Imteaz Bundhoo

Overview

Imteaz is an outside consultant to SC Legal, a barrister with almost a quarter century of experience in compliance, global business, insolvency, regulatory and gambling matters. His diverse experience in litigation, advisory and transactional work is complemented by hands-on experience gained at a bank and a management company.

He thus combines the skills of both independent and in-house practice, and draws on his experience to deliver practical solutions whilst keeping the end result very much in mind.

Bio

Imteaz read law in London and Toulouse and was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in July 2000. He was in private practice at the chambers of Sir Hamid Moollan KC G.O.S.K..

Throughout his practice Imteaz has appeared regularly as counsel before the Courts, Commissions and other specialised Tribunals. His practice encompassed both the criminal and civil fields, with a strong prevalence of civil and commercial litigation at all levels. Besides litigation, Imteaz has also been instructed as junior counsel in domestic and international arbitration.

In March 2012, he left private practice to take up employment as Senior Vice President, Head of Legal & Compliance of Century Banking Corporation, the only Islamic bank in Mauritius. As Head of Legal, Imteaz had overall responsibility for all legal affairs of the bank, including the drafting and review of agreements, interaction with the Central Bank and reporting to the Board.

In November 2013, he moved to the Global Business sector as Head of Legal of a management company acting as administrator to a number of private equity funds with outbound investments into real estate in India. Throughout his time in Global Business, Imteaz worked on due diligence exercises and drafted and reviewed fund constitutional documents, loan facility agreements, security agreements, and shareholders' and share purchase agreements, amongst others. He interacted extensively with law firms and legal advisers in the US, UK and India on a significant number of issues relating to investor relationships, fund administration and reporting.

Since July 2017, Imteaz has resumed practice at the bar, focusing on transactional, advisory and tax assignments. He has assisted a large UK-based entity in restructuring its investments and is putting in place the share purchase and subscription agreements. He is regularly instructed by one of the most significant conglomerates in oil and gas in Mauritius on its tax disputes, and acts as legal adviser to a large bookmaking business in Mauritius.

Experience

• Barrister: regularly appeared before Mauritian Courts, Commissions and Specialised Tribunals, with a focus on civil and commercial litigation across all levels.
• Junior Counsel (domestic and international arbitration): instructed in complex cross-border and domestic arbitration proceedings.
• Senior Vice President and Head of Legal & Compliance: Century Banking Corporation, with overall responsibility for legal affairs and Central Bank regulatory interaction.
• Head of Legal (Global Business sector): administered private equity funds with outbound investments into Indian real estate, managing cross-border due diligence and investor relations across the US, UK and India.
• Transactional, advisory and tax: corporate restructurings, tax disputes for oil and gas conglomerates, and commercial advisory for large local enterprises.

Boards and associations

• Outside consultant (current): SC Legal.
• Legal Adviser (current): retained by a large local bookmaking business.
• Chambers Member (former): began his career and practised at the chambers of Sir Hamid Moollan KC G.O.S.K..
• Executive Committee and Board liaison (former): Century Banking Corporation.