Conventional and Shari’ah compliant Banking & Finance, Real Estate Finance and Debt Capital Market Specialist helping Clients to take the stress out of their transactions.

Six Month Cover Contract. Work included:o Drafting, negotiating and reviewing Shari’ah compliant documentation for novel, mixed source and standard debt capital market, aircraft, ship and real estate financings;o Updates of standard product documentation;o Deputising for the General Counsel on the Bank’s Credit and Compliance Committees;o Providing asset recovery with documentation support; ando Ensuring compliance with Bank internal policy.

Lawyer in the Commercial Banking Division (Specialist Advisory). Work included:• Projectso Restructuring intra-group company asset arrangements for eligibility for several UK and EU Finance Initiatives;o Presentations to the Division on Islamic Finance issues;o Drafting presentations for the Bank’s full Board; ando Review and advice on licensing and regulatory requirements for the Bank’s cross-border business.• Policyo Designing, implementing and enforcing Bank policies across the Division;o Drafting full documentation for novel Trade Finance facilities and products; ando Assisting with the review and update of standard product documentation.

Senior Associate in the Middle East Finance department working on conventional and Shari’ah compliant finance transactions where I was often the sole associate on small bespoke transactions or regularly led a team of junior associates on large transactions.My experience includes:Debt Capital Marketso the first listed Sukuk to be issued by an UK corporate (this involved taking advantage of the then recently introduced rules relating to Alternative Finance Investment Bonds);o structuring and drafting, novel and innovative listed and unlisted debt capital market products which banks, private equity houses, fund and asset managers then utilised to assist their clients or themselves with their respective investment strategies; ando conventional listed bond and Sukuk issuances.General Banking and Financeo LMA documentation based conventional finance; ando Shari’ah compliant finance (e.g. Sukuk, Mudaraba, Murabaha, Ijara etc.).Restructuringso worked on some of the largest debt restructurings in the Gulf region for 'family-owned' multinationals and quasi-Sovereign groups, often where the debtor has issued bonds or Sukuk (representing either the debtor or a group of creditors) (this involved working in jurisdictions where insolvency and restructuring legislative regimes do not exist or are untested).Standard Chartered Bank – Dubai (secondment)Assisted both the Saadiq (Standard Chartered Bank’s Islamic banking ‘window’) and conventional banking business functions with:o ensuring compliance with bank internal policy;o drafting bespoke trade finance and debt capital market product documentation;o analysing documentation in order to identify potential risks for the bank associated with the 'Arab Spring' and the possible effect the imposition of international sanctions may have on the business; ando producing private equity and real estate department documentation.

Associate in the European Finance department specialising in capital markets and non-derivative/synthetic structured finance arrangements.My clients included Bank of America, Banco Santander, Bear Stearns, Esselte, Nomura International and Scandant Solutions.

(including six month secondment to Dubai office)Associate in the Finance & Capital Markets department specialising in securitisation of credit card receivables (master-trust structures), commercial/residential mortgage backed receivables.My clients included Barclays Capital, Britannia Building Society, Capital One Bank (Europe) plc, MBNA Europe Bank Limited and The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC.

Assisting companies and organisations purchase goods and services cost effectively, particularly in the ‘not for profit’ sector. As a team manager, I was responsible for information acquisition, data analysis, report writing, report presentation and implementation of reported recommendations.My clients included ASDA Group limited, Channel 4 Corporation, Pizza Express PLC, Wetherspoons PLC, United Cinemas International (UK) Limited, Oxfam, Christian Aid and Save the Children.

Trained as an auditor in the ‘technology’ department.My clients included GEC/Marconi plc, Biro Bic Ltd., William Hill plc, Premium Management Ltd, forensic ‘special’ teams projects for the BCCI liquidation and Westminster Council investigation and M&A work.