Bio
Ashley Oogorah is Counsel within the Corporate department in Mauritius.
He advises on a range of commercial and corporate finance transactions and his practice includes; advising on banking and structured finance transactions, credit restructuring, public and private M&A.
Ashley has worked on several transactions for financial institutions and private equity and funds clients, including HSBC Group, MUFG Bank Ltd, Standard Bank Group, Standard Chartered Bank, Investec Bank Limited, Barclays Capital and JP Morgan.
He speaks fluent English and French.
Bio
Ashley Oogorah is Counsel within the Corporate department in Mauritius.
He advises on a range of commercial and corporate finance transactions and his practice includes; advising on banking and structured finance transactions, credit restructuring, public and private M&A.
Ashley has worked on several transactions for financial institutions and private equity and funds clients, including HSBC Group, MUFG Bank Ltd, Standard Bank Group, Standard Chartered Bank, Investec Bank Limited, Barclays Capital and JP Morgan.
He speaks fluent English and French.
Work Highlights
Some previous examples of work include:
- Advising Shell Mauritius Limited, a subsidiary of Shell Overseas Holdings Limited and a listed company on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius, in respect to the sale of 75% of SM issued share capital to Vivo Energy Holding, a newly created joint venture between the Vitol Group, Helios Investment Partners and Shell.
- Advising a consortium of lenders in connection with the refinancing of a Mauritius Borrower amounting to USD 425,000,000, which loan amount was to be applied towards the refinancing of all amounts outstanding in respect of the notes issued by the Mauritius Borrower.
- Advising Temasek, a Singapore’s state-backed entity, in its US$500 million strategic partnership with leading global impact investment group LeapFrog Investments.
- Advising Rand Merchant bank in relation to the financings made to Milco SA Proprietary Limited with respect to the acquisition of 100% of the shareholding in Clover Industries Limited by way of a Scheme of Arrangement.
- Advising a consortium of Lenders in connection with financings of an up to US$750,000,000 to a Mauritius borrower for the purposes of paying in full the financial indebtedness and all other amounts outstanding under an existing facility agreement.
- Providing advice in relation to the migration of trusts and companies to foreign jurisdictions.
Some previous examples of work include:
- Advising Shell Mauritius Limited, a subsidiary of Shell Overseas Holdings Limited and a listed company on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius, in respect to the sale of 75% of SM issued share capital to Vivo Energy Holding, a newly created joint venture between the Vitol Group, Helios Investment Partners and Shell.
- Advising a consortium of lenders in connection with the refinancing of a Mauritius Borrower amounting to USD 425,000,000, which loan amount was to be applied towards the refinancing of all amounts outstanding in respect of the notes issued by the Mauritius Borrower.
- Advising Temasek, a Singapore’s state-backed entity, in its US$500 million strategic partnership with leading global impact investment group LeapFrog Investments.
- Advising Rand Merchant bank in relation to the financings made to Milco SA Proprietary Limited with respect to the acquisition of 100% of the shareholding in Clover Industries Limited by way of a Scheme of Arrangement.
- Advising a consortium of Lenders in connection with financings of an up to US$750,000,000 to a Mauritius borrower for the purposes of paying in full the financial indebtedness and all other amounts outstanding under an existing facility agreement.
- Providing advice in relation to the migration of trusts and companies to foreign jurisdictions.
Qualifications & Education
Ashley graduated from the University of Mauritius with an LLB (Honours).
He completed his Vocational Examinations at the Council of Legal Education, Mauritius in November 2008 and was sworn in as an Attorney-at-Law in January 2010.
Ashley graduated from the University of Mauritius with an LLB (Honours).
He completed his Vocational Examinations at the Council of Legal Education, Mauritius in November 2008 and was sworn in as an Attorney-at-Law in January 2010.
Memberships & Associations
Ashley is a member of the Law Society of Mauritius.
Ashley is a member of the Law Society of Mauritius.