Law Firms

Law Firm Country

ABA Islamic Law Forum United States 
Abdulaziz AlGasim Law Firm in association with Allen & Overy
Saudi Arabia 

AbdulJaami, PLLC United States 

AbdulJaami, PLLC United States 

Adnan Sundra & Low’s Malaysia 

Al Sarraf & Al Ruwayeh in Association with Stephenson Harwood
United Arab Emirates 
Al Tamimi & Company United Arab Emirates,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia 
Al-Jadaan & Partners Law Firm Saudi Arabia 
Alfridi & Angell United Arab Emirates 
Allen & Gledhill Singapore 
Appleby Bermuda,
Switzerland, United
Kingdom, Hong Kong,
Cayman Islands,
Mauritius, Seychelles 
Ashurst United Arab Emirates,
Singapore, United
Kingdom 
Baker & McKenzie Bahrain 
Berwin Leighton Paisner United Kingdom 
Clifford Chance United Arab Emirates,
Belgium, Brazil,
China, Czech
Republic, Germany,
Spain, France, United
Kingdom, Hungary,
Italy, Japan,
Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Poland,
Romania, Russia,
Saudi Arabia,
Singapore, Thailand,
United States 
Clyde & Co United Arab Emirates 

Dechert LLP Germany, United

Kingdom, United
States 
Denton Wilde & Sapte United Arab Emirates,
United Kingdom 
DLA Piper United Arab Emirates,
United Kingdom 
FreshFields Bruckhaus Deringer United Kingdom 

FULBRIGHT & Jaworski L.L.P. United Arab Emirates,

Saudi Arabia, United
States 
FULBRIGHT & Jaworski L.L.P. United Arab Emirates,
Saudi Arabia, United
States 

GHANI & CO. Malaysia 

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Germany, France,
United Kingdom,
United States 
Hadef Al Dhahiri & Associates United Arab Emirates 
Herbert Smith LLP United Arab Emirates 
Hisham, Sobri & Kadir Malaysia 
Jeffrey Green Russell Solicitors United Kingdom 
Kadir, Andri & Partners Malaysia 
Kahf.net United States 

Khattar Wong China, Japan,

Singapore, Viet Nam 
King & Spalding United Kingdom,
United States 
Linklaters United Arab Emirates,
Belgium, Germany,
Spain, France, United
Kingdom, Hong Kong,
Luxembourg,
Singapore 

Lovells United Kingdom 

Messrs. Eliz, Zain & Kadariah Malaysia 
Milbank United Kingdom 
Mohamed Ridza & Co. Malaysia 
Murtha Cullina LLP United States 
Nik Hisham, Fakihah & Co Malaysia 

Norton Rose United Arab Emirates,

Bahrain, United
Kingdom 
Qays H. Zu'bi Attorneys & Legal Consultants Bahrain, United Arab
Emirates 
Rajah & Tann Singapore 

Reed Smith United Arab Emirates,

United Kingdom 
Shearman & Sterling LLP United Arab Emirates 
Simmons & Simmons United Arab Emirates,
United Kingdom 
Skrine Malaysia 
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP Belgium, Switzerland,
United States 
Stephenson Harwood United Kingdom 
Taylor Wessing United Kingdom 
Trowers & Hamlins Bahrain, United
Kingdom 
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. United Arab Emirates,
United Kingdom,
United States 
White & Case France, United
Kingdom, Saudi
Arabia, United States 
Zaid Ibrahim & Co Malaysia, Singapore,
Thailand 
ZUL RAFIQUE & partners Malaysia 
Contacts
Michael J.T McMillen, Chairman

Hdeel Abdelhady, Vice-Chairman 

Julian Johansen, Partner

Abdulaziz Al Gasim, General Manager

Osman Aurakzai, Head of Islamic Financial Consultancy Services Dept

Saboor H Abduljaami
Saboor H Abduljaami

Adrian Chee Meng Yang

Hameed Mansour Al Sarraf, Senior {Member & Founder}

Sam Habbas, {Member} 

Essam Al Tamini (Founder & Managing Partner)

Husam Hourani(Partner) 
Mohammed Al-Jadaan 
Amjad Ali Khan, Partner

Bashir Ahmed
Stuart Walker

Kamran Bajwa 
Eugene Ooi

Lim Teong Sit

Jerry Koh
Yeo Wico
Jeanne Bartlett - +973 3883 0493 jbartlett@applebyglobal.com

Warren Cabral - +44 (0)20 7469 0521

wcabral@applebyglobal.com

Rory Todd - +44 (0)20 7469 0522

rltodd@applebyglobal.com

David Clark - +44 (0)20 7469 0529

dclark@applebyglobal.com
Nick Bryans, Partner

Ahmed Tahir, Partner

Abradat Kamalpour, Partner

Chézard Ameer

David Evans

Geoffrey Picton-Turbervill

Fraser Wood

Ian Siddell (Partner)

