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The current unprecedented level of interest in Islamic finance has been generated by a growth in the wealth of a number of Islamic states, together with a change in the socio-political climate over the last few years. The global Islamic financial services market...

The project finance market in the Middle East saw significant new levels of activity during 2010 as regional economies started to emerge from the shadows of the global credit crunch. A noticeable trend in this activity was that project sponsors were once again...

Today marks a further milestone in the development of standardised documentation for the Islamic finance industry with the publication by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) and the International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM) of...

A recent amendment to the Japanese laws will facilitate Shari'a-compliant financing structures within Japan. Historically, it had been difficult to structure Shari'a-compliant financing structures in Japan due to a number of factors, including the tax...

Clifford Chance recently advised Banque Saudi Fransi, Samba Financial Group and the Saudi British Bank as financiers (the "Financiers") in connection with an Islamic bridge financing for the Saudi Acrylic Monomer Company ("SAMCO") and Saudi Acrylic Acid Company...

We offer our clients a full range of services from preparing standard form documentation of murabaha and mudaraba arrangements to structuring ground-breaking solutions to clients seeking a real alternative to conventional financing arrangements.

The sanction of an English law scheme of arrangement for a Kuwaiti investment company, Global Investment House KSC, represents another first for English schemes. It sets a precedent for debt restructuring in the Gulf region and treats Islamic and conventional...

On 14 December 2011, the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of specific money laundering prohibitions in the Dutch Criminal Code ("DCC") was marked. Just two weeks before the conversion to the euro a new, broadly defined offence was implemented...

Recent changes made to the Act on Securitisation of Assets (often called the TMK Law) provide a further relaxation to the securitisation regime in Japan. This follows progressive amendments made over the course of the 13 years since the law was introduced designed...

Recent changes made to the Act on Securitisation of Assets (often called the TMK Law) provide a further relaxation to the securitisation regime in Japan. This follows progressive amendments made over the course of the 13 years since the law was introduced designed...