legal guide09.indd - Islamic Finance News
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IN THE CATEGORY OF<br />
<strong>Islamic</strong> Banking & <strong>Finance</strong><br />
Individual Profile<br />
Mohamed Ridza<br />
Abdullah<br />
Managing Partner<br />
Email: ridza@ridzalaw.com.my<br />
Mohamed Ridza & Co<br />
Level 10, Wisma UOA Damansara<br />
No 50, Jalan Dungun<br />
Damansara Heights<br />
50490 Kuala Lumpur<br />
Malaysia<br />
Tel: +60 3 2092 4822<br />
Fax: +60 3 2092 5822<br />
Website: www.ridzalaw.com.my<br />
Ridza graduated from the International <strong>Islamic</strong> University Malaysia with<br />
a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honors) degree. He is also a graduate<br />
of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (London),<br />
a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators,<br />
and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.<br />
He set up his own firm, Mohamed Ridza & Co in 2005, specializing<br />
in <strong>Islamic</strong> banking and finance, corporate and commercial law,<br />
construction law and oil and gas, after leaving the partnership in Zaid<br />
Ibrahim & Co as head of his division.<br />
Ridza is a trainer with the Securities Industry Development Corporation<br />
(training arm of the Securities Commission of Malaysia) and Financial<br />
Sector Talent Enrichment Program (training arm of Institut Bank-Bank<br />
Malaysia). He also sits on the <strong>Islamic</strong> <strong>Finance</strong> news Advisory Board. He<br />
has co-authored a book titled “Law and Practice of <strong>Islamic</strong> Banking and<br />
<strong>Finance</strong>” published by Sweet & Maxwell Asia. Ridza has also spoken<br />
extensively at seminars, locally and internationally, on corporate<br />
matters and <strong>Islamic</strong> banking and finance. Ridza was named as one of<br />
the world’s leading <strong>Islamic</strong> finance lawyers as voted by his peers in the<br />
industry and sits as an independent director and member of the audit<br />
committee in several companies in Malaysia.<br />
Areas of Expertise:<br />
• <strong>Islamic</strong> Banking & <strong>Finance</strong><br />
• Corporate & Commercial<br />
Law<br />
• Construction Law<br />
• Oil & Gas<br />
<strong>Islamic</strong> <strong>Finance</strong> Deals<br />
worked on:<br />
• AirAsia<br />
• Asian <strong>Finance</strong> Bank–QIB<br />
Financing<br />
• Baitak<br />
• Brunei LNG<br />
• Citigroup–Telekom <strong>Islamic</strong><br />
ABS<br />
• Dentalmatics, Canada<br />
• DRB Hicom Sukuk<br />
• HSBC Dubai<br />
• Iskandar Malaysia<br />
• Kuwait <strong>Finance</strong> House<br />
(Kuwait)<br />
• Metro Ikram (Turkey)<br />
• Nanhai China<br />
• Olam-<strong>Islamic</strong> Bank Asia<br />
Singapore<br />
• Pavilion Malaysia<br />
• Pertamina Indonesia<br />
• PT IAT Indonesia<br />
• Safeena Marine<br />
• United Engineering Malaysia<br />
Sukuk<br />
• South Quay Musharakah<br />
• Baitak Asian Real Estate Fund<br />
I (Labuan Limited)<br />
• Menara ABS Sukuk Ijarah<br />
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