Julie Alrexander (Partner)

Amir Ahmad (Associate) 

Saleem Malik (Senior Legal Adviser)

Andrew Baird (Partner) 

Robin Abraham (UAE)

Qudeer Latif (UAE)

Tim Plews (UK)

Debashis Dey (UAE)

Ashley Painter, Partner 

Dr.Olaf Fasshauer (National Partner) Germany, contact: olaf.fasshauer@dechert.com

Thomas Gierath (National Partner), Germany, contact: thomas.gierath@dechert.com

Federico Pappalardo (Partner), Germany, contact: federico.pappalardo@dechert.com

Steven Choo(Partner) UK, contact: steven.choo@dechert.com 

Paul Holland (Partner)

Richard de Belder (Partner)

Farmida Bi (Partner)

Christopher Aylward (Partner) UAE

Leigh Hall (Partner) Qatar 

Oliver Agha 
Bob Charlton, Group Partner 

Michael J.T. McMillen.

John Lonsberg.

Mark Bisch.

John Boehm. 

Datuk Abdul Ghani Abdullah (managing partner)

Datin Nik Sarina Lugman Hashim (partner)

Hajjah Nor Azian Mohd Nordin (partner)

Norashikin Islam Mohd Said (partner)

Fatintafrina Mohd Tareh (associate) 

Anthony Bonanno, Partner (UK)

David Furman, Partner (US)

Jean-Philippe Robé, Partner (France)

Jeffrey Trinklein, Partner (Munich) 

Alan Rodgers

Tarik El Bakri

Dr. Faraj A. Ahnish 

Nadim Khan.

Zubair Mir. 
Mohd Shuhaimi Ismail

Abu Bakar Jais

Mohd Razif Ghazali

Ainihayati Jabit
Clive Whitfield-Jones (Partner)

Susan Jarvis (Partner) 

Abdul Kadir Kassim

Andri Aidham Badri

E Sreesanthan

Nahendran Navaratnam

S Suhendran

Julian M Hashim
Tan Kong Yam and Adrian Chair

Dr Monzer Kahf 

Azman Jaafar 
W. Donald Knight (Partner)

Isam Salah (Partner)

Jawad Ali (Partner)

Andrew Metcalfe (Partner) 

Luma Saqqaf (Global Head of Islamic Finance), Kevin Wong, Andrew Roberts and Robert F

Shibeer Ahmed (Partner), Dubai

Rahail Ali (Partner), Dubai

Rustum Shah (Partner), Dubai 

Encik Azzali Zain Bin Mohd Zakaria

Puan Kadariah Binti Abdul Karim

Cik Zuliana Eliza Abdullah 
Dewar, John R.

Siebens, Thomas B.

Holmes, Patrick
Mohamed Ridza Abdulla

Hafidah Aman
Sharifah Shafika

Mohamad Nazran 
Robert V. Giunta, Jr.

Umar F. Moghul.

Midhat H. Syed.
Fakihah Azahari. 

Neil Miller (Partner)

Tariq Hameed (Associate)

Aziza Attah (Associate)

Qays H. Zu'bi (Founder)

Grahame Nelson (Senior Partner)

Naveen Thakur

Mamoon Eltayeb 
Abdul Jabbar 

Julian Turner

Vince Gordon
Beirne, Nola M 

Dundas Jr., Philip B.

Kidwell, Mathew C.

Pick, Tim
Shorten, Ben

Muneer Khan, Partner (Dubai)

Phillip Abott, Partner (London)

Simon Schiff, Partner (London)

Tariq Hameed, (Dubai)

Mohamed Ismail Shariff: +603-2081-3999 Ext (759) ismail@skrine.com

CHEN Kah Leng: +603-2081 3802 (Ext.802)

ckl@skrine.com

Theresa CHONG: +603-2081 3809 (Ext.809)

tc@skrine.com

Dato' Philip CHAN Hon Keong: 603-2081 3822 (Ext.822) pc@skrine.com

Oommen KOSHY: +603-2081 3999 (Ext.899)

koshy@skrine.com
GOH Kuan Hock:+603-2081 3835 (Ext.835)

gkh@skrine.com 

Glen Roberts Partner contact 212768-6803 glenroberts@sonnenschein.com 

Struan Robertson

Iain Young

Arlene Dourish

John Gale

Martin Green

Voon Keat Lai

Robert Newman Richard Pearson

Hamid Yunis (Partner)

