Steven Sengayen is a Practising Solicitor of England & Wales and the managing director of Steven & Associates Law Firm based in Mauritius. Steven is presently the President of International Law Association (Mauritius Branch). He is also based in the City of London with in-depth experience of law and its application in dispute resolution, litigation and corporate transactions, international finance and investment activities.
In April 2017, he was selected by the World Bank Group to participate in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2018 report as an expert in the area of insolvency in Mauritius.
Further in September 2012, he compiled a country report entitled “Business in Mauritius 2012” which was published and distributed in the UK’s Sunday Telegraph Newspaper.
Previously, Steven worked for a number of magic circle law firms in the UK such as Freshfields Bruckhaus and Deringer, Linklaters, Herbert Smith LLP and Sullivan and Cromwell LLP. He also worked for prestigious institutions such as the British Institute of International and Comparative Law in the fields of EU competition and financial law and the International Defence Attorneys Association.
He read law (LL.B from University of Hull; Pg. Dip. Legal Practice from University of Oxford; LL.M -Master of Laws in International finance and securities law from University of London, kings and Queen Mary Colleges ). He also gained a double degrees, a BA Hons. in economics and law from London Guildhall University as well as Licence degree in Administration Economique et Social (AES) from University of Paris V – Rene Descartes (France) respectively. Steven trained and qualified as an English Solicitor in London. In December 2014, Steven graduated with an MBA Finance from University of Bradford, School of Management (Triple Crown Accreditation). In September 2012, Steven was elected Freeman for the City of London Solicitors’ Company.