Banking & Finance Law Firm of the Year – Port Louis, 2025
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 Mr. Muhammad Reza Uteem in 2010, 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. Uteem Chambers is currently headed by Ms. Dilruba Naoshin, Barrister-at-Law specialising in wide areas of banking and finance law, corporate and commercial law and Ms. Ruwaydah Jaunbaccus, Attorney-at-Law specialising in industrial property law, insurance, insolvency matters, employment law, litigations and alternative dispute resolution concerning all areas of civil law, corporate and commercial law. 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 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 also 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.