Rodney Dukes(Partner)

Malcolm Ring (Partner)

Habib Ullah (Associate)

Mustafa Hussain(Associate) 
Nicholas Edmondes (Partner)

Sarah Gooden (Partner)

Neale Downes (Partner)- Bahrain

Abdul-Haq Mohammed (Partner) 

Jeff Eldredge

Michael Boulden

Ayman Khaleq 
Mohammed Al-Sheikh, Partner (Riyadh)

Craig Nethercott, Partner (London)

Christopher Cross, Partner (USA) 

Dato' Dr Nik Norzrul Thani

Karlos Israphil Bendlin

Megat Hizaini Hassan

Hanim Hamzah
Aida Othman 
Loh Mei Mei

Kung Suan Im

Lim Mun Lai

Islamic Finance credentials
The ILF focuses on developments in and
involving Islamic law and Islamic finance,
including the application of Islamic law in
jurisdictions that do not incorporate the
sharīcah in their secular law, changes in
the laws of jurisdictions that do so
incorporate the sharīcah to some extent,
the mechanics of and trends in Shariah-
compliant financial and commercial
transactions, and the increasing impact
of Islamic law on international legal
practice. The ILF's geographic scope is
global, conterminous with the reach and
bearing of Islamic law and Islamic
finance. 
AlGasim law firm (in association with
allen & Overy) offers Shariah and legal
consultancy services to its clients with
various portfolios covering a broad
spectrum, including Saudi Companies,
multinational corporations, private equity
investors, venture capital funds, financial
Institutions, Government and Statutory
bodies etc. Practice areas include -
Private Equity Funds, Designing of
Sukuk structures, Islamic Insurance, Due
Diligence of financial and IPO
Documentation, Asset based financing
structures

Islamic Finance
Islamic Transactions.

Project Finance.

Corporate Finance.

Trade Finance. 

Adnan Sundra & Low’s outstanding

banking and finance team is especially
strong in Islamic finance, and its
relationship with many of the leading
banks, such as AmInvestment Bank and
Citibank, serves it well. The expert team,
which includes Dato’ Low Chee Choon,
Adrian Chee Meng Yang, Ng Yoke Mui,
and Deepak Sadasivan notably advised
United Overseas Bank and AmMerchant
Bank on the restructuring of RM1.1bn
Islamic debt securities. 
Advisory services and negotiations on
major Islamic finance projects and
transactions including:

• Real estate

• Sukuks (bonds)

• Financial derivatives

• Sharia’h compliant liquidity instruments

• Construction financing

• Other derivatives
Al Tamimi & Company specialises in
Banking & Finance, Construction &
Engineering, Corporate Commercial,
Dispute Resolution, Family Business &
Private Client Practice, Information
Technology, Intellectual Property,
Maritime, Aviation & Insurance , Media,
Projects, Property, and
Telecommunications. An international
team of high calibre lawyers ably serves
clients from the United Kingdom, North
America, Europe, the United Arab
Emirates and several other Arab
countries.
Al-Jadaan & Partners Law Firm have
experienced Islamic Finance lawyers
who advised on a number of significant
and high profile Islamic financing
transactions. We have an in-depth
understanding of the principles and
values underlying Islamic Finance. In
addition, we are experienced in both
Islamic Finance techniques, such as
Sukuk (an undivided beneficial share in
an asset - a concept used in the issue of
Islamic securities) and Takaful (similar to
insurance) as well as all Islamic Finance
contracts, including Bai Salaam, Ijara,
Istisna'a, Mudaraba, Murabaha and
Musharaka. We have worked with many
different Shariah committees and
advisors and have access to some of the
leading practitioners for discussing new
structures. 
Afridi & Angell has one of the leading
banking and financial services practices
in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The
firm provides advice to UAE and
international banks as well as Islamic
and Western investment banks and
financial institutions. The complex
financing transactions which the firm
advises on often involve multiple
facilities, currencies and transactions.
Our in-depth knowledge of Islamic Law
and Islamic jurisprudence stems from
our hands-on experience in structuring,
documenting and negotiating landmark
deals in the region.
We differentiate ourselves from other
UAE firms by working closely with our
clients and offering technical excellence.
We go further by actively managing your
project, identifying commercial risks and
closing them off cleanly with workable
solutions. 
Allen & Gledhill LLP provides financial
Services and Banking Practice facilities.
Allen & Gledhill LLP advises banks and
other financial institutions on general
banking matters, syndicated and bilateral
loans, both secured and unsecured,
trade finance structuring and
documentation also for arrangers,
underwriters, lenders and borrowers on
secured and unsecured cross border
lending transactions, acquisition
financing and debt restructuring.
Appleby has always been a strong
supporter of the development of Islamic
and Structured Finance. In recent years
the practice has become a key and truly
global focus for the firm. Appleby is well
known in the Middle East, London and
elsewhere for its knowledge and depth of
expertise. Our lawyers have advised on
Islamic Financing transactions: capital
market sukuks, securitisations and bank
debt financings and all types of funds,
whether Shari’ah-compliant or
conventional.
Appleby couples its legal expertise in
Islamic and Structured Finance with the
provision of corporate services, SPV
administration, fund administration, and
management and accounting services to
provide a seamless comprehensive
service in each of its offshore
jurisdictions of Bermuda, the British
Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands,
Jersey and Mauritius.
Appleby also regularly advise on the
establishment of investment funds and
(re)insurance and (re)takaful products in
each of our offshore jurisdictions. We
have been involved in the execution of
both conventional and Shar’iah
structures and products, including funds
that separate investment management
entities as between the Shari’ah and
conventional portfolios within the fund. 
Ashurst Islamic finance practice is part of
the firm's securities and structured
finance practice and is a dedicated team
consisting of prominent Islamic finance
lawyers qualified under English, German,
French, UAE, Indian and other law.
The team advises in relation to the full
range of Shari'ah compliant products
including sukuk, murabaha, musharaka,
structured products including
securitisation, Shari'ah funds and
Shari'ah project finance transactions.
Our London Islamic finance practice is
seamlessly integrated with our practices
in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Singapore from
which we cover our clients' Islamic
finance needs in Europe, the Middle
East and Asia.

