Financial Services and Regulatory
Financial Services and Regulatory
Long-standing knowledge of the Mauritius IFC
As the volume of funds continue to grow and become more sophisticated, the fund management industry is evolving with diversification in asset classes, tax and regulatory reforms as well as investor expectations.
This is where the demand for specialist legal advice and agility is more important than ever. At BLC Robert & Associates, we have the breadth and depth of expertise to advise on all aspects of fund formation, closings, investor relationship, regulatory and tax structuring, all in a timely manner.
Our team goes the extra mile to understand your business and investment objectives, enabling them to craft tailored, innovative and relevant solutions to complex issues. BLC Robert & Associates has been advising on collective investment schemes, private equity funds, and real estate investment funds aggregating an asset base of over US$10 billion.
Our services for advising financial services include listed companies, reporting issuers, funds (open-ended funds and closed-ended funds), financial services providers, brokers, financial advisers, insurance companies and fiduciary businesses.
Our Expertise
- Fund Formation
- Pre-investment documentation
- Governance & Tax Compliance
- AML/CFT Compliance
- Regulatory Enforcement Actions
- Private Equity Transactions
- Fund Management
Key Contacts
Recent Works
- Acting as legal advisor for LeapFrog Emerging Consumer Fund III, the third fund of the impact investing manager Leapfrog targeting investments in financial inclusion and health in Africa and Asia with a fund size of USD 700 million.
- Advised AfricInvest on the setting up of Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund LLC, a fund targeting investments in startups or ventures that leverage technology and innovative models to respond to socio-economic challenges.
- Assisting in the set-up and closings of a USD 600 million fund established under the laws of Mauritius to focus on and invest in opportunities in businesses that provide relevant, affordable and quality financial and healthcare products and services to the emerging consumer.
- Advising Verod on the establishment of Verod Capital Growth III LP, a fund seeking to invest in high growth sections such as consumer goods and services, light manufacturing, agribusiness, financial services, business services and education.
- Advising AfricInvest on the setting up of AfricInvest Financial Inclusion Vehicle LLC, an evergreen platform for investing in financial institutions in Africa.
- Assisting Lion’s Head Global Partners in the set-up of two funds established under the laws of Mauritius structured to execute primarily debt investments in local and hard currencies, in some instances in partnership with local financial institutions and/or other investors.
- Advising on the setting up of an investment fund with a USD1 Billion target size and focusing on diversified pan-African investments in established and growing companies.
- Acting as Mauritian legal advisor in the formation of Alitheia IDF Fund LP, a USD 75 million fund investing primarily in high-growth small and medium enterprises in Africa with a specific focus on women-owned or led businesses to impact on the inclusion of more women as economic participants contributing to economic and social development.
- Advising Adiwale Partners on the setting up of Adiwale Fund I LP which focuses on investments across a broad spectrum of businesses in the Consumer, Business Services and Manufacturing sectors in Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso as well as Togo, Benin and Guinea.
- Advising on the setting up of Growthpoint Investec African Properties Limited which focuses on investing in income producing real estate, real estate related companies or companies in which the underlying investment value is linked to real estate assets.
- Mauritius legal adviser to LeapFrog Financial Inclusion Fund II, LP, USD 400 Million social impact PE fund.
- Assisting on the setting up of Mediterrania Capital III, L.P., a Mauritius domiciled fund with a target size of USD 300 million and focusing its investments in Northern African countries.
- Mauritius legal adviser to Berkeley Energy in the setting up and first closing of the African Renewable Energy Fund, a USD 200 Million PE fund.