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Port Louis 11328
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Devalingum Gopalla
Work Department
Banking and Finance
Position
Devalingum Gopalla is a Partner at Dentons and member of the global Banking & Finance practice.
Dev’s focus is on banking, finance, capital markets, private equity, mergers and acquisitions. He has experience acting as lead counsel in Mauritius on several project finance transactions with an ESG focus element and also is a trusted advisor to leading European banks on matters relating to listing on the Mauritius stock exchange. Dev has also advised US financial institutions on cross border bond issuance and also collaborated on a number of structured finance projects for the African and Asia markets. He has intervened as a speaker for the Euromoney Conferences in New York and Nairobi on African Lending and Private Equity.
Dev has served as the Mauritius Chapter and is a member of the international executive committee for the New York State Bar Association. Prior to joining Dentons, he worked as legal director for a leading African Development Financial Institution and also has been in private practice for a magic circle law firm.
Career
Head of Legal Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank, 2015
Associate Conyers Dill & Pearman, 2010
Junior Attorney Clifford Chance, 2002
Languages
English and French
Memberships
New York State Bar Association
Mauritius Bar Association
Honourable Society of Grays Inn
Education
King’s College London, LL.M., Banking and Finance
University of Oxford, PGDL, in Project finance
Lawyer Rankings
Mauritius > Leading firms
Dentons Mauritius LLP leverages its international network to provide a one-stop-shop service to leading financial service providers, investment funds, and insurance, energy, construction, real estate, and manufacturing sector clients, advising on a broad range of corporate law matters. Managing partner and African region banking and ESG lead Sivakumaren Mardemootoo heads the practice jointly with Priscilla Balgobin-Bhoyrul, who specialises in legislative development and regulatory compliance. Notable litigation partners include Jeeshna Radhakissoon, who is frequently retained on disputes arising from the financial services sector, and Shameek Jankee, who focuses on commercial disputes and insolvency matters. The firm continues to grow with the recent partner appointments of Bhomitrajeet Ramlochund, Rubesh Doomun and Devalingum Gopalla, and the addition of Vijay Poonoosamy from Etihad Aviation Group, all in January 2023.