Islamic Home Finance, Leasing,

Investment Funds, structuring complex
financial transactions 
financial transactions 

Structuring complex transactions, Sukuk,

Murabaha, Mudaraba, Musharaka,
Project financing, Home Financing,
Structured Ijara Projects (leasing) -
Aircraft, Ship Leasing, Energy Projects,
Equity & Property Funds. Shariah
Compliant Derivative & Hedge Fund
Product 
Clifford Chance Islamic finance experts
advise on a diverse range of financial
services and products including
acquisition finance, asset finance, debt
capital markets, equity capital markets,
financial regulation, investment funds,
insurance, project finance, real estate
finance, securitisation, structured
finance/financial products and trade
finance. They are experienced all Islamic
finance contracts (including Bai Salaam,
Ijara, Istisna'a, Mudaraba, Murabaha and
Musharahka) and Islamic finance
techniques (such as Sukuk and Takaful)
and have worked with may different
Shari'a committees and advisers, with
access to some of the leading
practitioners for discussing new
structures. 
Sukuk; Takaful (Islamic Insurance); Real
Estate; Venture Capital Fund; Shipping
Fund, Ijara (Shipping & Aircraft),
Property Development 

Islamic project finance, Real Estate

Finance, advise on complex and
sophisticated Islamic finance structures
in numerous jurisdictions within the
Organization of the Islamic Conference
(OIC) and elsewhere (including Europe,
Asia, and North America). 
Sukuk, Syndicated Murabaha Facility,
Sovereign Murabaha, Telecom
Financing; Real Estate leasing; Istisna
Contsruction, Islamic Mortgages; Ship
Financing; Shariah compliant Deposit
Programme; Energy Financing, Liquidity
Management Financing Programme 
DLA Piper Islamic Finance lawyers have
experience of working on ground
breaking and award winning transactions
across the region and internationally.
DLA Piperhave worked on devising novel
structures in ijara, murabaha, mudaraba,
takaful, musharaka, istisna'a, wakala and
sukuk transactional structures in
financing petrochemical and power
projects, telecommunications, real estate
acquisition and development,
infrastructure and construction and
funds. 

Islamic Funds (Aircraft), Legislative

Drafting, Advised on Regulatory Reform,
Project Financing 

Structured and Project Finance.

Corporate, Commercial and Capital
Markets Transactions.

Real Estate Property.

Energy.

