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IN THE CATEGORY OF Islamic Project Finance John Dewar Partner Email: jdewar@milbank.com Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy 10 Gresham Street London EC2V 7JD Tel : +44 20 7615 3000 Fax: +44 207 7615 3100 Website: www.milbank.com Areas of Expertise: • Islamic Finance • Islamic Project & Asset Finance • Islamic Acquisition Finance Individual Profile John has been at the forefront of structuring Islamic compliant project and acquisition financing transactions and is credited with structuring the Wakalah/Ijarah structure which has been used to finance a number of projects across the Middle East. He is recommended as a leading practitioner in the field of Islamic finance by the independent directories Chambers Global, 2009 and Chambers UK, 2009. Islamic Finance Deals worked on: • Advised Islamic banks on the US$2.2 billion Shuaibah–3 power and water desalination project in Saudi Arabia, which included a US$210 million Islamic tranche. The documentation developed and structured in the Wakalah Ijarah Mawsufah Fi Al Dhimmah financing has been adopted in the subsequent expansion financing for Shuqaiq, Marafiq and Shuaibah. • Advised finance parties, including Islamic finance institutions, on the US$3.5 billion, 2400MW, 79 million gallons-a-day Marafiq IWPP in Saudi Arabia. This is the largest independent water and power producer in the world and at US$600 million, has one of the largest Islamic financings in the sector to date. This deal was named by Project Finance International as the “EMEA Power Deal of the Year” and by Project Finance magazine as the “Middle East IWPP Deal of the Year”. • Advised finance parties on the structuring and documentation of a Shariah compliant acquisition financing in the US — incorporating senior, mezzanine and revolving financing facilities — which was rated by the Credit Rating Agencies. Other Offices: Hong Kong 3007 Alexandra House 18 Chater Road Central, Hong Kong Tel : +852 2971 4888 Fax: +852 2840 0792 Singapore 30 Raffles Place 14–00 Chevron House Singapore 048622 Tel : +65 6428 2400 Fax: +65 6428 2500 Tokyo 21F Midtown Tower 9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku Tokyo 107-6221, Japan Tel : +81 3 5410 2801 Fax: +81 3 5410 2891 48
All Nominated Lawyers in the Category of Islamic Project Finance • Andrew Baird Berwin Leighton Paisner • Mohammed A. Al-Sheikh White & Case • Andri Aidam Badri Kadir Andri & Partners • Mohammed Al-Jadaan Al-Jadaan Law Firm • Bimal Desai Allen & Overy • Nadim Khan Herbert Smith • Chung Swee Loong Albar & Partners • Neil D Miller Norton Rose • Craig Nethercott White & Case • Oliver Agha Agha & Shamsi • • • • • • Crawford Brickley Clifford Chance Debbie Barbour DLA Piper Glen Roberts Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal Hamid Yunis Taylor Wessing Ian Siddell Baker & McKenzie Isam Salah King & Spalding See Full Profile on Page 47 • • • • • Also Nominated in Takaful, Islamic Securitization & Structured Finance, Islamic Dispute Resolution, Islamic Real Estate Finance, Islamic Transportation Finance, Islamic Banking & Finance See Full Profile on Page 33 Qudeer Latif Clifford Chance Rahail Ali Lovells Robin Abraham Clifford Chance Siraj Al Islam Baker Botts Tariq Hameed Simmons & Simmons • Jeffrey Smith Norton Rose • John Dewar Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy See Full Profile on Page 48 • Kazi Rahman Wragge & Co • Lily Tan Albar & Partners • Mohamed Hamra-Krouha Clifford Chance 49
Page 3 and 4: EDITOR’S NOTE Spotlight on the Le
Page 5 and 6: CONTENTS Islamic Energy Finance Dev
Page 7 and 8: Global Legal Islamic Finance Indust
Page 9 and 10: The Development of Islamic Banking
Page 11 and 12: IN THE CATEGORY OF Islamic Banking
Page 23 and 24: All Nominated Lawyers in the Catego
Page 25 and 26: Convertible Sukuk in Kuwait: A Lega
Page 27 and 28: IN THE CATEGORY OF Islamic Corporat
Page 29 and 30: IN THE CATEGORY OF Islamic Corporat
Page 31 and 32: Islamic Finance Dispute Resolution
Page 33 and 34: Islamic Finance Dispute Resolution
Page 35 and 36: IN THE CATEGORY OF Takaful, Securit
Page 37 and 38: Structuring Shariah Compliant Funds
Page 39 and 40: Structuring Shariah Compliant Funds
Page 43 and 44: Shariah Litigation & Arbitration in
Page 47 and 48: A New Dawn For Islamic Project Fina
Page 49: IN THE CATEGORY OF Islamic Project
Page 53 and 54: Developments in Islamic Energy Fina
Page 55 and 56: Opportunities in Islamic Real Estat
Page 57 and 58: Opportunities in Islamic Real Estat
Page 61 and 62: Transportation Finance (continued..
Page 63 and 64: IN THE CATEGORY OF Islamic Transpor
Page 65 and 66: Securitization and Shariah Law By J
Page 67 and 68: Securitization and Shariah Law (con
Page 69 and 70: IN THE CATEGORY OF Islamic Securiti
Page 71 and 72: International Islamic Finance Vehic
Page 73 and 74: International Islamic Finance Vehic
Page 77 and 78: The Opportunities for Growth in Tak
Page 79 and 80: INDEX BY LAWYERS Page in BOLD refer

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