AFRICAN HUB COUNTRIES LEADING LAWYERS
António Vicente Marques Managing Partner
AVM Advogados Luanda, Angola
Tel: +244 92 3610786 Email:
avm@avm-advogados.com Web:
www.avm-advogados.com
Iqbal Rajahbalee, Senior counsel Managing partner
BLC Chambers Port Louis, Mauritius
Tel: +230 2137920 Email:
Iqbal.r@blc.mu Web:
www.blc.mu
Practice areas: Banking
Energy and natural resources Finance and insurance Litigation and arbitration Tax and custom law
Capital markets Public law
Telecommunications
Languages: Portuguese, English, French, Spanish Bar admissions: Angola, Brazil, Portugal
Association memberships: Portuguese Arbitration Association International Bar Association World Service Group Member of the Portuguese Group of AIPPI
Academic qualifications: University of Coimbra Law School Post-graduate Degree, European Economic Criminal Law, Institute of European and Economic Criminal Law, University of Coimbra Law School M.A. Company Law, University of Coimbra Law School Oil and Gas Specialisation, London
Related articles by this lawyer: Oil and Gas Decommissioning, Angola chapter – London, 2013
The Rebirth of Africa?; IBA Global Insight; Ed. December2012/ January 2013
Energising Africa, Iberian Lawyer, Ed. November/ December 2012
Oil and Gas Decommissioning, Law Policy and Comparative Practice, September 2012 Energising the Portuguese market, Iberian Lawyer, Ed. July/ August 2012
Oil regulation – Angola, Oil regulation in 35 jurisdiction worldwide, July de 2012
The Land Planning and Urbanism in Angola. “Reports on” Law of Urban and Regional Planning Vol. I, from Dra. Fernanda Paula Oliveira, Almedina, 24 May 2012
Capitalising on energy synergies across Mozambique and Angola, Iberian Lawyer, Ed. March/ April 2012
A new balance of power in Africa’s energy markets; Iberian Lawyer, Ed. November/ December 2011
Energising the emerging markets, Iberian Lawyer, Ed. September/ October 2011
Clients told IFLR1000: “Rajahbalee understands the technical aspects of both financial and corporate deals very well and he’s very knowledgeable about the Mauritius regulations.”
Biography: Iqbal Rajahbalee is the founder of BLC Chambers. Senior counsel, with over 25 years of practice in corporate law, banking and finance, he pioneered the Mauritius offshore industry and has gained solid accolades from offshore clients who remark that “he knows this business outstandingly well’. Iqbal has had an exceptional exposure to both public and private sides of the business environment. He was appointed as the first Executive Director of the first Mauritius offshore regulatory authority and subsequently the first Chief Executive of the Financial Services Commission. Iqbal also served as Assistant Solicitor General at the Attorney General‘s Office. He drafted numerous pieces of legislation, including the Trusts Act and the Securities Act. He has advised on infrastructure projects, shareholders disputes in large conglomerates, on private equity funds investing in Africa and Asia, and on international taxation. He is Mauritius legal counsel to General Electric, Barclays Bank, BlackRock among others and has appeared as counsel in high profile litigation involving shareholders to joint ventures, and high net worth family businesses. He was also called as expert witness on Mauritius law before foreign courts, including the UK and Singapore courts. To observers, Iqbal is a “sensible choice for large corporate transactions”.
Recent transactional highlights: Iqbal is the Mauritius counsel and advisor on the setting up of an environmental infrastructure fund in Africa.
He is also acting as Mauritius Counsel to the Transaction Adviser on the biggest infrastructure project in Mauritius. The project is for Traffic Decongestion Programme involving the setting up of a ring road around the capital city and the upgrading and expansion of the national highway road network.
Iqbal is advising as Mauritius counsel in the reorganisation of mining group in Zimbabwe.
Practice areas: Financial services regulatory Investment funds
Mergers and acquisitions
Sector specialisation: Financial and corporate
Languages: English, French Bar admissions:Mauritius
Association memberships: Honourable Society of the Middle Temple (Inn of Courts, London) Mauritius Bar Council
Academic qualifications: LL.B & LL.M, London School of Economics and Political Science
General business
International tax Litigation
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