legal guide09.indd - Islamic Finance News
legal guide09.indd - Islamic Finance News
legal guide09.indd - Islamic Finance News
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EDITOR’S NOTE<br />
Spotlight on the Leading Lights<br />
This report, the latest <strong>Islamic</strong> <strong>Finance</strong> news supplement, is based on a survey which recognizes the individuals<br />
and law firms that are regarded as the best in their respective fields within the <strong>Islamic</strong> finance space.<br />
Senior management of <strong>Islamic</strong> finance issuers, investors, financial institutions and government bodies from<br />
around the world were invited to participate. Survey participants were requested to take into account only<br />
those individuals they had, at some stage over the past 12 months, been directly involved with. Each participant<br />
could only vote once in each category. Only those individuals with three or more votes have been selected as<br />
IFN Leading Lawyers in each of the categories.<br />
A total of 1,873 votes were cast in the 13 keenly contested categories. Of these, 126 were rejected due to<br />
irregularities discovered during the due diligence process. Therefore, a total of 1,747 votes counted towards<br />
the final results.<br />
In addition to highlighting the leading lawyers, this first-of-its-kind publication has also compiled a range of<br />
reports on various sectors of <strong>Islamic</strong> finance. These include real estate, dispute resolution, offshore activities,<br />
securitization, transportation finance and Shariah funds amongst others. In fact, many of the voted lawyers<br />
have chosen to include their professional profiles within these pages.<br />
This report is of particular significance because it demonstrates the immense breadth and depth of the <strong>legal</strong><br />
sphere within <strong>Islamic</strong> finance. Readers will readily grasp the comprehensiveness of the <strong>legal</strong> framework and<br />
services that reinforce the practice of <strong>Islamic</strong> finance, making this publication even more relevant, not only to<br />
those within the <strong>legal</strong> fraternity but also other practitioners in the <strong>Islamic</strong> finance sphere, as well as those on<br />
the outside wanting in.<br />
May the reading pleasure also promote productivity and profitability.<br />
Kind regards,<br />
Sivaselvam<br />
Managing Editor<br />
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