Banking & Finance

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We advise on leading international, cross-border and offshore financing transactions acting for sovereigns, financial institutions, borrowers, guarantors and sponsors. Our clients include international, local and SME borrowers, individuals, corporates and public sector entities, as well as banks. 

With extensive experience in multiple jurisdictions within the Middle East, Europe and Africa region, our Banking and Finance lawyers combine expertise, professionalism and innovativeness in providing succinct, clear, reasoned advice which is always in the best interests of our clients.

Working closely with colleagues in other practice areas including Corporate, Real Estate and Dispute Resolution, our Banking and Finance team advises on a full spectrum of conventional and Islamic products.

Areas of expertise include:

• Asset management
• Asset sales
• Bridge financing
• Conventional financings (term and revolving, secured and unsecured, single or multicurrency, bilateral or syndicated facilities, those incorporating an Islamic tranche)
• Derivatives, structured products, repurchase transactions and securities lending
• Debt rescheduling/refinancing
• Financings for shipping, aircraft and rail companies
• Fintech (including blockchain, cryptos and tokenisation)
• Green and renewable energy projects and financings
• Guarantees, indemnities, counter-indemnities and warranties
• Inter-creditor arrangements
• Inter-bank lending
• Islamic financing
• Mining projects and financings
• Project finance
• Real estate finance
• Regulatory issues
• Restructuring of debt and of corporate finances
• Security documents (mortgages, pledges, charges, assignments, chattel mortgages)
• Security enforcement and insolvency processes
• Ship financing
• Sovereign lending
• Structured finance
• Trade finance