Jason Harel

Jason Harel is the Chairman and Co-Founding Partner at BLC Robert & Associates. The Company has become the leading independent business law firm in Mauritius and is ranked as a Tier One firm by legal directories such as Legal500, Chambers and Partners, and IFLR1000.

Jason leads the Corporate and Commercial department of the firm and is consistently identified as a ‘leading practitioner’ in his field by the main worldwide legal directories. He has a broadbase corporate advisory and transactional practice focused on real estate (including hospitality), corporate M&A, workouts and corporate re-structuring, as well as projects. He also advises in respect of taxation (especially transactional taxes), projects and commercial disputes in conjunction with the dispute resolution team of BLC. He acts as an advisor to several leading companies in Mauritius and elsewhere guiding them in their strategic transactions. Jason spends considerable amount of his time advising clients in respect of their strategic investments in Africa.

Jason is qualified as a Chartered Accountant and a Barrister in England and Wales as well as Mauritius. He sits on a number of boards of directors including being the chairman of a family-controlled hotel group.

• Successfully appeared before the Privy Council for Shoprite in respect of an appeal against a VAT assessment on management fees not invoiced nor paid;

• Currently advising and acting for one of the largest corporations in Japan in relation to a Rs 25 Million dispute with the special administrator of Iframac;

• Acting for the main contractor of a Rs 1.8 billion residential project on the proposed takeover of that project out of its liquidation;

• Advising Apavou Hotels in connection with a share purchase and subscription agreement and a joint venture agreement between Apavou Hotels and Sun Resorts Limited;

• Acting for an international financial institution in respect of its Mauritius activities by way of auction bids.

• Corporate and Commercial
• M&A