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