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Shariah-compliant financing requires contractual substance and regulatory treatment to work together.

Islamic Finance — Ninety Two Chambers legal advisoryNINETY TWO CHAMBERS / CAPABILITIES

What the matter
actually requires.

Islamic financing structures cannot be evaluated by replacing conventional terminology. The rights to assets, risk transfer, profit, security and default must be established in the operative documents.

We advise on documentation and regulatory questions arising in Islamic finance, including asset-backed and trade-based arrangements, security, corporate approvals and enforcement risk.

The choice of structure should be informed by the underlying business, applicable financial regulation and the legal consequences of the agreed transaction.

THE QUESTION WE HELP YOU ADDRESS
Does the instrument function legally in the way its financial structure requires?
RECOGNISING THE ISSUE

When the position
needs counsel.

These are examples of the issues on which clients may need a clear legal position before taking the next step.

  1. 01A financing arrangement uses a Shariah-compliant structure whose asset and risk treatment must be documented.
  2. 02The transaction involves sukuk, trade-based financing or Islamic security instruments.
  3. 03A dispute concerns the legal obligations created by the chosen financing form.
FOR THE INITIAL DISCUSSION

Bring the proposed instrument, transaction flow, underlying asset documents and regulatory approvals.

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WHERE WE CAN ASSIST

What the instruction
may involve.

Every engagement is scoped to its own circumstances. Relevant work may include:

01Shariah-compliant financing documentation↗
02Asset and risk-transfer terms↗
03Sukuk and investment structures↗
04Security and default provisions↗
05Regulatory and institutional requirements↗
NINETY TWO CHAMBERS / LEGAL INSIGHTS

Analysis and
perspectives.

Developments, decisions and questions of law relevant to islamic finance.