Aghini is a Senior Associate in our Litigation team and handles civil and commercial matters before the Courts of Mauritius. She also has experience in all aspects of intellectual property law.
Aghini Goinden is an Attorney-at-Law at Eversheds which she joined in December 2018 following one year of pupillage at Dentons Mauritius LLP. Aghini is a member of our litigation team.
She deals in several areas such as civil law, commercial, intellectual property, insolvency, bankruptcy and family law. Aghini’s day-to-day work consists of drafting of judicial and extra-judicial documents, power of attorneys, drafting of pleadings and preparation of cases for matters before the Courts of Mauritius (District Courts, Industrial Court, Intermediate Court, Supreme Court) and Tribunals. She also regular appears before the Courts of Mauritius and is well conversant with the procedures in Mauritius.
She also advises extensively on intellectual property law matters in Mauritius. She is well known for her expertise in intellectual property and protects and enforces not less than 100 famous international brands for the leading pharmaceutical companies, alcohol beverages companies, multinational consumer goods companies, multinationals specializing in luxury goods and motor vehicles amongst others. She has hands-on experience in all aspects of intellectual property protection and enforcement, ranging from simple or contested registrations, invalidations, litigation before the Industrial Property Tribunal and the Supreme Court.
Aghini is also able to offer services such as customs enforcement of intellectual property rights (border protection), requests to conduct raids, assist in civil and criminal actions, sending cease and desist letters/notices to infringing importers, assist in drafting and concluding settlement agreements (re-export or destructions), initiate appropriate legal actions before the relevant courts of Mauritius for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in Mauritius.
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- Aghini provides legal assistance to individuals in Mauritius who obtain legal aid under the Legal Aid Scheme to be a party to civil proceedings.
- Aghini also regularly advise on family matters (divorce, immediate care and control, custody and alimony) and make representations on behalf of clients in family matters before the Supreme Court of Mauritius (Family Division).
- University of Mauritius, 2017, Law Practitioners Vocational Course (Attorney-at-Law)
- University of Mauritius, 2016, Bachelor of Laws with Honours