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Corporate Finance, Shariah Investment Funds, Islamic Banking & Finance
Individual Profile
Mohamed Ismail
Mohamed Shariff
Partner
Mobile: +6012-2995911
Email: ismail@skrine.com
Skrine
8 th Floor, Wisma UOA Damansara
50 Jalan Dungun, Damansara Heights
50450 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: +60 3 2081 3889
Fax: +60 3 2093 6535
Website: www.skrine.com
Areas of Expertise:
• Corporate Law
• Arbitration
• Islamic Banking
Islamic Finance Deals
worked on:
• Government of Malaysia’s
US$600 million Sukuk (first
global sovereign Sukuk )
Ismail has played a significant role in his capacity as an advocate and
solicitor in the development of Islamic banking and finance in Malaysia.
In 1983, he drafted the first Islamic banking documents used by Bank
Islam Malaysia, the only Islamic bank then. He has appeared as leading
counsel in cases involving Islamic banking in the Superior Courts in
Malaysia.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and of the
Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators and a Barrister-at-law of Lincoln’s
Inn. He is also a Notary Public. Ismail is a member of the Islamic Capital
Market Working Group of the Securities Commission of Malaysia. He
is also a director of Kuwait Finance House Malaysia. Prior to this, he
was a director of Bank Muamalat Malaysia, as a nominee of Khazanah
Nasional.
Not only is he an External Fellow of the Islamic Banking and Finance
Institute Malaysia (IBFIM) but also an External Examiner in law at
University Teknologi MARA. He is a Visiting Industry Expert at the
International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) and the
Adjunct Faculty of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman.
Ismail was a member of the Working Committee on Islamic Law Review
of Bank Negara Malaysia (the Central Bank) and Chairman of the Sub-
Committee to review the law of contract (the Contracts Act 1950 of
Malaysia) on its compatibility with Shariah. He was also a member of
the Steering Committee on the International Islamic Money Market in
Malaysia, which is now headquartered in Bahrain.
• Kumpulan Guthrie’s US$150
million Sukuk (first global
corporate Sukuk)
• Onshore and offshore Islamic
financing transactions
Education:
1969: LLB (Hons) degree from the
University of Singapore
1970: Called to the Malayan Bar
1974: LLM from King’s College,
University of London
1992: Called to the Bar of the
Supreme Court of the Republic of
Singapore
2009: Admitted as a Practising
Member of The Association
of Chartered Islamic Financial
Professionals Malaysia (ACIFP).
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