MAURITIUS Law and Practice Contributed by: André Robert and Ammar Oozeer, BLC Robert & Associates
BLC Robert & Associates is a leading independ- ent business law firm in Mauritius. The firm has sev- en partners and over 30 locally and internationally trained lawyers. It is a member of the Africa Legal Network (ALN), which is recognised by international directories as the leading legal network in Africa. The firm has four main practice areas, which are corpo- rate and M&A, banking and finance, financial services and compliance, and dispute resolution, and it offers
the full service of attorney and counsel in a range of commercial disputes, whether before the courts or arbitral tribunals. With the promulgation of the Inter- national Arbitration Act 2008 and the setting up of institutions geared for international commercial arbi- tration in the jurisdiction, the firm has built its capac- ity in this area and has handled a range of high-value complex arbitrations in contractual disputes, con- struction, hospitality, oil and gas, and private equity.
Authors
André Robert is a senior attorney and partner at BLC Robert & Associates,
Ammar Oozeer is counsel and partner in the dispute resolution practice area at BLC Robert & Associates. He has extensive experience advising on matters related to competition; data
and co-heads the firm’s dispute resolution group. He has been a lecturer in civil law at the Council of Legal Education and is a former vice-chairman of the Mauritius Law Society. André has been involved in providing legal advice to commercial firms; banks; insurance, sugar, petroleum and textile companies; hotels; and parastatal bodies, and in handling litigation for those entities. He is frequently involved in offshore litigation, Supreme Court chambers work in support of international arbitration, and intellectual property litigation. He also often takes part in local and international arbitrations.
protection; telecommunications, internet and media; technology, privacy and cybersecurity; intellectual property (trade mark and copyright); and anti-money laundering. His dispute resolution practice focuses on commercial litigation, competition law disputes, intellectual property litigation, public procurement challenges, and tax-related litigation. Ammar also has significant legislative drafting expertise, developed over a decade at the Attorney-General’s Office of Mauritius.
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