Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP has announced that Nouraddin Ahmed has joined the international law firm’s growing Dubai (UAE) office
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Hogan Lovells Advises on First Refinancing of a Qatari Corporate Sukuk
International law firm Hogan Lovells acted as international counsel to Gulf International Bank B.S.C. (GIB), as sole booker runner and joint lead manager, in relation to a US$215 million sukuk issuance for Qatar’s Almana Group
Read moreShearman & Sterling Advises Lenders on Muharraq Wastewater Project in Bahrain
Shearman & Sterling has advised the lenders: Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM), CA CIB, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Natixis on the financing for the Muharraq wastewater project in Bahrain, sponsored by Samsung, Invest AD
Read moreHerbert Smith Advises Arrangers on Salik Toll Road Receivables Financing in Dubai
Herbert Smith has advised the arrangers of one of the most innovative project financings in the Middle East this year – the high-profile US$800 million dual-currency, six-year sale of future receipts from toll roads to
Read moreLinklaters Advises on Malaysian Bank Sale
Linklaters is advising Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank on the sale of 24.9% of RHB Capital (the Malaysian financial services group) to Aabar Investments
Read moreClifford Chance Bank Debt Buy-backs, a New Trend for MENA
Clifford Chance has advised Emirates NBD P.J.S.C. (“ENBD“) in relation to its invitation to holders of two tranches of its existing lower Tier II U.S.$500,000,000 Subordinated Step-up Floating Rate Notes due 2016 (the “Existing Notes“)
Read moreClifford Chance advises Mannai Corporation QSC on Its Acquisition of a 35% Stake in Axiom Limited
Clifford Chance has advised Mannai Corporation QSC, one of the largest industrial and trading companies listed on the Qatar Exchange, on its acquisition of a 35% stake in Axiom Limited, the UAE-based, pan-GCC mobile handset
Read moreClifford Chance Advises HSBC Bank Middle East Limited on an Innovative and Ground Breaking Sukuk Structure
Clifford Chance recently advised HSBC Bank Middle East Limited (HBME) in connection with updating its US$5 billion sukuk issuance programme and a US$500,000,000 issuance under the Programme. The trust certificates for the issuance, which are
Read moreHogan Lovells Strengthens Infrastructure and Project Finance Practice in the Middle East
As part of Hogan Lovells’ strategy to further strengthen its global infrastructure and project finance practice in all key jurisdictions, partner Christopher Cross, currently in London, is relocating to Dubai as of June 2011
Read moreWhite & Case Advises CDB on US$1.2bn Shariah-Compliant Financing
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised China Development Bank (CDB) in its support of a US$1.2 billion Shariah-compliant Islamic financing for PT Natrindo Telepon Selular (AXIS), a cellular network operator in Indonesia.
Read moreSNR Denton’s Islamic Finance Team Advises on Multiple Sukuk Issuances
SNR Denton announced today its Islamic Finance practice has been simultaneously advising on a number of Sukuk (Islamic bond) issuances from the Middle East region
Read moreClifford Chance Advises Sharjah Islamic Bank in Connection with Its US$400 Million Sukuk Issuance
Clifford Chance recently advised Sharjah Islamic Bank in connection with its US$400million, fixed rate sukuk issuance. The sukuk certificates, which are due in 2016, yield a profit rate of 4.715% per annum. This deal saw
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