Mauritius

Firm overview

Venture Law is an established leading law firm delivering quality and innovative legal solutions on corporate and banking/finance transactions, including cross-border deals into Africa, Middle East and Asia. 

We are acclaimed for our reputation to respond promptly, efficiently and with clarity. 

Alongside our corporate and trust service company, we offer a markedly different and enriching experience to our international clients by providing bespoke and seamless legal and secretarial solutions under one roof.

We maintain a broad client base, comprising mostly FTSE100 and Fortune500 companies, leading IFIs and DFIs, fund managers, and private clients.

Firm overview

C&A Law is dedicated to remain at the cutting edge of its areas of practice and is solution driven. 

We are commended by our clients for our prompt response, commercially sound advice, accessibility of our lawyers and cost-effective service.

Our clients have been with us for several years, if not, since the beginning of our journey. We have a diversified portfolio of clients consisting of leading financial institutions, investment banks, multi-nationals, listed companies, private equity funds and high net-worth individuals.

The firm’s knowledge and experience across the full range of corporate, commercial and regulatory areas facilitate the provision of continued and efficient support to our clients in their activities. We accompany clients not only in their initial structuring and setting up of their businesses but also throughout their corporate existence. Our services range from the provision of tailor-made solutions relating to regulatory matters, to handling all aspects of capital raising, on-going corporate and commercial issues, listing, and insolvency matters. 

C&A Law is the Mauritius representative of the LEGUS, a global network of law firms.

Firm overview

Madun Gujadhur Chambers LLP (MGC) is one of the most established commercial sets in Mauritius, renowned for its expertise in financial services, corporate law, and dispute resolution. We regularly advise leading global financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, Barclays Bank, JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Citi, Morgan Stanley, ICICI, and HDFC.

Our firm is frequently instructed by magic circle law firms such as A&O Sherman, Linklaters, and Clifford Chance, as well as leading international and U.S. law firms, including Baker & McKenzie, Ropes & Gray, Akin Gump, Kirkland & Ellis, and Clyde & Co. Additionally, we collaborate with leading Indian law firms, such as Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, AZB, Nishith Desai Associates, Trilegal, and Luthra & Luthra.

MGC has a strong track record of advising multinational corporations, hedge funds, private equity firms, and 5 investment managers, including Bain Capital and Carlyle. Our firm also regularly works with top Indian private equity firms and fund managers, such as Kotak Mahindra, Tata, and ICICI Ventures.

A key area of our expertise is fund structuring and regulatory advisory work. We are involved in the formation and structuring of numerous Mauritius-based private equity funds and holding companies. As part of this, we frequently provide legal opinions to leading development finance institutions, including CDC, IFC, DEG, and FMO.

On instructions from international law firms, we have advised several promoters and fund managers on establishing their investment vehicles in Mauritius. These vehicles facilitate cross-border investments across India and Africa in key growth sectors such as clean energy, financial services, leisure and hospitality, infrastructure, private education, and healthcare.

Beyond transactional and advisory work, MGC has an exceptionally strong litigation practice. As a predominantly commercial set, we specialise in commercial litigation, corporate disputes, and insolvency matters. Our barristers are frequently engaged in shareholder disputes, enforcement of security, winding-up and insolvency proceedings, and court-sanctioned schemes of arrangement.

Firm overview

YKJ Legal is a leading corporate and commercial law firm in Mauritius. As a team, we provide optimal legal expertise and value. We also advise on complex cross border transactions structured through the Mauritius jurisdiction.  

We have established ourselves as a reputable law firm, matching customised quality service and solutions with client expectations.   

Our client base includes international banks, insurance companies, investment funds, institutional investors and private clients from various sectors and geographies.  

We form part of the ALFA International Global Legal Network.