The Honorable Shakeel Ahmed Yousuf Abdul Razack MOHAMED Minister of Housing and Lands
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Practice - Litigation and Consultancy
Litigation • Successfully conducted trials in a variety of intellectual property, international trade, employment law and commercial cases. • Practiced before administrative boards, arbitrators, tribunals, courts of law, the Supreme Court of Mauritius, the Supreme Court of Seychelles and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) in the United Kingdom. Consultancy • Advising Offshore Companies, Multinationals, Banks. • Legal Advisor of several corporations with activities in various fields. • Drafting of agreements, contracts, trusts and other legal documents. Main Areas of Expertise • Employment Law • Arbitration • Intellectual Property Rights • Drafting agreements, contracts and other legal documents in English and French. Professional Experience 2021 - 2024 Head of Law Chambers 1992 – 2021 Partner MC Law Offices Port Louis, Mauritius. Areas of Responsibility at MC Law Offices. • Head of Chambers since October 2021. • Overseeing the management of the law Chambers. • Commercial and Corporate litigation. • Arbitration. • Labour law litigation in the Industrial Court. Supreme Court of Mauritius and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the United Kingdom. 2018 – 2024 University Lecturer Lecturer in Labour Law and Industrial Relations to Bachelor of Laws students at University Panthéon-Assas Education and Vocational Skills 2017 Master of Laws LL.M, International Business Law Universitsé Pantheon – ASSAS – Paris 2 1992 Bar Finals - Barrister Middle Temple. London, England Called to the Bar of England and Wales 1989 LLB (Hons), European Law University of Buckingham Buckingham, England Majored in: European Law, French Contract law, Competition Law and International Trade law 1987 Certificate, French Civil Law Universite de Lille Lille, France Professional Memberships 1992 Bar of England and Wales Mauritius Bar Council Language Skills • Fluent in English and French • Ability to understand and converse in Hindi and Urdu Nationality French and Mauritian Political Career 2005 Elected to the National Assembly in Mauritius in July 2005. Member of the Steering Committee of the Inter Parliamentary Union on WTO matters from September 2005 to May 2010. (Geneva). Represented Mauritius at the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO in Hong Kong in December 2005. Panelist at the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO in Hong Kong on good practices of oversight by parliaments in the field of international trade, December 2005. 2006 Presented a paper entitled “Lessons to be learnt from the history of multilateral trade negotiations under WTO auspices” at the Annual Parliamentary Conference on the WTO, December 2006. (Geneva). 2007 Seminar entitled “Realizing the Doha Development Agenda as if the Future Mattered”, convened by three nonprofit organizations with global missions: the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and the Salzburg Seminar, February 2007. (Salzburg) Presented a paper entitled “The African Perspective” at the Salzburg Seminar in relation to the Doha Development Agenda, February 2007. (Salzburg) 2008 Deputy Chief Government Whip of Parliament 2008 – 2010 Panelist at the WTO Public Forum 2008 on the following issue; “Trade and Climate Change: Is trade killing our planet?" 2009 Panelist at the WTO Public Forum 2009 on the following issue; “Can protectionism protect trade? The legislator's perspective” Minister of Labour Industrial Relations and Employment (May 2010 – Dec 2014) Minister of Housing and Lands (November 2024 – to date) Dec 2019 – to date Member of the National Assembly. Leader of the Opposition (2024) Dec 2015 – 2019 Member of the National Assembly. Parliamentary Leader of the Mauritius Labour Party. 2014 Launched the National Employment Policy of the Republic of Mauritius with the assistance of the International Labour Organisation Brought a new job portal for the benefit of job seekers www.mauritiusjobs.mu Spearheading changes to the Minimum Wage Fixing Mechanism in Mauritius. Brought about fundamental changes in the way work permits for expatriate workers are applied for and delivered with an ework permit portal. Successfully chaired mediation sessions in moments of national industrial relations crisis in various sectors such as the national Transport sector, Agricultural workers in the Sugar sector, addressing social security, accommodation and other complaints of discrimination for migrant workers. Worked in close collaboration with the organization of seafarers, organization of employers and union representatives on the process leading to ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention and its implementation. 2013 Brought about fundamental changes in the Employment Laws of the Republic of Mauritius after consultations with all stakeholders in Mauritius and the International Labour Organisation. 2011 Set up the National Tripartite Forum in Mauritius in order to enhance tripartism and social dialogue. Brought new regulations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act with a view to bringing additional protection to workers. 2010 Reelected to the National Assembly in Mauritius in 2010. Appointed Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations, and Employment. (May 2010) Represented the Government of Mauritius at the International Labour Conference in Geneva (2010, 2011,2012, 2013 and 2014)
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