Our practice advises lenders and borrowers on all aspects of structuring, negotiating and documenting finance transactions. We represent local and international banks and financial institutions in both conventional and Islamic transactions.

We have extensive experience working for international law firms and financial institutions in the Middle East and our lawyers are fully conversant with all aspects of banking and finance law in the region.

Lead by partners Husam Hourani, Lynette Brown and Jody Waugh, our team of 16 lawyers is perfectly positioned to provide advice across the spectrum including:

• Islamic finance

Strong Islamic finance practice acting for a majority of the Islamic finance institutions operating in the UAE, ranging from establishment and licensing of those institutions through to structuring and documentation. Recently this also included assisting with some of the first Islamic home finance documentation for use in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

• Banking litigation and enforcement