The Mauritian wing of ENSafrica is robustly equipped through its litigation practice and its transactions and corporate practice to service domestic and international clients alike in an array of matters including banking and finance, insurance, capital markets, employment, and intellectual property. Thierry Koenig manages the firm, with extensive experience in corporate M&A, project finance, banking and insolvency, with Martine de Fleuriot de la Coliniere leading on Indian Ocean commercial and corporate sector issues. Nashenta Vuddamalay Zindel specialises in regulatory services and financial markets and products. On the litigation and arbitration front, Maxime Sauzier SC heads the disputes and employment practice, assisted in commercial dispute resolution, employment, competition and revenue litigation by Shrivan Dabee.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘ENSafrica provides an experienced team of seasoned and young lawyers who can respond quickly and efficiently to a wide range of legal matters and queries. They have two sets of teams: litigation and transactional, each one specialising in a specific field and therefore developing high value expertise. Each is led by expert lawyers of more than 40 years of practice.’

  • ‘Thierry Koenig has over the years worked closely with us on important restructurings in different clusters and at holding level. He is highly reliable and has the capacity to find creative solutions. He is a very experienced attorney-at-law.’

  • ‘Maxime Sauzier heads the litigation team and is a very experienced and practical senior barrister. His great experience helps get to the crux of the matter rapidly, to find solutions rapidly and to avoid unnecessary litigation. He has a very good relationship with his colleagues and the bench, which helps a lot when he leads cases. He is a very good mentor for his team.’
  • ‘Shrivan Dabee is an outstanding young lawyer that works closely with us.’
  • ‘ENS helped us on a couple of financings involving Mauritian parties and we have been very satisfied with the service provided.’
  • ‘I like to work with Nashenta Vuddamalay.’

Key clients

  • The Standard Bank of South Africa
  • BluePeak Holdings SARL
  • Societe de Promotion et de Participation pour la Cooperation Economique S.A. (PROPARCO)
  • Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund LP
  • Edfi Management Company SA
  • SDG Investment Fund S.A., SICAV-RAIF
  • Mauritius Commercial Bank
  • Blue Lagoon Beach Hotel & Company Limited
  • Dynamic India Fund III
  • ICICI Bank Ltd | ICICI Venture Fund Management Company Limited
  • The Western India Trustee and Executor Company Limited
  • First Global Funds Limited
  • Visa International Service Association

Lawyers

Leading associates
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Leading partners
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Next Generation Partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Thierry Koenig

Other key lawyers

Maxime Sauzier, Martine de Fleuriot de la Colinière, Nashenta Vuddamalay Zindel, Shrivan Dabee