The firm specialization in Islamic finance

include the area of banking involving
retail, corporate, commercial, project and
cross border financing. We have
prepared trade and project financing
documents under the structures of
Murabahah, Istisna’, Musyarakah and
Ijarah.
The firm's specialisation in Islamic
finance includes advising leading
Malaysian banks on proposed sukuk
issuances and advising and preparing
documentations to be used for various
project financing ventures whether
based on debt or equity structures. 
Assisting clients in Reviewing Fatwas,
explaining transactions to Shari'ah
scholars, and creating innovative
financial products that allow Islamic
investors to invest in U.S. and European
real estate, corporate and lending
transactions. Developing and
implementing real estate, private equity
and venture capital products that are
compliant with Islamic law, including Ijara
and Murabaha structures. 
Hadef Al Dhahiri & Associates advises
banks, financial institutions and
corporate and other clients on a broad
range of banking and financial issues,
including corporate and project finance,
restructuring, privatisation and other
transactional matters. The Firm has
developed an expertise in Islamic
finance and has advised leading local
Islamic banks on various structured
finance transactions. In recent years the
Firm has advised both borrowers and
conventional lenders in some of the
largest syndicated loans in the UAE. Our
financing lawyers have been involved in
all types of loan/credit facility
agreements including aircraft finance
leases and corporate finance facilities.
The Firm has substantial experience
regarding available security
arrangements in the UAE, including
various forms of guarantees and
available shareholder and Government
support mechanisms. The Firm has
substantial experience in banking
regulatory and compliance issues and in
dealing with the UAE Central Bank.
Specialise in banking and Islamic finance
& advise on a number of the leading
Islamic financing transactions in the
region, also advise on the structuring
and development of a number of Islamic
financing products.

Advise on the creation of Shariah

compliant investment vehicles and
undertaking corporate finance
transactions on a Shariah compliant
basis. 
Hisham, Sobri & Kadir or "HSK" as it is
better known among its clients and
peers, is one of the pioneers in the area
of Islamic banking and finance where it
has distinguished itself as an active legal
player in the development of structural
framework for new Islamic financing
products. Its insight and views are
continuously valued by clients, industry
players and regulators alike. As it
continues its pursuit for excellence, HSK
is also progressively gaining recognition
in the areas of corporate commercial,
projects and civil litigation as marked by
the steady increase of complex and
difficult portfolios entrusted to it.
Adding value to our broad local
experience and diversity of expertise is
our established network of international
legal counterparts whose experience we
can draw on when a global or cross
border perspective is required for our
clients' business strategies or ventures.
This comprehensive legal package,
makes us a one stop resource hub to
meet all of our clients' legal needs. 
Provide separate legal representation to
Bankers in dealing with legal aspects of
originating Ijara and Murabaha structures
in England and Wales. Developed
Solcase Islamic Mortgage Management
System a secure, web-enabled workflow-
based case management system fully
configured for handling the legal aspects
of Ijara and Murabaha origination on a
large scale.
Kadir, Andri & Partners operates at the
top of the market, and is recognised as
one of the country’s forerunners. Islamic
finance remains one of the firm’s real
strongholds, and the majority of the work
handled by the banking and finance
department focuses on this area.
Standout work over 2008 includes
advising AmInvestment Bank Berhad on
a RM300m sukuk issue - the first capital
markets Islamic financing structured for a
REIT in Malaysia. The firm is known for
handling innovative work, and the past
year was no exception; the team advised
Khazanah Nasional Berhad on a
US$850m Islamic exchangeable bond -
the largest ever issuance of Islamic
exchangeable bonds. 
Islamic Finance & Shariah Consulting 

KhattarWong is a leading Asian firm with

established global alliances. Our areas
of practice include banking, finance &
property, corporate & securities laws,
criminal law, litigation & dispute
resolution, intellectual property &
technology, shipping and tax & trusts.
Corporate practice focuses mainly on
mergers and acquisitions, corporate
finance and Islamic finance, advising
and representing clients in numerous
transactions involving acquisitions,
mergers, corporate restructuring,
investments, project finance, banking
and joint ventures in Singapore, the
People’s Republic of China and
Indonesia. 
King & Spalding's Middle East and
Islamic Finance practice group covers a
broad range of areas including private
equity investments, Sukuk offerings and
capital markets transactions, asset and
equipment finance, investment fund
formation, real estate investment and
finance, project and construction finance,
trade finance and the development of
Shari'ah-compliant financial products."
Islamic Sharia’a knowledge with cutting
edge experience of the conventional
finance product in capital markets,
derivatives and structured products,
asset finance, structured finance, project
finance and banking globally. 

Export finance, lease financing, Sukuk

and securitisation. Shariah compliant
property finance transactions, Ijara
leasing transactions, Murabaha
financings and on setting up a Shariah
compliant debit card facility in the Middle
East. 
The primary aim of the Legal Firm of
Messrs. Eliz, Zain & Kadariah is to
provide reliably efficient, cost effective
and cogent professional legal services to
its clients.
Provides an Advisory role in
implementing the Islamic Credit Card for
a Syariah-compliant Financial
Institution/Bank, also providing Advisory
role for an Internal Audit Department of a
Syariah-compliant Financial
Institution/Bank and conducting forensic
audit.

