Hogan Lovells Publications
Shifting (Regional HQ) Sands – to Saudi
24 February 2021
Imran Mufti
PartnerDubai
Email imran.mufti@hoganlovells.com
Phone +971 4 377 9339
Fax +971 4 377 9378
LanguagesEnglish, Urdu
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
Imran Mufti shows ‘product knowledge, capital markets expertise, and familiarity and credibility with shari ’ah scholars’.
Legal 500 UK
A partner in Hogan Lovells Corporate & Finance practice group, Imran Mufti has practiced in the Middle East for over eighteen years focusing primarily on the areas of Islamic finance and capital markets. Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, Imran worked for leading international law firms in Dubai and Saudi Arabia. Imran holds a LLB (Hons) degree from the University of London. He is qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales and as an attorney-at-law in New York.
Awards and recognitions
2020
Infrastructure and projects (including project finance) (UAE), Recommended
Legal 500 EMEA
2019-2020
Capital Markets (UAE), Recommended
Legal 500 EMEA
2019
Capital Markets: Debt (United Arab Emirates)
Chambers Global
2018-2019
Islamic Finance
Legal 500 EMEA
2018-2019
Capital Markets
Legal 500 EMEA
Education and admissions
Education
Inns of Court School of Law, London
LL.B., University of London
Representative experience
Advising ACWA Power on the project financing aspects of the US$1.2bn Taweelah IWP in Abu Dhabi, the world's largest RO desalination plant to date.
ICD and Citi on the inaugural US$200m sukuk offering by the State of Senegal, the first of its kind in the WAEMU zone.
Al Bayan Group Holding Company on its RM1bn sukuk programme – the first Malaysian Ringgit Sukuk Programme to be established by a Saudi corporate issuer to-date.
ICD in relation to sukuk, structured ijara financings and project financings covering countries including Saudi Arabia, West Africa and Syria.
A Saudi state-owned entity on its bid for the Makkah Bus PPP project in Saudi Arabia.
Aldar Properties – Advised the lead managers in respect of a convertible sukuk for Aldar Properties PJSC.
Acting for an international investment bank in respect of a US$5bn Sukuk programme.
Latest thinking and events
Hogan Lovells Events
A bipartisan view of the 2020 election and its impact on U.S. / Middle East relations
16 December 2020 | 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (EST)
Press Releases
Hogan Lovells advises lenders to ACWA Power on Saudi Arabia desalination project, Jubail 3A
03 December 2020
Awards and Rankings
Hogan Lovells Dubai team is recognized in award-winning Project Finance deal of the Year in the IFLR 2020 Middle East Awards
16 October 2020
Press Releases
Hogan Lovells advises ACWA Power on the US$1.2bn Taweelah desalination IWP in Abu Dhabi
18 October 2019
Press Releases
Hogan Lovells social responsibility partnership to feature at Dubai expo 2020
09 October 2019
