Edward Noakes
Founder & Instructor, MBLP
Edward founded the Moroccan Business Law Port (MBLP) to share the practical know-how that too often gets picked up by chance in a first job. He is not a veteran lawyer with decades on the clock, but he has been in and around law firms long enough to guide a good number of interns and law students — and to notice the same gaps between university and the workplace, again and again. MBLP is his way of helping the next intake arrive a little sharper, a little more confident, and ready to take on real work from day one.
Experience
Jan 2024 – Present · Casablanca / London / Paris
Associate at Bird & Bird, in M&A and Energy & Infrastructure
Oct 2022 – Dec 2023 · Casablanca / Paris
Associate at UGGC, in Corporate M&A
2017 – 2022
Internships in international law firms
Education
2021 – 2022 · Paris
EFB (Paris Bar School) — Trainee lawyer
2016 – 2017 · Toulouse
Toulouse Business School — Specialised Master in Legal Business Management (MJA)
2014 – 2016 · Paris
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne — Master's in English and French Law, International Law
2012 – 2014 · London
King's College London — LLB, English and French Law
Courses
For students & young professionals
Corporate Law 101
The basic tenets of corporate law, not only the legal ones taught at university but also the commercial ones your clients will care about.
For students & young professionals
Business Contracts Crash Course
Three intensive sessions on how commercial risk is written into a contract, negotiated, and then drafted.
For anyone joining the business world
Commercial Awareness
Think like the client, not just the lawyer. Read the news properly and understand what actually drives Moroccan business.
For students entering law firms
Law Firm Readiness — Soft skills, research and drafting
The soft skills nobody teaches at university: proofreading, saying what you know (and don't), owning your work, and doing proper research.
Questions about a course or the first cohort? Drop Edward a line directly.
Email edward@mblp.proSmall cohorts, serious standards
The Moroccan Business Law Port (MBLP) runs with named instructors and cohorts of 20 — small on purpose, so every student gets real attention.
How cohorts work