
02 / Practice areas
Practice areas
Six areas, held together by a single subject: the business decision, and the risk it carries.
Practice areas
These are not separate headings. A badly documented acquisition becomes a dispute. A structure without substance becomes a governance problem. An estate organised without regard to forced heirship becomes litigation between heirs. Handling them in one pair of hands is what makes it possible to see the next problem coming.
Mauritian law is a mixed system. The substance remains largely civilian, procedure and commercial architecture owe a great deal to the English tradition, and the financial statutes are drafted in English. That double inheritance is an advantage when it is mastered, and a source of expensive error when it is not.
01 / Companies Act 2001
Mergers and acquisitions
Acquisitions, disposals and minority stakes: due diligence, allocation of risk, negotiation of the sale agreement and the shareholders agreement.
Read on02 / IAA 2008 / MARC
Arbitration
Drafting the arbitration clause, conduct of the proceedings as counsel to a party, and recognition and enforcement of awards.
Read on03 / FSC / FSA 2007
International structuring
Choosing the Mauritian vehicle, Global Business Company or Authorised Company, and evidencing the substance the regulator expects.
Read on04 / Trusts Act 2001
Private wealth
Trusts, foundations and succession: organising family wealth without colliding with forced heirship or with foreign law.
Read on05 / Code 2016 / FSC
Governance
Directors duties, composition and conduct of the board, and handling a sensitive situation under time pressure.
Read on06 / Supreme Court
Disputes
Shareholder disputes, warranty claims, interim relief, and enforcement of foreign awards and judgments.
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