Erriah Chambers

Firm Overview:
Erriah Chambers is the only Chambers in Mauritius which specialises in international tax law, international trusts law, international business laws and all aspect of offshore business activities. The Chambers was set up in response to the demand for Mauritius-based lawyers with international exposure and specialised expertise in the fields of international trusts, international finance, corporate and cross border insolvency, tracing and debts recovery. Erriah Chambers acts as legal adviser and legal consultant to various banks in Mauritius and internationally. More than 80% of the Chamber’s practice involves advising international clients,multinational enterprises, international law firms, the top ten international accountant firms, management companies, domestic and international banks. The Chambers is also involved in setting up of various investment funds with very complexed structures in India, various jurisdictions in Africa, and China etc. The Chambers provides litigation services, advice and legal opinions on any aspect of the laws of Mauritius, international tax planning, domestic taxation, import and export services, all cross-border transaction, hotel industry and construction law, international investments, international trusts law.

Main Areas of Practice:  

Banking & Finance:
European Investment Bank; SBI (Mauritius) Ltd (State Bank of India); Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited; State Bank Mauritius Ltd; Standard Bank (Mauritius) Limited; Investec Bank (Mauritius) Limited Investec Bank Plc
Key Clients: Standard Chartered Bank; State Bank of India & SBI (Mauritius) Limited; Barclays Bank Plc; Standard Bank South Africa; Investec Bank; Standard Bank and State Bank of Mauritius

Funds/ Securities:
(The list hereunder is not exhaustive, only recent ones included) SBM Mauritius Asset Managers ltd; Prudential Asset Management Limited; Pinnacle Fund Limited; Brahma Long Equity; Meghraj Group; Deutsche Bank; Alchemy (With Sadis Goldberg _US Law Firm); Capvent; Basil Growth; SBM India Fund; SBM Brict Fund

Commercial Litigation:
Represented Standard Chartered Bank (Mauritius) Limited in a commercial litigation for enforcement of various securities given in favour of the bank.

Corporate, Trust, Tax:
(The list hereunder is exhaustive, only recent one included) Brahma Asset Management; Norton Rose South Africa (Project Beitbridge Border);Norton Rose (Asia) LLP (Sale of Shares)-; CAPVENT; SAIF Partners India Ltd All three Aircraft Leasing for Air Asia with law firms (Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy etc and the financiers); CIM Global Business; SG Financial Services (sale of Property in UK); First Venture (Sale of Property in UK); KPMG Corporate Finance with Goodman (law firm in Canada) acting for State Bank of Mauritius; Project Archipel –Sun Resort and Appavoo; Project Mansions- Standard Chartered Bank and Norton Rose (Singapore); Aircraft Finance & Leasing & Project Finance; ICIL Sepang Co., Ltd; Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited; Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale; Air Asia Ltd; Calyon; BNP Paribas; Euler Hermes Kreditversicherungs AG; Aircraft leasing projects and finance for AirAsia with White & Case, DVB Bank, Societe Generale; Compagnie Française d’Assurance pour le Commerce Extérieur; White & Case (UK) and (Singapore), Norton Rose.

Law firms: Solicitor/ HWL Ebsworth Lawyers, KPMG Corporate Finance, Zul Rafique & partners, Brahma Fund Management, Deval Patel Associates, MakeMyTrip Ltd, Allen & Overy, (London), White & Case,Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Simmons & Simmons, Allen Arthur, Robinson, Linklaters, Francis Lefebvre, Herbert Smith, Societe Generale, Hogan & Hartson, Cameron Mackenna (London).

Contact: Dev R. Erriah
Tel: +230 208 2220 / +230 208 3220 / 254 5116 (Mobile)
Email: deverriah@intnet.mu

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  Mauritius

  General Business Law (Band 3)
  Dev Erriah (Band 2)
  

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• Dev Erriah