Member Details
Jurisdictions
Mauritius
Exclusive Member
Corporate Law , Commercial Law , Regulatory Law
Member Groups
Commercial Law
Biography
Koomaren Ramasamy is the founder and Head of Chambers of OneTreeHill Chambers.
Koomaren is the holder of an LLB Hons from the University of Wales and an LLM international Business and Commercial Law from the University of West London. He was called to the High Court of Auckland, New Zealand as a Barrister and Solicitor in 2019. Subsequently, after 9 months Pupillage at the Attorney General’s Office and 3 months at the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, he was called to the Bar in Mauritius in January 2021.
Koomaren had the opportunity to join a leading Chambers which offers expertise on all aspects of Mauritian Law and undertakes both contentious and non-contentious work.
In January 2022 he left his work at the Chambers to start his own practice, namely OneTreeHill Chambers. The Chambers’ practice consists mainly of Dispute Resolution, Advisory and Regulatory work.
Koomaren has regularly advised companies involved in the banking, financial services and Hospitality.
Koomaren is also conversant with independent audits of the Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Financing of Terrorism framework of such FSC licensees.
In terms of Dispute Resolution, his practice areas include contract, tort, family, banking, commercial, employment, construction, property, tax and regulatory, Criminal and Environment.
With regards to his Regulatory work, he has interacted with several divisions of the Financial Services Commission and even dealt with the Enforcement Committee, Financial Services Review Panel and the settlement committee.
Koomaren also regularly appears before all levels of the Mauritian Courts and tribunals, including the Environment and Land Appeal Tribunal, the Assessment Review Committee, the Employment Relations Tribunal, the Intermediate Court, the Industrial Court, the Supreme Court, the Family Division of the Supreme Court and the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court.
Prior to being admitted to the Bar, Koomaren had the opportunity to serve in the legal and compliance department of an Offshore Management Company and was subsequently appointed as the Secretary of the Environment and Land Use Appeal Tribunal from 2014 to 2020.
Firm Description
One Tree Hill Chambers is a modern and proactive law chambers involved in Dispute Resolution, Advisory and Regulatory matters.
Their portfolio of clients is diversified and varies between individuals, domestic, global business companies and foreign companies.
The aim of OneTreeHill Chambers is to develop a relationship of trust and satisfaction with its clients.
Over time, Koomaren Ramasamy has developed reliable partnerships with professionals from other areas such as Offshorre Management Companies, Tax planning professionals and Accounting and therefore is able to seek the expertise of these professionals whenever the need arises to provide a complete solution.
One Tree Hill Chambers also collaborate closely with One Tree Hill Management Services Ltd a training institution specialised in tailormade Legal and Corporate training.
