Uteem Chambers

UTEEM CHAMBERS is a leading law firm in Mauritius which provides high quality, efficient and pragmatic legal advice and solution in a timely manner to serve the clients’ needs.

Founded by Muhammad Reza Uteem, Uteem Chambers has a team of highly qualified legal professionals including lawyers qualified in Mauritius, England and Wales, France and Bangladesh. All the members of Uteem Chambers work as a close-knit team and actively collaborate on advice and cases as needed. The members of Uteem Chambers are also fluent in several languages including English, French, Spanish, Hindi, Urdu, Creole and Bengali.

Most of the Uteem Chambers’ practice involves providing legal advice to world’s leading international financial institutions, multilateral development banks, inter-governmental organizations and professional advisers including leading international law and accountancy firms.

Uteem Chambers has a portfolio of high-net-worth individuals who require international tax planning and estate planning. It undertakes international litigation including international bankruptcy, enforcement of international creditor’s claim and anti-money laundering. It also advises on various employment laws related issues to leading corporations on regular basis. It advises overseas governmental agencies and has been involved in legislative drafting in Mauritius.

Uteem Chambers has acted in some of the biggest and complex transactions involving Mauritius incorporated companies. Uteem Chambers’ advised a global bank in the financing of an acquisition of an Indian telecommunication company worth over $3.5 billion. The firm also acted for senior lenders in aircraft leasing transactions including Islamic leasing. The firm was involved in the setting up of several multi million private equity funds for investment into India, China and Africa mainly in the infrastructure and telecoms sectors.

Uteem Chambers has been involved in several high-profile litigation and arbitration cases involving cross border disputes. Recent assignments include successfully representing a shareholder before the Privy Council and a leading US laboratory in an international arbitration.

The Firm delivers clear, concise and practical advice and top class legal services based on an in-depth knowledge of the legal, regulatory and commercial environment in Mauritius. Our principal practice areas are as follows:-

• International Tax Planning and Domestic Tax;
• International Investments with an emphasis on private equity or collective investment scheme, including hedge funds;
• International and Domestic Trusts;
• Company Law Global Businesses and Partnerships;
• Joint Venture, Takeovers, Mergers and Acquisition and Bankruptcy;
• International Criminal Law and Economic Crimes;
• International Finance Law inclusive of capital structured finance and derivatives, asset finance, convertible equity and debt securities, traditional loan financing, secured or unsecured, straight or syndicated;
• Securitisation by making use of special purpose vehicles;
• Aircraft Leasing;
• International Banking and privatization;
• Contracts, Business Law and Franchising;
• IP/IT and Software Licensing
• Media, Film Production and Advertising;
• Sports Sponsorship;
• Corporate Matters and Compliance;
• Real Estate Investment and Leasing;
• Industrial and Employment Law;
• Civil and Commercial Litigation;
• Arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution; and
• Islamic Finance.