Muhammad Reza Cassam Uteem

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.

The head of Uteem Chambers, Muhammad Reza Uteem, has over for the past 15 years been advising international clients on complex legal issues arising in the fields of banking and finance, securities law, corporate law, cross border insolvency, international tax and trusts laws and dispute resolution as well as in all aspects of offshore business activities. He was formerly an associate at the US firm Winthrop Stimson Putnam & Robert (now Pilsburry Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP) and worked principally in its Hong Kong and Singapore offices. He is assisted by a team of highly qualified legal professionals including lawyers qualified in Mauritius, England, Malaysia 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, Chinese (both Cantonese and Mandarin), Malay, Hindi, Urdu 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.