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Amjad Hussain

Advising Masraf Al Rayan, a listed commercial Islamic bank in Qatar with a subsidiary in the United Kingdom on its merger with Al Khalij Commercial Bank (al khaliji), a Qatar listed bank with subsidiaries in France and the United Arab Emirates to create the largest Islamic bank in Qatar and with combined assets of more than US$47billion.
Award winning: advising Barwa Bank on the acquisition of International Bank of Qatar’s Islamic window, Alyusr Islamic.
Advising a prominent family office in the region in connection with the acquisition of a manufacturing plant.
Advising a Qatar-based investor in connection with a joint venture arrangement to establish a manufacturing plant.
Advising a significant family office on the merger of a manufacturing plant in the region.
Advising a significant Qatar-based family office in connection with the establishment of a hotel and service residential development.
Advising a number of prominent family offices in Qatar on pre-IPO corporate reorganisation exercises.
Advising a regional entity in connection with the reorganisation of its education business.
Advising a significant Qatar-based corporate in respect of the sale of hospitality assets in Qatar.
Advising a prominent family office in connection with the development of a hotel facility in the MENA region.
Advising a Qatar-based family office in connection with its acquisition of an industrial plant in the region.
Advising a regional investor in connection with the establishment of a web-based education business.
Advising the project company in respect of a US$450 million MENA-wide subsea fibre optic cable network.
Advising on a joint venture arrangement concerning the establishment of two hospitality assets in the region.
Advising a leading property developer in respect of a number of development financing facilities valued in excess of US$1.5 billion for the construction of a luxurious mixed-use scheme in Qatar.
Advising on conventional and Islamic facilities in excess of QAR5 billion for the construction of a residential facility in Qatar.
Advising a real estate development company in connection with a QAR800 million facility for the construction of a luxurious hospitality asset in Asia.
Advising a borrower in Qatar on a QAR250 million facility for the construction of a hotel and service apartment residential facility.
Advising a regional lender in connection with an Islamic facility of over U$1 billion in respect of a development of a luxurious mixed-use scheme in Turkey.
Advising a regional Islamic bank regarding the restructuring of a QAR700 million facility made available for the construction of a retail asset in Qatar.
Advising a leading family office in connection with a QAR1.2 billion Shari’ah and conventional syndicated facility.
Advising on the restructuring of facilities over QAR1.2 billion for a significant family office in Qatar.
Advising an Islamic lender in connection with a QAR1.25 billion facility made available to a government linked agency.
Advising a prominent corporate entity in Qatar in respect of a EUR52 million vessel financing facility to fund the construction of a dredger.
Advising an Islamic bank on a US$200 million facility made available for the acquisition of vessels in the region.
Advising a Qatar-based bank on a US$200 million facility made available to a project in the renewables sector.
Advising Mazaya Qatar Real Estate Development Company on the signing of a dual-currency US$106.7 million syndicated murabaha facility for the construction of the Sidra Village housing project.
Advising a listed entity in Qatar in connection with a US$500 million club facility made available by a syndicate of banks.
Advising an Islamic bank on the insolvency of a European debtor with operations in the Middle East.
Drafting a suite of standard documents for SME financings on behalf of a development bank in the region.
Advising Qatar Free Zones Authority on the drafting of the regulatory framework for the Qatar Free Zone, including drafting the Licensing Regulations, Companies Regulations, Mandate and Powers Regulations, Employment Regulations, Immigration Regulations, Building Permits and Planning Regulations, Land Lease and Use Regulations, Fees, Fines and Disciplinary Regulations, Insolvency Regulations, Collateral and Security Regulations, Health, Safety and Environmental Regulations, Intellectual Property Regulations, Data Protection Regulations, Anti-Money Laundering Regulations, Anti-Bribery Regulations, Customs Regulations, Staff Accommodation Regulations, Dispute Resolution Regulations, Financial Services Regulations, and Legal Services Regulations.
Advising Media City in relation to benchmark analyses and drafting legal and regulatory framework to establish a free trade zone in Qatar that is aimed at attracting global media companies to Doha free zone on its regulatory framework.
Advising in connection with laws and regulations to be promulgated or amended by a number of economic zone authorities in the Middle East.
Advising two regional financial institutions in connection with US Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings of Arcapita.
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