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I am a skilled attorney with more than 𝟭𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁, being particularly active in the UAE, Qatar, Saudi and Bahrain. I am currently a Partner in the Capital Markets Group of Simmons & Simmons, where I represent Middle Eastern corporates, financial institutions and sovereigns on the issuance of bond and sukuk and matters related thereto, including liability management. I am honoured to have been nominated by clients and peers as an expert by Chambers & Partners and a "𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘸𝘺𝘦𝘳" by Legal 500. Peers and clients say:"𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴""𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦""𝘓𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦"𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. A lot of my instructions therefore tending to come from debut issuers, who want a lawyer they can trust to guide them through the capital markets issuance process, as well as repeat clients who value the service they receive.Examples of large capital markets issuances I have advised on include:- Advising the 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗮 on the establishment of their 144A/Reg S Global Trust Certificate Issuance Programme and issuance of U.S.$9 billion thereunder, the largest ever sukuk issuance;- Advising 𝗡𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, the investment and development arm of Bahrain's National Oil and Gas Authority on the establishment of a U.S.$3 billion 144A/Reg S Global Medium Term Note Programme and their debut issuance of U.S.$1 billion thereunder.- Advising 𝗔𝗯𝘂 𝗗𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸 on the issuance of US$1 billion Additional Tier 1 Capital Certificates, the world’s first Basel III compliant Tier 1 sukuk issuance;;

Listed skills include Capital Markets, Sukuk, Structured Finance, Equity Capital Markets, and 11 others.