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For 40 years, our Islamic finance practice has delivered pioneering advice to Islamic financial institutions, conventional banks, corporates and governments. Led by the head of Middle East Mohammed Paracha in Dubai, our team in the region continues to be noted for its breadth and our extensive cross-border work. Often working alongside our colleagues across the globe to service our clients, our team has been busy over the past 12 months on a variety of high profile, “market-first”, cross-border Islamic finance mandates. Our team advises our clients on a very broad range of financings on a Shariah compliant basis. We continue to be one of only a handful of global law firms that offer a fully integrated, global Islamic Finance capability. 

One of our greatest strengths is the fact that our Islamic finance practice cuts across so many sectors. We are not just advising on vanilla banking matters with Islamic finance requirements, our experience extends across projects, debt capital markets, real estate, investment funds, and regulatory and advisory matters. We have consistently worked on highly innovative structures and deals that are the first of their kind.

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What the Team is Known For

Norton Rose Fulbright possesses a strong Islamic finance team in the Middle East which is recognised for its expertise in Shari'a-compliant financings, including syndicated facilities, structured cross-border financings and project finance. The firm has further experience advising international banks and Islamic financial institutions on matters related to investment funds and debt capital markets. It commands respect in the market for its growing finance team in Saudi Arabia, as well as its increasingly prominent practice group in the UAE.

Work Highlights

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  • Norton Rose Fulbright advised the lead arrangers and bookrunners, HSBC and SMBC International Bank, on a USD1.165 billion green loan commodity murabaha financing provided to Al Rajhi Bank in Saudi Arabia.

Strengths

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Norton Rose demonstrate an unrivalled depth of knowledge regarding Islamic finance requirements and the ability to integrate commercial and operational requirements into their Islamic finance work.

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They are very strong in banking, with an excellent knowledge of the application of Islamic banking products in the GCC as well as Europe and North America.

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Notable Practitioners

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Mohammed Paracha
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Market-leading practitioner Mohammed Paracha heads up Norton Rose's regional Islamic finance practice from his base in Dubai. He is acclaimed for his capabilities across the full range of Shari'a-compliant finance instruments, and is regularly active on real estate and asset finance matters. His clientele includes regional Islamic banks, government entities and major corporations.

Mohammed Paracha is a leader in the field of Islamic finance.

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