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Commercial Bank of Qatar global bond offering

- $1,600.00 m

  • Entry date - Monday, 4 January 2010
  • Jurisdiction - Qatar, United Arab Emirates
  • Practice - Debt Market
  • Global bond offering by Commercial Bank of Qatar - first public subordinated bond issuance.


  • Firm - Appleby
  • Client - Commercial Bank of Qatar
  • Lead Lawyers -
  • Role - Offshore counsel
  • Firm - Clifford Chance
  • Client - Commercial Bank of Qatar
  • Lead Lawyers -
  • Role - Int. counsel
  • Firm - Davis Polk & Wardwell
  • Client - Joint global coordinators
  • Lead Lawyers -
  • Role -
  • Firm - Simmons & Simmons
  • Client - Commercial Bank of Qatar
  • Lead Lawyers - Anthony Traboulsi, Jason Majid, Samer Eido
  • Role - Counsel to issuer
  • Firm - Slaughter & May
  • Client - Joint global coordinators
  • Lead Lawyers -
  • Role -

Deal summary

  • Global bond offering by Commercial Bank of Qatar - first public subordinated bond issuance. 

  • First ever global lower Tier II offering from Middle East. 

  • Simmons advised on Qatari law matters, structuring issue to comply with local and regulatory requirements. Previously advised Commercial Bank of Qatar on its US$ 900m GDR listing in 2008

  • Global coordinator: Morgan Stanley who also acted as joint bookrunner with Credit Suisse


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