Kawthur Soreefan

Kawthur Soreefan is a Senior Associate at BLC Robert & Associates and a key member of the Corporate & Commercial / M&A practice. She is recognised for her strong transactional capabilities and strategic advisory work on complex cross-border M&A, equity investments, corporate restructurings, and general business law matters.

Kawthur regularly advises both domestic and international clients, including listed and private corporates, financial sponsors, and private equity funds across diverse sectors such as financial services, education, hospitality, telecommunications, and energy. She recently assisted The Access Bank UK Limited on its acquisition of a majority stake in AfrAsia Bank Limited, a significant transaction in the banking sector involving multi-layered regulatory approvals and comprehensive legal due diligence.

She also assisted Inspired Finco Holdings Limited, part of Inspired Education Group, in its strategic acquisition of Northfields International School in Mauritius – marking Inspired’s entry into the Mauritian education market. The transaction involved full-scope legal due diligence, structuring advice, negotiation and drafting of transaction documents and assistance with closing.

She also routinely advises on trust law, employee share incentive schemes, and estate planning.

• Corporate & Commercial
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Trusts
• Employee share incentive plans

• Mauritius Bar Association
• Honourable Society of Inner Temple

2015 – 2016: Bar Professional Training Course, Northumbria University, U.K.

2012 – 2015: Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with Honours, Middlesex University

2022 – Present: Associate, BLC Robert & Associates

2020 – 2021: Senior Legal Executive, BLC Robert & Associates

2019 – 2020: Legal Executive, BLC Robert & Associates

2018 – 2019: Junior Legal Executive, BLC Robert & Associates

• Advised Vivo Energy plc in respect of its acquisition of Engen International Holdings (Mauritius) Limited by Vivo Energy’s subsidiary, Vivo Energy Investments B.V and on the Mauritian law implications of its IPO in the UK.
• Advised United Technologies Corporation, a systems supplier to the aerospace and defence industry on the Mauritian element of its multi-jurisdictional restructuring
• Advised the Seven Energy Group on its sale to the Savannah Petroleum Group
• Recently advised Ocorian Group and Estera Group on the amalgamation of Ocorian Corporate Services (Mauritius) Limited (“Ocorian”) and Estera Management (Mauritius) Limited with Ocorian as the surviving entity
• Recently advised a global impact investor on its strategic partnership with a global investment company which was structured as a USD 500 million multi-fund investment
• Recently advised a USA incorporated multinational corporation, and a technology pioneer with market leadership in conversational Artificial Intelligence and ambient intelligence on regulatory compliance matters
• Recently advised on the corporate aspects of the intra-group IP restructuring of Europe’s top online payment solutions company
• Recently advised a leading Africa-focused telecom infrastructure provider in connection with its migration from Mauritius and its subsequent listing
• Advised a giant agri-business group in connection with a corporate re-organisation of its business portfolio
• Assisted IHS Holding Limited in connection with the migration of its corporate seat from Mauritius to Cayman Islands and the migration of its tax status to the United Kingdom for the purposes of an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange