Dr. Shelton M Jolicoeur & Associates
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PROFILE OF DR. SHELTON M. JOLICOEUR

DR. SHELTON M. JOLICOEUR - LLB(Hons), LLM, LLD
Dr. Jolicoeur attended the University of East London in the UK where he obtained his Batchelor of Laws degree (LLB Hons) 1985 and the University of Warwick, UK where he obtained a masters degree in Law (LLM) 1986. In 1987 he pursued the vocational course for the Bar Finals at the Holborn Law Tutors in London. Dr Jolicoeur has occupied several key posts in government and has been extremely active in the academic front, writing many papers, which culminated with his Doctors of Laws Thesis “An examination of the Legal Forms, Legal Status and the Managerial Mechanism of Public Enterprises in Developing Countries”. He is an Associate Fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies (UK).

Dr. Jolicoeur is a prominent International Legal Practitioner based in Seychelles with wide experience in the practice areas of this Firm. He is also the legal consultant to International Law & Corporate Services Ltd and Trust & Fiduciary Services Ltd both being Corporate and International Trust Service Providers in Seychelles. He is a regular contributor to the Doing Business in Seychelles.

Biography: Author “Know Your Legal Rights, The Law and You” and “A guide to the
International Business Companies Act 1994”.
He has written numerous articles on law.

Languages: English, French, Creole.

Professional Affiliations & Associations
Member: Seychelles Bar Association
Member: International Bar Association
Member: International Union of Notaries
Member: American Bar Association (Business Law Section)
Member: The Law Society of England & Wales (International Division)
Member: Commonwealth Law Association
Member: Institute of Directors (UK)
Member: Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (UK)
Member: International Tax Planning Association
Member: Notary’s Talk of England and Wales (NEW)

FIRM PROFESSIONALS PROFILE
 
Areas of Practice
Real Estate Development
Wills and Succession Law
Mergers and Acquisitions
Corporate Financing
International Tax Planning
Non Litigation Proceedings
Cross Border Transactions
Commercial Arbitration
Corporate and Business Law
Trade Mark, Patent & Copyright
Commercial Law
Energy Law
Notarial Services
 

Real Estate Development
We assist developers and investors in real estate development transactions. We also assist individuals and families in the area of wills, inheritance and probate law. See further ‘Notarial Services’.

Wills and Succession Law
We assist developers and investors in real estate development transactions. We also assist individuals and families in the area of wills, inheritance and probate law. See further ‘Notarial Services’.

Mergers and Acquisitions
Transactions on which we regularly advise range from privately negotiated transfers of shares or assets to International Business Companies or trust mergers and acquisitions completed by way of take-over bids, amalgamations and plans of arrangements. We advise clients on structuring considerations, related party rules, special committee obligations, take-over defenses, and contested shareholder meetings. more...

Corporate Financing
We provide services to clients and their customers in the financial services industry. We frequently structure, negotiate, document and render legal opinions and close complex and routine financial transactions, including loans, leasing, and real estate deals. We also provide advice and guidance regarding compliance with complicated local laws that govern the delivery of financial services and products. We serve the following industries: Banks, Credit Union, Insurance Companies, Financial and Securities Industry, Service Providers, Offshore Service Providers, and commercial consumers of Financial Services.

International Tax Planning
We can handle all aspects of International Tax, from individuals with multiple residences and countries of origins to complex corporate structures through the use of the many Double Taxation Treaties Seychelles has with various jurisdictions.

Our international tax planners can develop international business strategies that will minimize the amount of tax paid, and generally position the company or individual in a favorable cash position within the limits of the law.

Non Litigation Proceedings
We assist and advise clients in properly observing relevant laws and regulations and provide legal opinions for major business decisions. We participate in major economic activities involving corporate rights and interests, asset transfer, joint venture operations or corporate restructuring and engage in non-litigation legal matters.

Cross Border Transactions
Our firm represent a variety of domestic and international enterprises in connection with organizational structures and capital formation commercial contract transactions, tax planning, securities regulations and other matters.

Commercial Arbitration
Our consultants are well versed in all aspects of arbitration and mediation law as well as the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards and can therefore represent your interest.

Corporate and Business Law
As outside counsel to numerous companies the firm provides day-to-day advice on all aspects of corporate operations. In the formation of new business, we evaluate and document the choice of entity from corporate form to partnership, joint ventures and limited liability companies. At the operational level for our private clients, we assist with a number of their corporate reporting and record keeping requirements including corporate governance issues, regulatory compliance issues, board of directors’ fiduciary and legal responsibilities, and an array of other corporate management issues. more...

Trade Mark, Patent & Copyright
MACCMillan’s Intellectual Property Attorneys Ltd is our Intellectual Property firm licensed to provide high value intellectual property legal services to large institutional clients and high-technology start-up companies and select individuals.

We offer IP protection services such as prior searches, patentability analysis, trademarks patent and copyright registration in Seychelles and in other jurisdictions. We also provide IP enforcement, IPlicensing, patent and trademark term extensions and regulatory exclusivity, due diligence reviews and opinions with regards to validity and infringement.

Commercial Law
MACCMillan’s International Law Group Ltd our commercial arm have expertise in representing mortgage companies and business both international and domestic in the following areas; enforcement of foreign judgments, commercial real estate transactions; lender representation and the collection of defaulted loans, through such means as foreclosing, sequestration, commercial litigations, recovery of vehicles, boats, debt collection services. We handle commercial as well as consumer cases.

Energy Law
We practice energy and environmental law spanning the full range of regulatory compliance and transactional services entailed in these fields.

We are competent, in conjunction with our outside consultants and technical experts to provide the full spectrum of legal services for major integrated oil and gas companies, in dependent oil and gas producers, developers and investors in oil and gas reserves and infrastructure and lenders and other financial sources for the oil and gas industry or other mineral interests. more...

Notarial Services
We provide notarial deeds and instruments in the areas of conveyancing of immovables, wills and successions, family, commercial law, civil law and a number of non-litigious matters. We have recently developed expertise in various new legal sectors such as international private law, international adoption, maritime mortgage, telecommunications law, family and commercial mediation and arbitration etc.