Afridi & Angell handles a wide array of banking and finance mandates, including loan facilities, refinancings and restructurings, and amendments to existing facilities and major transactional documentation. As part of an active cross-border practice, the firm has strong connections with Russian banks, advising on the restructuring of existing and new facilities to borrowers domiciled in the UAE free zones. Rahat Dar co-leads the practice alongside Bashir Ahmed, and combines extensive transactional and regulatory know-how to cover the full breadth of conventional and Islamic financing structures. Co-head Masood Afridi is recognised for his project finance capabilities.
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  • ‘Always reliable and great to work with.’

  • ‘We work with a partner and an associate, and both have always be very trusted by us. Their services very timely, reliable, and complete.’

  • 'Rahat is extraordinary in his understanding of complex requirements of customer, His very quick response to offer options and solutions. Very professional in his approach.'

  • 'Always reliable and great to work with.'

Kernmandanten

  • Citibank
  • BNP Paribas
  • VTB Bank
  • International Capital Market Association
  • International Securities Lending Association
  • Habib Bank
  • Ajman Bank
  • National Bank of Fujairah
  • Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg
  • National Bank of Kuwait

Highlight-Mandate

  • Advising a leading solar company in the UAE and an Asian developer of commercial and industrial renewable energy on a term loan financing from HSBC Bank (UK).  
  • Advised a UAE-based Islamic bank on a USD 75 million Murabaha facilityto a financed party based in Kuwait.
  • Advised a UAE-based bank in connection with a ship financing to one ofthe largest shipping companies in Singapore.

Anwält*innen

Partner*innen der nächsten Generation

Juniorpartner*innen, die im Markt von Mandanten und Wettbewerbern anerkannt werden und in einigen Mandaten eine Schlüsselrolle einnehmen.

Praxisleitung

Bashir Ahmed; Rahat Dar; Masood Afridi