Jawad I Ali

Selective representative matters include:

• Advised Seera Investment Bank in connection with the acquisition and financing on a Shari'ah-compliant basis of two companies in the UK and Denmark with an aggregate value in excess of US$450 million.
  
  
• Advised HDG Mansur Capital Group LLC, Al Muthanna Investment Company, and Nakheel United Real Estate Company in connection with the US$500 million structuring, acquisition and Shari'ah-compliant financing of a multi-purpose development in Bristol, England.
  
  
• Advised a consortium led by GulfCap Group in connection with the US$450 million acquisition and financing of Dalma Energy LLC, a UAE-based energy company with operations in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, India, and Algeria.
  
  
• Advised a consortium led by Qatar Islamic Bank and QInvest in connection with the Shari'ah-compliant investment in the Shard of Glass development in London valued at US$4.0 billion.
  
  
• Advised EURX Properties SCA, a Shari’ah-compliant real estate fund in connection with the acquisition and financing, on a Shari’ah-compliant basis, of portfolio of commercial properties located in multiple jurisdictions including, the Czech Republic, Dubai, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, The Russian Federation, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom, with aggregate values worth in excess US$2.0 billion.  
  
  
• Advised Turkey MENA Properties S.a.r.l., a Shari’ah-compliant real estate fund in connection with the structuring, acquisition and Shari'ah-compliant financing of two multi-purpose developments in Turkey with aggregate values worth in excess of US$500 million.
  
  
• Advised HSBC Amanah Global Properties Income Fund, a Shari’ah-compliant open-ended global real estate investment fund, in connection with the acquisition and financing, on a Shari’ah-compliant basis, of a portfolio of commercial properties located in multiple jurisdictions including, the Netherlands, Sweden, The United Kingdom, and the United States, with aggregate values worth in excess of US$2.5 billion.
  
  
• Advised a consortium led by Al Muhaidib and ACWA Power in connection with its successful bid and US$600 million privatization of the cargo business and ground handling services division of Saudi Arabian Airlines.
  
  
• Advised Injaz Projects, Al Hokair Group, Al Fozan Group and Newrest in the US$200 million privatization of the catering business of Saudi Arabian Airlines.
  
  
• Advised Al Muthanna Investment Company in structuring of a US$100 million Shari’ah compliant venture capital fund and advised the fund on its portfolio company investments.
  
  
• Advised Liquidity Management Center B.S.C. in connection with the arranging and issuance of a €75 million Sukuk Al-Wakala Bel-Istithmar (Investment Agency Sukuk).
  
  
• Advised Arcapita Bank in connection with the issuance of a US$75 million corporate Sukuk.
  
  
• Advised Qatar Islamic Bank and Al Tawfeek Company for Investment Funds in connection with the restructuring of US$100 million Shari’ah-compliant cross border financing provided to a U.S. corporation, which structuring involved a complex collateral package in the United States, Turkey and Bermuda.
  
  
• Advised Key Global Capital, Gulf Investment House and KeyBank in the development of the structure of, and implementation of the financing for, the first Shari’ah-compliant construction and mini-perm lending transaction in the United States - the Maconda Park Apartments project in Austin, Texas - the first in a series of over 50 similar transactions.  The structure is now widely accepted as the standard Shari’ah-compliant construction finance structure in the United States and England.
  
  
• Advised HSBC Amanah Global Properties Income Fund, and HDG Mansur Capital Group LLC and HSBC Securities as sponsors, in connection with the structuring and implementation of the first open-end Shari’ah-compliant global commercial real estate fund, a tax-efficient fund that includes unique redemption and liquidity features and operates globally.
  
  
• Advised Gulf Investment House in connection with the development, structuring and implementation of a US$50 million Shari’ah-compliant tax-efficient equipment leasing fund.
  
  
• Advised Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank in connection with the development, structuring and implementation of a US$75 million Shari’ah-compliant tax-efficient equipment leasing fund.
  
  
• Advised Kirnaf Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Al Romaizan Group, on numerous private equity investments in the U.S., Europe, Middle East and South East Asia with aggregate values worth in excess of US$500 million.
  
  
• Advised Arab Bank Plc in connection with a US$100 million credit facility extended to a U.S. company backed by a Stand-by letter of Credit issued by a Saudi Arabian bank.