Nilen Vencadasmy > Dentons Mauritius LLP > Port Louis, Mauritius > Lawyer Profile
Dentons Mauritius LLP Offices
Les Jamalacs Building,
Vieux Conseil Street
Port Louis 11328
Mauritius
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Nilen Vencadasmy
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Nilen is a Counsel in the Dentons. He specializes in corporate and commercial law and regularly advises on corporate structuring. He is often called upon to provide legal assistance to foreign investors who wish to set up their businesses in Mauritius and to local companies wishing to invest in Africa.
He is also a certified Mediator with MARC (MCCI Arbitration and Mediation Centre).
Nilen has acted as Counsel and legal advisor pro bono for local organisations and a number of leading NGOs in Mauritius on issues ranging from breaches of local and international human rights instruments, electoral laws and democracy. Former President of PILS, the leading NGO in Mauritius engaged in the fight against the proliferation of HIV/AIDS and the upholding of the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS and Principal Recipient of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Nilen was also board member of Coalition International SIDA (Coalition Plus) an international network of AIDS prevention NGO’s based in Paris, France.
Career
Counsel, Dentons, (2018 – present)
Barrister-at-law, Balgobin Chambers, (2015 to 2018)
Head of Legal, Airport Terminal Operations Ltd (2013-2015)
Barrister-at-Law, (Sole practitioner) (2005-2013)
Languages
English, French
Memberships
Mauritius Bar Association
Education
University of Mauritius, 2001, LLB (Hons)