Islamic finance

SH advised on the UK's first ever Shari'ah compliant secondary buy-out - voted Islamic finance deal of the year

The Banker magazine 2009

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Being established players in the Middle East market, our clients come to us because of our long-standing expertise in understanding the principles and values of Islamic finance and their application in finance and corporate transactions.

We have strong relationships with many of the leading Islamic finance scholars and work closely with Shari'ah supervisory boards in developing new structures and products. We are also members of the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions.

Our work has often been at the cutting edge of Shari'ah compliant transactions.  Recently, for example, we completed the first ever Shari'ah compliant insurance outsourcing and separately advised on a major transaction which The Banker voted Islamic finance deal of 2009.  Elsewhere, our aviation finance team won Airfinance Journal's award for the most innovative aircraft deal of 2006, and more recently, a member of our team was ranked as a leading individual in Islamic finance in relation to transportation finance.

We can help you with:

  • Asset finance
  • Investment funds
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Tax structuring
  • Trade finance
  • Transportation finance, including aviation, rail and ship finance

An established reputation in Islamic finance

Legal 500 UK 2007

"The kind of top client service that is hard to find"

Chambers UK 2009

"The sheer commitment of Stephenson Harwood is key to its success"

Chambers UK 2010

"Total dedication"

Asia Pacific Legal 500 2009/2010

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