Clyde & Co’s banking practice in the Middle East is “skilled in both conventional and Islamic finance”. Clients praise our “proactive and cool-headed” approach as well as the team’s ability to handle “anything out of the ordinary”.
The team’s involvement in the creation of the Dubai International Financial Exchange, and the subsequent development of the capital market in the UAE, has given us a high profile in this area. We have been increasingly busy with Dubai Stock Exchange listings, for example representing an issuer from the subcontinent in connection with its proposed offering and listing of GDRs (expected to be valued at US$200 million) on the DIFC.
We advise on all aspects of banking, including:
- Advice on syndication and other loan arrangements
- Islamic finance
- The structuring and establishment operation and management of investment funds
- Loan and security documentation
- Letters of credit and financial service regulations
- Project finance
- Asset finance
- Guarantee arrangements
- Performance bonds and bonding facilities
Our clients include institutional and regional private equity and venture capital funds (and their investors) as well as incubators, fund managers, financial advisers and clients that require private equity investment.