Islamic Banking & Finance
Roberts Corporates 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.
Top Islamic Finance Law Firm In Nigeria
The Global Islamic Finance Group consists of Islamic finance experts 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.
Roberts Corporate is a prospective supporting member of the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) and a prospective observer member of the International Islamic Finance Market (IIFM).
Over the course of acting on previous and current transactions, we have developed close relationships with the Sharia scholars most commonly advising on Islamic finance transactions. We also maintain close relationships with local law firms and with Islamic financial institutions around the world, which ensures that we are best placed to meet the varied needs of our clients for Islamic finance work.
First-of-a-kind transactions
Lawyers in our Islamic Finance group have worked on the cutting edge of the Islamic finance field, and have worked on many award-winning and first-of-a-kind transactions. These have included advising on the first ever:
pari passu ranking secured sukuk and bank facility
Renminbi-denominated sukuk
greenfield project sukuk
restructuring/liability management of sukuk
high yield sukuk
lower tier two sukuk
sukuk under DIFC law
mandatory convertible sukuk
exchangeable sukuk in Asia
sale of the Islamic banking division of a Qatari bank
tier 1 perpetual sukuk
aviation fund
pan European real estate fund
Middle East Islamic PPP tranche