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IN THE CATEGORY OF
Islamic Corporate Finance
Hossam Abdullah
Partner
Email: hossam@asarlegal.com
Al-Sarraf & Al-Ruwayeh
(In association with Stephenson
Harwood)
PO Box 1448, Safat 13015,
Kuwait, Salhiya Complex,
Gate 1, 3 rd Floor, Kuwait
Tel: +965 2292 2700, 2240 0061/2/3
Fax: +965 2240 0064
Website: www.asarlegal.com
Areas of Expertise:
• Islamic Transactions including
Sukuk, Islamic Finance &
Structured Products
• Corporate
• Banking & Finance
Individual Profile
Hossam received his LLB (1992) and Diploma in International Trade
Law and Investment (1993) from Cairo University, Egypt; Diploma in
Private Law (1996) from IARS-ALESCO; and LLM, International Business
Law (1998) from Manchester University, UK. He was admitted to the
Egyptian Bar Association in 1993.
Hossam has over 16 years extensive legal experience in corporate,
banking and finance sectors, with emphasis on structuring and
handling Islamic finance transactions, debt and equity, capital markets,
investment funds, and mergers and acquisitions. He also has an indepth
knowledge of Shariah principles and has worked on leading
Islamic and conventional transactions not only in Kuwait but also the
Gulf Cooperation Council region, and the US.
Hossam was recently named as a leading lawyer in Kuwait and Asia
by a number of institutions, including Best Lawyers International (US)
covering corporate, capital markets, banking & finance in Kuwait,
IFLR as a World Leaders’ Islamic finance lawyer; and AsiaLaw Leading
Lawyers on June 2009 as one of the leading lawyers in Asia.
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• International Commercial
Transactions
• Taxation, Arbitration &
Litigation
Other Offices:
Bahrain
Al Rossais Tower
Diplomatic Area, Area 317
Road No 1704
Building No 283, 12 th Floor
PO Box 2366
Manama
Kingdom of Bahrain
Tel: +973 17 533 182/3/4
Fax: +973 17 533 185
Email: asarbh@asarlegal.com
Associated Offices:
London, Paris, Hong Kong,
Shanghai, Bucharest, Guangzhou,
Piraeus, Singapore
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