Yahia Nazroo > Appleby > Port Louis, Mauritius > Lawyer Profile
Appleby Offices
7TH FLOOR, HAPPY WORLD HOUSE 37,
SIR WILLIAM NEWTON STREET
PORT LOUIS
11328
Mauritius
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Yahia Nazroo
Work Department
Yahia Nazroo is a Partner and Practice Group Head of the Dispute Resolution department in Mauritius, having joined Appleby in December 2016. His practice focuses on civil, commercial and criminal litigation.
Position
Partner
Career
Yahia has a wide range of high value commercial and trust disputes, insolvency proceedings and judicial reviews. He recently provided expert opinion on Mauritian law to the Supreme Court in Bermuda and he routinely deals with offshore clients on commercial, civil and fund disputes. He has appeared with Nikki Singla QC in a trust litigation matter which has become the leading authority on trusts in Mauritius.
He is also a specialist in all matters pertaining to the laws of gaming and betting. He advises one of the two horseracing organisers in Mauritius. He also successfully represented an Italian jockey in the first case of ‘cheating’ tried in Mauritius under the Gambling Regulatory Authority Act.
Yahia acts as tutor for advocacy training of barristers at the Institute of Judicial and Legal Studies and is a regular resource person for the Institute. He has been for a number of years an examiner for bar exams for the Council of Vocational and Legal Education. He also sat on the Rules Committee of the Supreme Court of Mauritius.
Yahia represented law firms of Mauritius within the category of “Designated Non-Financial Business and Professions”(DNFBP) at the on-site assessment of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in September 2021, which subsequently led to Mauritius being removed from the FATF grey list in October 2021.
He regularly participates in Law Conferences including INSOL, India Disputes, The Cyber Crime Investigation and Cyber Forensics and the ICE Totally Gaming Conference.
Languages
Yahia is fluent in French and English.
Memberships
He has served six years on the Bar Council for the Mauritius Bar Association and has been the Secretary of the Council for five years.
Yahia is a resource person for the Institute of the Judicial and Legal Studies where he provides courses for barristers and attorneys in pursuance of their Continuous Professional Development. He is also an Advocacy Tutor and has previously acted as Examiner for the Bar exams under the Council for Vocational Legal Education (CVLE).
Education
University of Mauritius – BA Hons English
University of Leeds (England) – LLM (Master of Laws)
Nottingham Law School (England) – BVC (Bar Vocational Course)
Lawyer Rankings
Mauritius > Barristers: Commercial disputes
(Leading Juniors)Yahia Nazroo – Appleby ‘Very collaborative and very passionate about what he does such that he will not only advise you on a subject that you need his service for but will look into the big picture and examine all the expected impacts.’
Appleby leverages the resources of its broad network in assisting major corporate service providers, financial institutions, funds, professional directors, investors and corporations with a broad range of high-value commercial and trust disputes, insolvency proceedings and judicial review. Yahia Nazroo represented a global management consulting firm in a breach of contract claim in relation to mining operations in PIP Global solutions v Endeavour Mining Corporation, and in the finance space secured application for the erasure of a privilege inscribed by the Mauritius Revenue Authority upon a property in Sooknah & Nive Co Ltd v Mauritius Revenue Authority IPO & The Conservator of Mortgages.
Mauritius > Leading firms
Capitalising on its international footprint, Appleby services a plethora of multi-jurisdictional financial institutions, as well as domestic and international corporations across regulated industries like energy, tech and agriculture. The firm is retained on an array of corporate and commercial matters, with non-contentious and contentious mandates split respectively between Malcolm Moller‘s corporate team and Yahia Nazroo‘s dispute resolution team. The former advises on complex, high-value M&A transactions, financing and securitisations, and regulatory compliance and due diligence, while the latter counts among his specialisms commercial and trust disputes, insolvency proceedings, and gaming and betting law. Sharmilla Bhima contributes extensive experience in international arbitration and the enforcement of foreign judgments, and Farzanah Nawool excels in banking and finance law. Dushyant Ramdhur left the firm in April 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading firms Mauritius
- Leading Juniors Mauritius > Barristers: Commercial disputes
- Barristers: Commercial disputes Mauritius