Résumé
Safaa is the founder and the managing partner of IBFL Consulting. She is both a Moroccan and a French national.
Prior to founding IBFL Consulting, Safaa spent several years working at top-tier international business law firms in Paris, France, and Casablanca, Morocco, as a full-fledged member of high level teams on a sheer range of legal and taxation issues, in such diverse sectors as infrastructures, renewable energies, aeronautics, biotechnologies, the banking industry, the insurance industry, the petrochemical industry, the pharmaceutical sector and the media industry. Safaa has been used to dealing with legal systems and regulatory frameworks as different as those implemented in France, Morocco, at the European Union level or the level of the Organization for the Harmonization of Corporate Law in Africa (OHADA) for more than eleven years.
Alongside acting as the managing partner of IBFL Consulting, Safaa also acted as a legal advisor (consultant) in Morocco to the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. She is admitted to the bar of Paris, France.
She is also a graduate from Columbia Business School, HEC Paris and Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (amongst others). Safaa was awarded various academic honors and distinctions, namely the Allen & Overy LLP - HEC Paris Awards for the Best Master Thesis in Corporate and Tax Law (Third Prize).
She is fluent in French, English and Moroccan Arabic. She also has a good command of Spanish and Classical Arabic.
Expériences professionnelles
Group legal director for investments
Intrum , Stockholm
Depuis le 01 janvier 2025
Taglaw® member in morocco
TAGLaw , Casablanca
De Septembre 2020 à Janvier 2023
Managing partner
IBFL Consulting , Casablanca
De Février 2019 à Janvier 2023
Formations complémentaires
Double Major in (i) Business & Management and (ii) Business Law and Taxation
HEC Paris - Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
2009 à 2013
✔️Double Major in (i) Business & Management and (ii) Business Law and Taxation
✔️Winner of the Allen & Overy - HEC Paris Third Prize of the Best Master’s Thesis in Business & Tax Law (Master's Thesis Grade: 19/20)
✔️Master of science (Msc) in Management - ´HEC Paris Programme Grande École’ (2013)
✔️Master of Laws’ degree in Business Law and Taxation, Cum Laude - Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University (2013)
✔️Master of Laws’ degree in Business Law - Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University (2011)
✔️Bachelor of Laws’ degree in Private Law, Cum Laude - Versailles – Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University (2010)
✔️’Leadership & Team spirit’ Seminar - Special Military School of Saint-Cyr (2009)
✔️Member of HEC Paris Rowing Society (2010-2013)
✔️Bronze Medal in Women’s Eight at the 2011 French Universities Rowing Championships
✔️Member of HEC Paris 'Official Delegation' to the United Nations (2009-2011)
Certificate of Admission to the French Bar (CAPA)
EFB - Paris Bar School
2013 à 2014
Paris Bar School
✔️Certificate of Admission to the French Bar (CAPA - 'Certificat d'Aptitude à la Profession d'Avocat')
'CPGE EC-S'
Lycée Saint-Louis
2007 à 2009
✔️‘Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles (CPGE), Filière « Economique et Commerciale » (EC), Voie « Scientifique » (S)’, an intensive two-year preparatory course for competitive entrance into top French Business Schools
✔️Admitted to HEC Paris
✔️Admitted to ‘Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS)’ of Cachan
✔️Awarded the AEFE “MAJOR” Scholarship
'Baccalauréat S, Spécialité Maths - OIB Arabe Classique - Mention TB'
Lycée Lyautey
2005 à 2007
French high school in Casablanca, Morocco
✔️’A’ Grades in A-levels in Sciences (Major in Mathematics), with optional advanced courses of Classical Arabic Language and Literature - Summa Cum Laude
✔️Awarded the AEFE “EXCELLENCE” Scholarship
✔️Member of the Lycée Lyautey Rock-Climbing Society
Associations
Skillz Academy (Mentoring)
https://www.skillzacademy.org/legal-up-maroc
✔️Acted as Legal’Up mentor throughout the whole 2021 edition of the Legal’Up mentoring program, which aims at accompanying a promising law student and mentor him/her in the process of providing legal advice to an entrepreneur/start-up
JOOD (Community Volunteering)
✔️Acted as a volunteer for the preparation and distribution of meals for homeless people living in Casablanca's streets
Lycée Saint-Louis Alumni (Coaching & Mentoring)
✔️Acted as a volunteer selection board member for simulated personality assessment interviews organized by the teaching staff of Saint-Louis "Preparatory" High School, within the framework of the preparation of competitive entrance into top French Busines
Oxfam (Fundraising & Running)
✔️Organized a fundraising campaign in support of the actions carried out by Oxfam France in order to curb poverty ✔️Took up the 2014 Paris Half-Marathon Oxfam Challenge (21.1 km) under the banner of Oxfam France
HEC Rowing Club
https://www.facebook.com/clubavironhec/
✔️Member of HEC Paris Rowing Club Female Crew ✔️Won the Bronze Medal in Women’s Eight at the 2011 French University Championships (FFSU)
HEC International Society
https://fr-fr.facebook.com/hecinternationalsociety
✔️Vice-President – Head of the ‘Cultural Activities’ Division ✔️Organized various events in order to introduce HEC Paris international students (e.g. exchange students) to the French culture and the French cultural life
HEC Model United Nations
https://www.facebook.com/hecmodelun/
✔️Former member of the ‘Official Delegation’ of HEC Paris to the Model United Nations (MUN) ✔️Took part in the 2010 edition of the United Nations MUN (NYC, NY) ✔️Took part in the 2011 edition of the Harvard MUN (Boston, MA)
Parcours officiels
Langues
Anglais - Courant
Arabe - Langue maternelle
Espagnol - Technique
Français - Langue maternelle
Suédois - Technique
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