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BLC Robert & Associates Offices
2ND FLOOR, THE AXIS
26 BANK STREET, CYBERCITY
EBENE 72201, MAURITIUS
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Mr André Robert
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Senior Attorney & Partner
Career
André Robert is a Senior Attorney and Partner at BLC Robert & Associates, where he co-heads, with Senior Counsel Iqbal Rajahbalee, the Dispute Resolution team of the firm.
He is known to provide expert advice to commercial firms, banks, insurance companies, sugar estates, petroleum companies, hotels and textiles companies, as well as para-statal bodies. In addition to assisting in litigation challenges including offshore litigation, he works with chambers dedicated to the field of local and international arbitrations as well as trademark litigation.
André is the fifth generation of a family of lawyers, heading Etude Robert in close collaboration with a team of Attorneys and legal assistants. Etude Robert was founded by Mr Frédéric Robert, Attorney, in 1857. Etude Robert merged with BLC in 2016 to form BLC Robert.
André holds a Bachelor of General Studies degree (Diplome d’ Etudes Universitaires Générales), an LLB and an LLM with Specialisation Judicial Career where he ranked 1st, all from Aix-en-Provence University (France). During his professional journey, André was a lecturer in Civil Law at the Council of Legal Education and was part of the panel for Attorneys’, Barristers’ and Notaries’ examinations. He was a former Vice Chairman of the Mauritius Law Society.
Languages
English and French
Memberships
- Mauritius Law Society
Education
- Senior Attorney-at-law
- Diplôme d’Etudes Universitaires Générales (DEUG), Aix en Provence University
- Licence en Droit, Aix en Provence University
- Maîtrise en Droit (Specialisation Judicial Career) Ranked 1st, Aix en Provence University
Leisure
André is a member of the Rotary Club of Curepipe, and is a regular cyclist during the week-ends. He is a board member of Junior Achievement Mauritius and of Cheshire Homes Mauritius.
Lawyer Rankings
Mauritius > Leading firms
(Leading individuals)BLC Robert & Associates is notable in the finance space, acting for financial institutions, private equity funds, and multinational corporations. The firm’s full-service offering includes a dedicated dispute resolution team, led jointly by managing partner and complex corporate structuring and governance authority Iqbal Rajahbalee SC and offshore and trademark litigation expert André Robert SA, and bolstered by the competencies of Mushtaq Namdarkhan in shareholder, banking, and construction disputes. Co-founder Jason Harel is seasoned in corporate, M&A and non-contentious tax work, while banking and finance head Jean-Eric Sauzier covers real estate, hospitality, and IT, supported by fund and sustainability financing specialist Valerie Bisasur and investment funds and capital markets-focused Bhavna Ramsurun. Fayaz Hajee Abdoula excels in employment law.