About Us

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 Muhammad Reza Uteem, 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.

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 a portfolio of high-net-worth individuals who require international tax planning and estate planning. It 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.

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 has been involved in several high-profile litigation and arbitration cases involving cross border disputes. Recent assignments include successfully representing a shareholder before the Privy Council and a leading US laboratory in an international arbitration.

We are committed to keeping our overhead low so that we can pass the savings along to our clients.

We offer flat rates for some of our services so that you know "up front" what you are going to pay.

Otherwise, our fees are based on the number of hours devoted to the client’s matter

multiplied by different fee scales depending on the experience and seniority of the legal

practitioner working on the matter. Our hourly rates range between USD 175 to USD 450 (exclusive of VAT).

In the course of our engagement, we will use our available support systems. In addition to

our fees for legal services, we will charge separately for certain costs and expense

disbursements, including long distance telephone, telecopy, messenger, courier and other

communications costs; document reproduction; document preparation using our word

processing facilities; travel; filing fees; and other fees and expenses payable to third parties incurred on your behalf.

Unless other arrangements have been expressly agreed in writing, payments are due upon receipt of our statements.

If at any time you wish to discuss any matter relating to our billing policies or a specific billing statement, we encourage you to communicate with us.

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