Lorna Senivassen

Lorna Senivassen is an Associate in the Financial Services and Capital Market practice area.

She has since been involved in the drafting of fund and other legal documentation, reviewing local and foreign law documents and issuing legal opinions to investors. She is often called upon to advise on the establishment of financial services providers and institutions and regulatory compliance matters.

She has also been greatly involved in drafting and reviewing compliance manuals for financial institutions.

Lorna holds a Bachelor of Laws from University of Mauritius.

2015 – 2018: LL.B (Hons), University of Mauritius, Mauritius

2022 – Date: Associate, BLC Robert & Associates
2019 – 2021: Junior Legal Executive, BLC Robert & Associates

• Chambers Global Practice Guide 2019, Mauritius chapter on Investment Funds.
• Thomson Reuters Practical Law Insurance and Reinsurance Global Guide: Mauritius Q&A (2020)
• Chambers Investment Funds 2021’ Global Practice Guide

• Advising Alitheia IDF Fund LP, a USD 100 million fund established to invest primarily in high-growth small and medium enterprises in Africa, in connection with the set up of their fund.
• Advising Adiwale Partners in connection with the setting up of Adiwale Fund I L.P. which focuses on investments across a broad spectrum of businesses in the consumer, business services and manufacturing sectors in Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso as well as Togo, Benin and Guinea.
• Advising HWIC Asia Fund, a private equity fund focused on financial and multiple sectors that is part of the Fairfax Group, in connection with the takeover of Eagle Insurance, an insurance company listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius.
• Advising various funds and fund managers in connection with the drafting of various AML/CFT manuals to ensure compliance with the updated AML laws of Mauritius.
• Advising various companies in connection with the ‘KYC’ regulatory requirements in Mauritius.
• Advising various private equity funds in connection with their winding up of operations of in Mauritius.
• Advising a private equity fund which projects to invest in mining and infrastructure assets and developments in Africa, in connection with their setting up of operations, including reviewing documentation from a Mauritian law perspective.