Mauritius
PRACTICE AREAS Securities law - private equity funds and collective investment schemes, listing of global funds and investment holding companies; Corporate and Commercial law - joint venture, restructuring, merger and acquisition and insolvency, multi-jurisdiction transactions; Banking, Finance and Capital Markets - asset finance, corporate finance, structured finance, syndicated lending, leveraged and acquisition finance, derivatives and finance regulatory; International and Domestic trusts - private trust, charitable trust and purpose trust (including special purpose vehicle, ESOP scheme); Partnerships – advice on all aspects of limited partnership and limited liability partnership; Foundations - private or charitable foundations; Legal aspects of financial services and global business sectors and compliance.
Soo specialises in Securities law, Corporate-Joint Venture, Restructuring, Merger and Acquisition, Trust law, Partnership law and Foundation law.
Specialised in Trust, Company law, Corporate Finance and Securities law and cross-border transactions. Specialised in private equity investment fund and collective investment scheme structuring, formation and administration under the companies laws, securities laws and laws of taxation in Mauritius. Worked on a broad range of funds including plain vanilla fund, feeder-master funds, umbrella fund, hedge fund, venture fund and shariah compliant in various areas: developed and emerging market, listed and non listed securities, microfinance, energy sectors and infrastructure projects in India, China, South East Asia and Africa countries. Practised companies and corporate laws, particularly in restructuring, joint venture, acquisitions and divestments of companies and investment vehicles. Advised on structuring and setting up of asset protection trusts, charitable trusts, private purpose trusts and ESOP plans. Advised on licensing, regulatory and taxation aspects of different types of entities including financial services providers and financial institution.
Soo was in charge of the legal, compliance and trust department of IMM. She was responsible for all legal and compliance aspects of the management company. Soo also advised a variety of funds investing in India, China, South East Asia and Africa, including the structuring of most appropriate vehicle for collective investment schemes, on tax implications, and drafting of private placement memorandum and other offering documents, subscription agreements, management agreement, custodian agreement and other scheme documents. Soo also advised on the structuring and setting up of asset protection trusts, charitable trusts, private purpose trusts and ESOP plans