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Dya Ghose-Radhakeesoon

Dya Ghose-Radhakeesoon

Etude Dya Ghose, Mauritius

Work Department

Legal Department

Position

Managing partner at Etude Dya Ghose, Attorneys.

Career

Dya is the Managing partner Etude Dya Ghose, Attorneys.

After her studies at the University of Mauritius in 2004, Dya joined the legal department of one of the leading companies in Mauritius namely Rogers Capital. She thereafter enrolled as paralegal at Benoit Chamber.

Dya has worked as consultant for International Financial Services Ltd. She was a lecturer at the University of Mauritius and at the University of Technology, Mauritius. She reckons more than 18 years of experience in the legal field.

Dya is former President of the Mauritius Law Society and the second woman Attorney to hold this post. She presently serves on the Council for Vocational and Legal Education and on the Rules Committee of the Supreme Court.

Dya specialises in complex corporate litigation, arbitration and insolvency. She has been involved in several heavy weight offshore litigation cases and in high-profile cases. She has a special interest for competition law and has been acting as attorney of the Competition Commission of Mauritius for the past 6 years. She advises clients in a wide range of complex disputes across various areas of law  including dispute resolution, commercial law, civil law, competition, arbitration, banking, telecoms, mergers and acquisitions, schemes of arrangements, joint ventures, property matters, debt recovery and labour law disputes.

Dya successfully represented clients in numerous legal proceedings locally and internationally notably in Israel, Zimbabwe, Samoa island, Australia, United States, Germany, Amsterdam as well as in in high profile and politically sensitive matters such as cases relating to proceeds of crime and investigations. She has appeared in a notable cases which has shaped the Mauritian jurisprudcence. She also acts as agent before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for a number of clients. Dya has been advising clients like JPMP MPL Holdings Ltd, UBS, ASOS, Oberoi Hotels, Microsoft and a number of leading companies in Mauritius.

Languages

English, French, Creole and Hindi.

Memberships

Dya is a Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner and part of IR Global – Africa Group. She is a member of the Mauritius Law Society.

Education

2005 -Council of Legal Education, Mauritius Attorneys Vocational Examinations – Ranked 1 st

2001-2004  - University of Mauritius Bachelor of Law with Honours, with Second Class Honours in the First Division