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Islamic Finance

Allen & Overy's Global Islamic Finance Group advises clients on Islamic finance transactions across a number of practice areas, including capital markets, project finance, banking, derivatives and structured finance, funds and taxation.

The Global Islamic Finance Group consists of Islamic finance experts across Europe, including in London, Paris and Luxembourg; the Middle East, including in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar and Saudi Arabia; and Asia, including in Singapore and Hong Kong, who have a detailed understanding of the religious and legal background to Islamic finance, the evolving principal financing techniques and range of services offered by Islamic banks, and the issues affecting the development of Islamic finance.

Allen & Overy is a supporting member of the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) and an observer member of the International Islamic Finance Market (IIFM).

Allen & Overy is the only law firm in the world to be ranked in the top band across each region.

News and insights

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News: 30 November 2023

A&O advises the underwriters and bookrunners on the debt financing for InVivo Group’s takeover of United Malt Group to form the world’s largest maltster

Our cross-border team in Paris and Sydney has advised a group of global bank underwriters and bookrunners led by Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CACIB) in connection with the debt…

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Publications: 23 November 2023

Podcast: Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 - perspectives part 1

The Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 has the potential to transform trade finance by solving a piece of the puzzle that will permit market participants to ditch paper trade documentation and move…

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Publications: 23 November 2023

Sustainable lending – a growing role for Islamic finance and Middle Eastern financiers

The aims of ESG investing and Islamic Finance structures are already closely – though not perfectly – aligned. Middle Eastern governments are looking to diversify away from oil and gas. This, Samer…

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Publications: 25 September 2023

Part 5: Conclusion and potential solutions

What policy and support measures can help close the Net Zero financing gap? And what can different stakeholders do themselves to accelerate progress?

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Recognition

Recognition for our work

  • Band 1 - Banking and Finance: Islamic Finance - Multi-Jurisdictional - Chambers Global 2022
  • Band 1 - Islamic Finance - Middle EastChambers Global 2022
  • Band 1 - Islamic Finance - Asia-PacificChambers Global 2022
  • Band 1 - Finance: Islamic Finance - United KingdomLegal 500 2022