Devanand Mahadeva
Director
A fourth-generation lawyer, Devanand Mahadeva, heads the Inheritance and Personal Law Practice of the Kaden Boriss Legal Consultancy in the UAE. Devanand is a specialist in inheritance planning for individuals and Succession planning of Businesses with a vast experience of 31 years in the Inheritance laws of various countries, regions and religions including the Sharia. He advises his clients on matters such as Inheritance & Inheritance Tax Planning, Family Business Succession, Trusts, Family Partition and Family Disputes Resolution.
He graduated from Govt. Law College, Madurai in 1992. After the initial days of Civil & Inheritance Law Practice in India with Kalkura & Kalkura and a five-year stint with the Government of the Republic of Maldives developing and re-training their Human Resources, Devanand moved to the UAE and was with Zurich International Life, Abu Dhabi and Continental Financial Services, Dubai. He then set up the firm Lasting Legacy, which later expanded into India and Sri Lanka. Lasting Legacy, Dubai merged with Bestwins Law Corporation in 2016 and later got rebranded as Bakertilly Law Corporation in 2023. After parting ways from the partnership, he is now part of the Kaden Boriss Legal Consultancy team.
Apart from being a highly successful lawyer, Devanand has written a number of articles on inheritance and family matters in the English language newspapers in the UAE. He is well-known amongst the Tamil Community in the UAE as the lawyer who conducts a weekly Legal Help Show in Tamil 89.4 FM and he also joins the Helen Farmer Show on Dubai Eye 103.8 FM in English.
Devanand was an Interactor from 1983 to 85 and has been active with the Rotaract movement since 1985 having authored “Pocket book on Rotaract” in 1989. He was the Charter President of Rotaract Club of Trivandrum Central in 1986-87. He is the Past District Rotaract Representative (1991-92) of Rotary International District 3210 (3211/3212). He was an Honorary Rotarian of the Rotary Club of Aurangabad West, R. I. District 3132. He is a Past President of Rotary Club of Dubai Downtown and the District Youth Services Chair of R. I. District 2452.
Apart from that he has been a member of BNI since 2012. He is currently a member of the Gravitas Chapter in North Dubai. He is a Past Chairman of the Sri Lankan Business Council, Dubai & Northern Emirates, a member of the Singapore Business Council, Dubai, and a member of The Human Resources Forum, Dubai.
Devanand is a qualified member of Personal Financial Society of UK and Chartered Insurance Institute of UK, and is also a member of the International Bar Association, UK.
He is fluent in English, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Sinhala and Dhivehi.
Email Address – deva@kadenboriss.com