Advisory role in implementing the Islamic

Debit Card for a Syariah-compliant
Financial Institution/Bank.
Advisory role and legal evaluation with
the aim of restructuring and revival of a
major co-operative under the purview of
the Malaysia Co-operative Societies
Commission.

Advisory role in the implementation of

the acquisition of a Corporate Body's
staff loan by a Syariah-compliant
Banking Institution. Advisory role in the
establishment of a joint-venture between
a Korean company and a Malaysian
entity. 
Milbank has been at the forefront of the
Middle Eastern finance market, starting
with the first project financing in the
region back in 1994. Since then they
have represented clients on a wide
variety of project, asset and other
financings which have been structured
on a Shariah compliant basis and
arranged for the benefit of Islamic
investors.

Islamic Finance Business.

Islamic Banking.

Islamic financing transactions.

Implement Islamic Finance Structures.

Capital Markets.

Mohamed Ridza & Co. specialise in a

wide spectrum of law which includes,
inter alia, Banking & Finance, Capital
Markets, Construction, Corporate &
Commercial law, Foreign Investment,
Mergers & Acquisitions, Oil & Gas,
Privatisation, Projects and Real Estate.
The Firm has been involved in some of
Malaysia’s largest and most complicated
corporate and financing transactions and
it enjoys a very close working
relationship with many large financial
institutions (both local and international)
and public listed companies as well as
multinational corporations.
Mohamed Ridza & Co. have been
involved in both Islamic and conventional
banking and finance matters at both
domestic and international levels and
has one of the largest Islamic finance
team in the country. Among our
accomplishments are legal consultancy
services. 
Murtha Cullina LLP provides legal
services to a wide range of domestic and
multinational institutions and family
offices in all phases of corporate and
financing transactions. Our attorneys
develop and document Islamic structures
for a variety of Islamic transactions,
private equity investments, acquisition
financings, securitizations and other
secondary market transactions as well
as banking and insurance products
development. Mirroring the growth of the
industry, Murtha Cullina’s practice,
particularly in US transactions, has led
us to the forefront of structuring novel
Islamic financial products and designing
more efficient existing mechanisms. We
remain committed to our clients by
positively contributing to their businesses
and thereby continuing the growth and
substantive development of Islamic
finance.
Nik Hisham, Fakihah & Co is a lawfirm
based in Kuala Lumpur mainly dealing
with Islamic Finance & Banking
Transactions. Practical experience in
liaising directly in order to develop viable
Shariah compliant structures and
solutions. 

Real Estate (Investment funds;

acquistion financing and property
development); Takaful; Investment
Funds, Sukuk; Ijara Leasing; Bai Al
Salam, Arboun; Leasing ; Capital
Markets, Liquidity Management; Retail
Banking; Litigation 
Islamic Investment Funds, Takaful,
Establishment of Islamic Banks; Ijara
waktina' transaction documentation;
Commodity Trade Transaction;
Litigation; Commodity Trading
Documentation. 
Rajah & Tann specializes in Structured
Finance, Islamic Banking & Finance and
Mergers & Acquisitions work. Advises
companies on Corporate Governance,
Compliance and Regulatory Matters.

Advise clients on the legal aspects of

business, not only in Abu Dhabi, Dubai
and elsewhere in the United Arab
Emirates, but also throughout the region.
Including multinational companies in all
industry sectors, such as manufacturing,
services, utilities, defence and others,
other inward investors and trading
houses, and other local interests within
the region

