Practice Areas

Taxation

This practice area boasts itself of a specialist team withstrong technical expertise and significant experience acquired both in Mauritius and in the UK at leading Big 4 Firms and renowned international law firms.

Chambers assists across both direct and indirect taxes.

International tax
Income Tax
VAT
Registration duty
Land Transfer Tax
Customs duty

Chambers assists in both contentious and non-contentious tax matters across all areas of taxation. Our barristers regularly appear before the Assessment Review Committee, the Alternative Tax Dispute Resolution Panel and the Supreme Court and have also appeared before the COMESA Court of Justice in tax matters.

Restructuring & Insolvency

Members of chambers have strong expertise advising on the restructuring of international groups involving Mauritian ‘offshore entities’ as well as local and cross-border insolvency matters.

The services cover all areas in the field including:

Corporate restructuring
Corporate rescue including creditors’ compromise and administration
Receivership
Liquidation – Shareholder, creditor and court appointed winding ups

Corporate and M&A

The team advises across the broad spectrum of corporate work covering corporate law advisory matters as well as local and multi-jurisdictional transactional work.

The services cover:

Corporate advisory including corporate governance
Mergers including cross-border mergers
Asset sale including carve-outs
Share sale
Joint venture structuring
Group reorganisations and simplification
Commercial contracts

The team advises on all aspects of transactions including tax, competition, environment, intellectual property and employment.

Offshore & Financial Services

(including investment funds)

The team has extensive experience advising across the full spectrum of offshore and financial services law. Services range from structuring to winding up of offshore and regulated structures and include:

Strategic structuring including tax optimisation
Setting up of offshore and other regulated entities:
> Global Business Companies
> Authorised Companies
> Family Office
> Investment funds
Regulatory advice relating to structuring, establishment of financial products and financial sector M&A
Compliance reviews
Re-domiciliation, migration and amalgamation of offshore and regulated entities
Winding up of offshore structures and regulated entities including investment funds

Dispute Resolution

The dispute resolution team boasts a team including a Senior Counsel of Mauritius with over years’ experience at the Bar. Members have significant experience representing clients in mediation, arbitration and litigation matters across its practice areas and sectors.

Mediation
Members take instruction as mediator as well as mediation advocate.

Arbitration
Members take instruction as arbitrator as well as arbitration advocate.

Litigation
Members regularly appear before panels, tribunals and all levels of the court system including the Supreme Court of Mauritius and have also appeared before the COMESA Court of Justice.

Employment

The team is highly experienced in advising on employment related matters as well as representing employees and employers in resolving disputes relating to employment.

The services cover:

Company policies
Employment benefits including options
Drafting of employment contracts
Termination issues
Resolution of disputes