Bio
Dylan Mannikum is an Associate in the Corporate and Dispute Resolution department. He joined Appleby as a trainee in 2018 and qualified as a Barrister in February 2022.
Dylan has over three years of experience and has advised clients from a wide spectrum of industries, including financial institutes, multi-national banks, asset management companies and goldmining consultancy company. He is specialised in corporate and commercial law with a strong emphasis on multi-jurisdictional finance and fund finance transactions, corporate restructuring, shareholder disputes, employment law, trust, shipping, insolvency and regulatory matters.
Dylan also appears as counsel in commercial litigation matters before the Supreme Court, the Lower Courts and the Assessment Review Committee. In addition to his commercial litigation experience, Dylan has advised investment funds in relation to regulatory investigations.
Dylan is fluent in both English and French.
Bio
Dylan Mannikum is an Associate in the Corporate and Dispute Resolution department. He joined Appleby as a trainee in 2018 and qualified as a Barrister in February 2022.
Dylan has over three years of experience and has advised clients from a wide spectrum of industries, including financial institutes, multi-national banks, asset management companies and goldmining consultancy company. He is specialised in corporate and commercial law with a strong emphasis on multi-jurisdictional finance and fund finance transactions, corporate restructuring, shareholder disputes, employment law, trust, shipping, insolvency and regulatory matters.
Dylan also appears as counsel in commercial litigation matters before the Supreme Court, the Lower Courts and the Assessment Review Committee. In addition to his commercial litigation experience, Dylan has advised investment funds in relation to regulatory investigations.
Dylan is fluent in both English and French.
Work Highlights
Corporate:
- Advised a consortium of lenders on a financing to enable Trident Energy aid significant developments in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the NSOKO II & Lianzi fields.
- Advised Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund and performed independent analysis and reviewed diligence documents on a USD294 m debt raise in one of the largest finance debt packages for an African infrastructure.
- Assisted in a structured deal of USD 325 million 5.375 % secured notes due 2024 issued by Mauritius-based India Green Energy Holdings demonstrating investor appetite for sustainable investments. India Green used the proceeds from the USD notes to subscribe to seven-year non-convertible debentures to be issued by 11 restricted subsidiaries which are either wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries of ReNew Power Private Limited.
- Assisted in creating a secured security package for Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd to support a secured refinancing facility of USD 470,726,777 to Singapore listed company, Ezion Holdings Limited.
- Advised an investment fund in relation to regulatory dispute matters with the Financial Services Commission in Mauritius and the Securities and Exchange Board of India
Dispute Resolution:
- Appeared for Canada Life International Limited to initiate a claim, which was based on the interpretation of the effective date of calculation of the Net Asset Value for the redemption of shares and obtained judgment in the sum of USD 752, 854.17 against Metatron as well as USD 100,000 in costs.
- Appeared for Partner in Performance Global Solutions, a global mining consultancy company, in a breach of contract claim worth above USD 10 million before the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court pertaining to a consultancy services agreement. During the course of the trial, three ruling was delivered by the Judge in favour of Partner in Performance Global Solutions.
- Appeared for Big Bang ERP in relation to employments disputes and enforcement of competition and non-solicitation clauses.
- Represented the MTC Sports and Leisure Ltd, the then sole horse racing organiser, in Plaint with Summons, Injunctions and Judicial Review court actions.
- Appeared before the Assessment Review Committee in relation to gaming tax assessment raised by the Mauritius Revenue Authority.
- Successfully represented an Applicant in an application before the Judge in Chambers for the erasure of a privilege inscribed by the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) upon the property of one of the Applicant.
Corporate:
- Advised a consortium of lenders on a financing to enable Trident Energy aid significant developments in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the NSOKO II & Lianzi fields.
- Advised Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund and performed independent analysis and reviewed diligence documents on a USD294 m debt raise in one of the largest finance debt packages for an African infrastructure.
- Assisted in a structured deal of USD 325 million 5.375 % secured notes due 2024 issued by Mauritius-based India Green Energy Holdings demonstrating investor appetite for sustainable investments. India Green used the proceeds from the USD notes to subscribe to seven-year non-convertible debentures to be issued by 11 restricted subsidiaries which are either wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries of ReNew Power Private Limited.
- Assisted in creating a secured security package for Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd to support a secured refinancing facility of USD 470,726,777 to Singapore listed company, Ezion Holdings Limited.
- Advised an investment fund in relation to regulatory dispute matters with the Financial Services Commission in Mauritius and the Securities and Exchange Board of India
Dispute Resolution:
- Appeared for Canada Life International Limited to initiate a claim, which was based on the interpretation of the effective date of calculation of the Net Asset Value for the redemption of shares and obtained judgment in the sum of USD 752, 854.17 against Metatron as well as USD 100,000 in costs.
- Appeared for Partner in Performance Global Solutions, a global mining consultancy company, in a breach of contract claim worth above USD 10 million before the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court pertaining to a consultancy services agreement. During the course of the trial, three ruling was delivered by the Judge in favour of Partner in Performance Global Solutions.
- Appeared for Big Bang ERP in relation to employments disputes and enforcement of competition and non-solicitation clauses.
- Represented the MTC Sports and Leisure Ltd, the then sole horse racing organiser, in Plaint with Summons, Injunctions and Judicial Review court actions.
- Appeared before the Assessment Review Committee in relation to gaming tax assessment raised by the Mauritius Revenue Authority.
- Successfully represented an Applicant in an application before the Judge in Chambers for the erasure of a privilege inscribed by the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) upon the property of one of the Applicant.
Qualifications & Education
Dylan graduated from the University of Central Lancashire with a First Class LLB (Honours) in 2018.
He completed his Bar Professional Training Course at City, University of London in 2020.
Dylan graduated from the University of Central Lancashire with a First Class LLB (Honours) in 2018.
He completed his Bar Professional Training Course at City, University of London in 2020.
Memberships & Associations
Dylan is a member of the Mauritius Bar Association
Dylan is a member of the Mauritius Bar Association