Islamic (Sharia-compliant) financing,

advise on wide range of projects
including the first power project in the
Middle East that included financing from
Islamic banks and the largest ever oil
and gas Islamic Financing. 
Simmons and Simmons banking and
financial services team has extensive
experience in advising on Islamic
finance. Our lawyers have advised both
Islamic and conventional financial
institutions, as well as corporate and
governmental bodies, on a wide range of
Islamic financing structures, including
Murabahah, Mudarabah, Ijarah, Istisna'a
and Musharakah, in the Middle East,
Europe and Asia. We have also advised
on many Sukuk issuances and Shariah
compliant funds relating to real estate,
listed equities and private equity.
Skrine has long been involved with
Islamic Banking and Finance and has
wide experience with Islamic banking
and finance documentation and advisory
work.
Skrine acts for major international and
domestic financial institutions. Through
our involvement in the setup of new
financial instruments, we are kept
abreast with the developments in this
field and we continue to work closely
with accountants and other financial
advisers in relation to such new
structures.
Skrine’s involvement in this practice area
is on a regular basis whereby our job
scope includes drafting and advising
financial institutions in relation to loan
structures and security or in enforcement
of security documentation. Today, our
skills have also expanded to include that
of Islamic banking, Islamic bonds and
other types of Islamic instruments. 
Sonnenschein's Islamic Finance and
Investment Group advises investment
funds, banks and other financial
institutions and high-net-worth
individuals who seek to raise and invest
capital in compliance with Islamic law
(Shari'ah) particularly committed to
working with Shari'ah scholars to explore
and respect the nuances of Islamic law
and to build common ground amongst all
transactional participants.
Committed to providing results-focused
advice on the full range of Shari'ah-
compliant transactional activities,
including securities offerings, real estate
and infrastructure development, mergers
and acquisitions, structured finance, and
private equity and hedge fund formation.
Stephenson Harwood experts with an
understanding in banking, corporate
finance, funds and financial services,
structured finance and project finance.
That's why we have put together a team
of specialists whose knowledge of
conventional financial products is
coupled with an ability to develop and
document innovative Shari'a compliant
structures.
Taylor Wessing's Islamic Finance Group
includes lawyers from a number of
different disciplines including finance,
projects and commercial property. The
Group includes both Muslims and non-
Muslims and the healthy exchange of
ideas within the Group allows us to
propose and structure practical
"Shari'ah" compliant solutions for use in
the modern world. 
Trowers & Hamlins have been involved
in Islamic finance since the early 1990s
when we structured our first Shari'ah
compliant property fund in the UK. Our
team combines an understanding of the
principles and requirements of Shari'ah
compliant finance with specialist skills in
areas such as project finance, asset
finance, real estate, tax and corporate
law.
With experience of structuring Islamic
investments, financings and products in
the UK, Europe and across the Middle
East we can help you to reach practical
and innovative Islamic financial
solutions, overcoming the challenges
posed by different legal, tax and
regulatory systems.
We can work with you on a wide range of
Shari'ah compliant financings from
complex and innovative sukuk to
standard form product documentation.
Our Islamic finance expertise includes
project finance, leveraged property
funds, development finance, working
capital facilities and asset finance. 
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. deals Islamic
Investment Funds; Murabaha,
Mudaraba, Istisna’a, Ijara, Bai Al-Salam,
Bai Al-Arboon, Musharaka and Wakala.
Developing ground-breaking Islamic
equivalents to capital protected funds
and funds of funds, call options (Bai Al-
Arboon), bonds (Sukuk), convertible
loans, Islamic leverage structures and
short selling, Takaful, Taxation 
White & Case's Islamic Finance Unit
comprises lawyers based primarily in its
London, New York, Paris, Riyadh and
Washington D.C. offices who are at the
same time members of its asset finance,
banking, capital markets, corporate and
project finance practice groups. The
Firm's experience includes advising on:
the use of an 'adl (trustee-arbitrator) in a
wide variety of transactions; the
contracts of ijāra (lease) and ijāra wa
l-'iqtinā (lease purchase); istisnā'
(contract of construction or
manufacture); mudāraba (capital and
services partnership); murābaha (cost
plus profit sale contract); takāful (Islamic
cooperative insurance); bay' al-'arbun
(option sale transaction); various forms
of commodity trade transactions;
Standard Form Documentation; and
Investment Funds & Unit Linked
Products. 
As the country's largest law firm, we
have been involved in multi-billion dollar
Islamic financial deals, winning awards in
the region and making us the recognised
experts in Islamic finance.
Our core strength lies in knowing how to
structure and implement projects, and
also knowing what is needed to
successfully finance and market them.
Our lawyers are behind some of the
most innovative Islamic financing
transactions in the region, as numerous
awards testify.
With experience in all phases of project
finance, our range of solutions is as
extensive as your needs are. Our
pedigree in Islamic financing includes
advising and standardising
documentation on several multi billion
ringgit projects across markets and
across diverse sectors including energy,
financial instruments, industrial products,
infrastructure and urban transport.
We have set up Islamic banking
operations for some of the biggest banks
in Malaysia and Singapore. Our advice is
often sought on product development,
Islamic funds and investments and
review of regulatory frameworks, further
illustrating our clients’ confidence in our
ability to provide distinctive counsel for
the most complex assignments.
zulrafique provides a wide range
corporate advise on a wide range of
spectrum of debt transactions involving
corporate groups or projects which are
with in Malaysia and offshore. 
Sector Specialisation
Islamic Law and Finance
Takaful, Islamic Funds, Islamic Finance
Transactions

