Islamic Finance

We combine skills across the whole cycle of Islamic finance transactions. Our Islamic Finance group works hand-in-hand with our experienced Corporate and Finance lawyers based in the Persian Gulf, and apply their significant regional, European, United States, and international experience to a broad range of corporate, commercial, and regulatory activities including mergers, acquisitions and disposals (both public and private), joint ventures, equity capital markets, corporate restructurings, private equity, funds, and regulatory matters. Regulatory matters include advising on product development, prudential and supervisory guidance for Islamic finance institutions, product marketing and distribution, and advising in connection with regulatory approvals for new institutions. We can service structures that have regulatory requirements regardless of their location, from our offices in the Middle East, Europe, or the United States.

We regularly provide a one-stop solution for clients who are looking for legal and Shari’a advice on new products and documentation. We work with a number of Shari’a scholars based in different jurisdictions, who are able to provide Shari’a law guidance, input, and ultimately fatawa for clients across a number of schools of thought in Islamic jurisprudence.