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Junior Corporate Lawyer, Abu Dhabi, 0 to 3years PQE -3/09/2010
An excellent opportunity for a junior lawyer to join one of the leading law firms in the Gulf in their highly established Abu Dhabi office. The firm has client relationships in the region that are second to none, leading to a high quality of work coming through. The firm has continued to expand and improve throughout the difficult past few years.


Government of Dubai inaugural sukuk

- $2,000.00 m

  • Entry date - Monday, 4 January 2010
  • Jurisdiction - United Arab Emirates
  • Practice - Islamic Finance
  • largest sovereign sukuk ever and largest international sukuk from the Middle East in 2009


  • Firm - Allen & Overy
  • Client - National Bank of Abu Dhabi
  • Lead Lawyers - Anzal Mohammed, Roger Wedderburn-Day
  • Role - Int Counsel
  • Firm - Maples and Calder
  • Client - Dubai DOF Sukuk
  • Lead Lawyers -
  • Role -
  • Firm - Taylor Wessing
  • Client - Government of Dubai
  • Lead Lawyers -
  • Role - Counsel to issuer

Deal summary

  • Government of Dubai, through Dubai DOF Sukuk issued sukuk in two tranches under new Trust Certificate Issuance Program. Listed on both London Stock Exchange and Dubai Financial Market

  • Both largest sovereign sukuk ever and largest international sukuk from the Middle East in 2009.

  • Follow recent Tourism Development & Investment Company’s US$1.45bn sukuk trust certificate issuance program in the UAE,

  • Allen & Overy advised Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah on their respective international capital markets issues earlier in 2009.










“This is a significant transaction for both the Emirate of Dubai and the international Islamic capital markets. An order book of approximately US$6.5bn underlines continued investor confidence in sovereign and sovereign-related issuers from the region.” Anzal Mohammed, Allen & Overy.




 


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