Islamic Finance Transactions, Islamic

Projects Finance, Islamic Finance,
Islamic Investment
Islamic Finance Transactions, Islamic
Projects Finance, Islamic Finance,
Islamic Investment

Shariah Advisory Consultants, Islamic

Finance Transactions, Islamic Projects
Finance, Islamic Finance
Sukuk, Islamic Investment Banking,
Islamic Hedge Funds, Real Estate and
Leasing, Assets and Funds
mangement, Islamic Finance
Transactions, Islamic Projects Finance,
Islamic Finance, Shariah
Islamic Banking, Takaful, Islamic
Investment Banking, Islamic Finance
Transactions
Takaful, Retakaful, Real Estate and
Leasing, Islamic Finance Transactions,
Islamic Finance
Islamic Banking
Islamic Banking, Islamic Finance
Transactions
Sukuk, Islamic Finance Transactions,
Islamic Projects Finance, Islamic
Finance
Islamic Funds, Real Estate and
Leasing, Islamic Finance Transactions
Islamic Funds, Islamic Finance
Transactions, Islamic Projects Finance
Takaful, Islamic Projects Finance
Sukuk, Takaful, Real Estate and
Leasing, Islamic Finance Transactions

Islamic Banking
Real Estate and Leasing, Energy,
Islamic Finance Transactions
Energy, Islamic Projects Finance
Islamic Banking

Islamic Banking, Sukuk, Energy, Islamic

Finance Transactions, Islamic Projects
Finance, Islamic Investment, Corporate
Governance, Shariah
Islamic Banking, Sukuk, Energy, Islamic
Finance Transactions, Islamic Projects
Finance, Islamic Investment, Corporate
Governance, Shariah

Sukuk, Islamic Projects Finance

Fatwas and Research, Islamic Finance
Transactions
Islamic Banking, Energy, Islamic
Finance Transactions, Islamic Projects
Finance, Islamic Finance, Islamic
Investment
Islamic Law and Finance
Real Estate and Leasing, Islamic
Finance Transactions, Islamic Projects
Finance, Islamic Legal Finance, Islamic
Finance
Islamic Mortgages
Sukuk, Real Estate and Leasing,
Islamic Finance Transactions
Islamic Finance

Islamic Finance Transactions, Islamic

Projects Finance, Islamic Private
Equity, Islamic Investment, Islamic
Brokerage
Sukuk, Assets and Funds mangement,
Islamic Finance Transactions
Islamic Banking, Assets and Funds
mangement, Islamic Finance
Transactions, Islamic Projects Finance

Sukuk, Real Estate and Leasing,

Islamic Finance Transactions
Islamic Finance Transactions, Islamic
Projects Finance, Islamic Finance
Islamic Banking, Islamic Finance
Transactions, Islamic Finance, Islamic
Investment
Islamic Finance Transactions, Islamic
Law and Finance, Islamic Projects
Finance, Islamic Finance
Islamic Banking, Sukuk, Islamic Funds,
Islamic Hedge Funds, Islamic Finance
Transactions, Islamic Law and Finance,
Islamic Finance, Venture Capital
Islamic Banking, Islamic Finance
Transactions, Islamic Finance

Islamic Banking, Takaful, Islamic

Funds, Retakaful, Real Estate and
Leasing
Islamic Finance
Islamic Banking, Islamic Finance

Assets and Funds mangement, Islamic

Finance Transactions, Islamic Projects
Finance, Islamic Finance
Islamic Banking, Islamic Finance
Transactions
Islamic Projects Finance
Islamic Banking, Sukuk, Islamic
Finance Transactions, Islamic Finance
Sukuk, Islamic Funds, Islamic Finance
Transactions
Islamic Funds, Real Estate and
Leasing, Assets and Funds
mangement, Islamic Finance
Transactions, Islamic Projects Finance
Sukuk, Islamic Funds, Islamic Finance
Transactions, Islamic Projects Finance,
Islamic Finance
Islamic Banking, Sukuk, Islamic Funds,
Real Estate and Leasing, Islamic
Finance Transactions, Islamic Projects
Finance, Islamic Legal Finance, Islamic
Finance, Islamic Accounting, Venture
Capital
Sukuk, Takaful, Islamic Funds, Islamic
Finance Transactions, Islamic Projects
Finance, Islamic Legal Finance, Islamic
Finance
Islamic Banking, Assets and Funds
mangement
Islamic Banking, Islamic Funds, Assets
and Funds mangement, Islamic
Projects Finance
Islamic Banking, Islamic Finance
Transactions, Islamic Projects Finance,
Islamic Finance