Banking & Finance 

We advise the full spectrum of financial institutions, including central and local banks, insurers, asset managers, amongst others. ​

Civil & commercial law 

Our practice encompasses the complete range of civil and corporate advice for businesses, including licensing requirements, regulatory approvals, employment and industrial relations, contract law and all legal topics traditionally falling within the scope of “civil law” (inheritance law, civil liability amongst others) and “commercial law” (winding up, liquidation, breaches of directors’ duties, derivative actions, minority oppression actions, applications/resisting approvals for schemes of arrangements amongst others). Our services also include negotiating and drafting a wide range of commercial agreements, company formation, drafting of constitutions, advisory work, legal opinions, due diligences and everything that would keep a company going.

Commercial Property

We safeguard the interests of landlords as developers, on the one-hand and of our clients through leasing processes. We also assist in dispute resolution services when they arise in real estate life cycle.

Competition 

We are advisers to the Competition Commission of Mauritius for the past 5 years. We contribute to the amendments to the existing Competition Act and to the drafting of the Rules under the Act. We provide advise from the prosecuting side as well as from defensive side from dawn raid or other commencement of an investigation, leniency applications, conducting investigations, defending appeals, and civil litigations. From the outset, our practice has handled the most complex of local and international cartel, dominance and merger cases in Mauritius. 

Corporate & Commercial

We assist in setting-up of companies, drafting of documents in conjunction with the company lifecycle - constitutions, shareholder agreements – drafting and settlement of commercial contracts, winding up, conducting due diligence investigations, amongst others.

Data protection 

We keep abreast of regulatory developments in the field of data protection in the local jurisdiction and internationally. We are able to advise clients on their statutory obligations as well as data protection issues in the context of particular transactions. We conduct reviews of our clients’ business policies, protocols, processes and procedures to ensure compliance with current data protection requirements and new requirements under pending legislation. We help our clients to find practical ways of implementing data protection obligations in their businesses.

Debt recollection

Collection of our clients’ claims and enforcement of their contracts are one key aspect of our skills. We advise clients on recovery of their outstanding receivables as to how to rapidly and effectively deal with their debtors; we represent them in all jurisdictions, initiate bankruptcy and winding up procedures on their behalf. We also manage clients’ interests by seeking protection of the courts against their respective creditors. 

Dispute resolution & Arbitration  

We adopt an innovative and strategic approach to the resolution of disputes:
Corporate and commercial litigation
Banking and financial litigation
Shareholder disputes
Arbitration and mediation
Debt collection and enforcing judgements
Insurance claims and disputes
Regulatory and disciplinary proceedings
Enforcing judgements
Alternative dispute resolution

Employment

We advise on all aspects of employment relationships collective bargaining and industrial relations, reduction of workforce resulting from mergers and acquisitions and takeovers or on economic grounds. On the contentious front, our team regularly handles all forms of employment disputes, including wrongful dismissals, disciplinary proceedings, work-health safety incidents and injury compensation claims.
We regularly appear for employers in defending claims of employees in cases of unfair dismissal or in defending interim injunctions sought to prevent holding of DCs amongst other similar cases. We also draft executive and other employment agreements, advise on corruption and fraud cases by employees, and on termination of employment due to liquidation or insolvency. We further defend employers or represent  employees before relevant authorities in matters of equal opportunities and/or discrimination. 

FinTech  

Our service offering ranges from forming financial service businesses and licensing financial products; to engaging with regulators and ensuring regulatory and investment compliance; to corporate activity involving regulated entities (e.g. due diligence, de-risking, acquisitions, public offerings); and dispute resolution.

Governance, compliance and investigations

We act for clients in investigations and proceedings by criminal and regulatory agencies and have been involved in several high profile and public interest cases. 
Our service extends to identifying specific governance and/or compliance risks that resulted in prejudice and/or losses, and making recommendations to mitigate these.
Our team have the experience and qualifications to handle the following:
o Anti-bribery and corruption
o Competition/ dawn raids and cartel leniency
o Anti-money laundering                                                   
o Employment and whistleblowing
o Tax investigations
o Data protection and cybersecurity
o Defamation/ reputational management

Intellectual property  

We help to protect clients’ IP portfolio and enforce their IP rights worldwide. The services we provide include expert negotiation, review and drafting of commercial agreements across all aspects of intellectual property including acquisitions and disposals, licensing and franchising. We also provide services in IP litigation focusing on trade marks, patents, designs and copyright infringements; anti-counterfeits actions/ raids; trade mark oppositions. 

Insolvency Law 

We act for and advise on a regular basis liquidators, receivers and administrators. We advise companies on how to proceed in case of insolvency – on debt recovery, debt restructuring, risk management amongst others. 

Litigation  

If formal litigation is ultimately unavoidable, our approach is to try to resolve disputes in the most cost-effective way possible. We have developed significant experience in commercial litigation. We work closely with counsel for a thorough preparation of cases and witnesses. We regularly handle cases requiring coordination of foreign counsel, close forensic examination of voluminous evidence and mastery of technical expert evidence. We offer services in key dispute areas including banking & finance, corporate and commercial,  international arbitration, employment, family, professional liability, tax and civil matters. We have successfully appeared in a number of landmark cases and before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.  

Procurement

Our team has acted for bidders in respect of some of the most high profile procurement challenges in the local jurisdiction. We have appeared for a major company in challenging a decision of the Independent Review Panel following a review lodged by one of the unsuccessful bidders, in respect of a public procurement in the energy sector.

Shipping  

We regularly conduct litigation for recovery of maritime claims.  Ship-arrests are our fort. We have developed good relations with the post master and his team in Mauritius for a speedy and effective service to our clients in ship-arrests.  We provide practical solutions to clients as regards recovery of maritime claims.  

Tax & Trust

We advise on estate planning, help in administering trusts, advice and assist in formation of family trusts, act for trusts, beneficiaries, settlors in litigation matters 
We have acted and advised a Princess in a dispute between members of the Royal family as to the entitlement of each member to assets in a trust. We regularly act and advise leading management companies in Mauritius  for trust formation and administration.