BLC Robert & Associates

Dispute Resolution and Insolvency

Partner

Mushtaq Namdarkhan is a Partner at BLC Robert & Associates in the Dispute Resolution practice area. He is mainly involved in corporate/commercial litigations and arbitrations as well as insolvency and restructuring transactions. Mushtaq regularly appears before the Supreme Court of Mauritius in shareholder disputes, banking litigation and construction disputes among others. He appears before the Designated Judges in applications involving the International Arbitration Act and the Convention for the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards Act. He is also involved in a number of high-value domestic and international commercial arbitrations.

Mushtaq has co-authored the BLC Robert publication “Why Mauritius? A National Court in Support of International Arbitration” in 2016 and has regularly contributed to the “Chambers Global Practice Guides” on Insolvency and Litigation. He also intervenes as a speaker at several international arbitration conferences, including the East Africa International Arbitration Conference.

Prior to joining BLC Robert, Mushtaq was in the Restructuring and Insolvency Group at the London office of Herbert Smith (now Herbert Smith Freehills).

English and French

Honourable Society of Gray's Inn Mauritius Bar Association MARC 45 (Association of young arbitration practitioners under the aegis of the Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry Arbitration Centre) Country coordinator, Africa Construction Law Board member, Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre

Diploma in International Arbitration, CIArb Diploma in Civil Law, Université de la Réunion Admitted to the Roll of Solicitors of England and Wales Sworn in as a barrister, Republic of Mauritius LL.M (Commercial Law), University of Cambridge, England Called to the Bar of England and Wales, Gray’s Inn MA (Hons) Law, University of Cambridge, England