How might BLC Robert act for you? We are a leading law firm in the area of dispute resolution in Mauritius. Our lawyers are actively involved in various forms of dispute resolution available. We are regularly called upon at the early stages of dispute situations where we give robust advice to the clients’ legal position, the strengths and weaknesses of their cases and the most effective avenues to settle the dispute, whether by mediation, narrowing down of issues and expert determination or arbitration of remaining issues, or formal legal notices.

Our numerous clients, both domestic and foreign, receive our expertise spanning across a range of industry sectors including Banking & Finance, real estate, construction, Employment, shareholder disputes, Corporate & Commercial, Insolvency, insurance, tax and hospitality. See also Corporate & Commercial, Employment, Insolvency, and Merger & Acquisition.

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Recent Matters

• Acting for a leading domestic contractor on a Rs 100 Million construction dispute with a luxury property developer.
• Appearing before Designated Judges of the Supreme Court on the successful application by the minority shareholders of a multi-million dollar joint venture to obtain interim injunctions under the International Arbitration Act 2008 so as to suspend the effects of a shareholder resolution in Mauritius which was contested in a foreign arbitration.
• Successfully acting for the majority shareholder in defending an application by the minority shareholder for leave to bring derivative actions on behalf of the company in respect of a GBP 7.5 million dispute.
• Acting for the majority shareholder of a mining group in an MCCI arbitration to defend claims of abuse of majority by a minority shareholder.
• Acting for the majority shareholder in pending and anticipated litigation in the Commercial and Bankruptcy Divisions of the Supreme Court to resolve shareholder and boardroom disputes relating to a global business company with a large Pan-African asset base.