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francis chang-sam

francis chang-sam -lrb- july 30 , 1948 -rrb- is a barrister-at-law of gray 's inn of london , an attorney-at-law of the supreme court of seychelles and notary .
he has been practicing law in the seychelles for over thirty years .
he started his legal career as a state counsel in the seychelles department of legal affairs headed by the attorney general .
he later held the post of registrar general in the same department where he acted as , among others duties , registrar of companies , registrar of land and registrar of trade marks .
he next served as legal draftsman and then principal legal draftsman in the attorney general 's office specialising in the drafting of legislations , commercial and other legal documents .
he later occupied the post of attorney general for a period of 6 years .
he also headed the secretariat responsible for drafting the constitution of the third republic of seychelles .
during his time in the public sector , mr. chang-sam served as board member on a number of government-owned corporations and statutory bodies -lrb- including the board of the central bank of seychelles and the board of air seychelles -rrb- .
mr. chang-sam has now been in private practice for over 10 years .
during this time , he has acted as local counsel in respect of several high profile tourism projects , foreign investments and other major business developments in the seychelles .
recently , he has chaired both the national law and order committee and the constitution review committee .
