
Litigation; and
Dedicated units.
Professor Azzedine Kettani is also widely recognized as arbitrator both nationally and internationally.
He is a member of the Moroccan Court of Arbitration of the ICC Morocco and was recently ranked as
the president of the Mediation Centre of this chamber in 2013.
He is frequently named as sole arbitrator, as well as member or chairman of arbitral tribunals, and is
a chartered arbitrator of the Court of appeal of Casablanca.
Internationally, his recognized expertise allowed him to be appointed by the International Chamber
of Commerce (ICC Paris) as an arbitrator for many years.
Professor Azzedine Kettani has also been appointed by the ICSID (International Centre for
Settlement of Investment Disputes) as an arbitrator or chairman of arbitral tribunals for many years.
In September 2011, he was named for six years by the President of the World Bank, acting as the
ICSID’ s Chairman of the Board of Director, as a member of the panel of 10 international arbitrators.
He is also a member of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre panel of arbitrators and as such,
he was named as sole arbitrator or chairman of the arbitral tribunal on many occasions.
All these activities reflect favourably on KLF, which reputation in the field of domestic or
international arbitration is well established.
Contact Details:
Address: 8 Rue Lahcen El Basri, Casablanca 20100, Morocco
Phone: +212 5224-38900