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Shipping: Finance & Non-Contentious - United Arab Emirates

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What the Team is Known For

Dentons is a key name for ship finance in the UAE, advising a number of major financiers on sophisticated transactions. With its shipping expertise primarily based in Abu Dhabi, the firm's lawyers provide advice on both Islamic and conventional financing, and are well versed in a broad range of mandates, including lease financing and syndicated loans. Its clients include national and international financial institutions.

Strengths

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"Dentons have a can-do attitude to get a deal completed. Although recognising and maintaining a high legal standard they are also able to bring a commercial perspective to a transaction to get the deal closed."

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"The team at Dentons has very good knowledge of the shipping sector and its related legal issues."

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"The team at Dentons are experienced and thorough in dealing with complex transactions on highly structured lending; they can deal with highly sophisticated matters."

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"The Dentons team is very reliable and thorough and provides very prudent guidance on legal and commercial issues."

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Notable Practitioners

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Paul Jarvis
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Eminent Practitioners

Paul Jarvis is a highly experienced lawyer who is Dentons' CEO for the UK, Ireland and the Middle East. He advises an impressive client base including many noteworthy banks, and he is well recognised for his longstanding expertise in shipping and asset finance.

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Nathaniel Armstrong
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Nathaniel Armstrong
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Nathaniel Armstrong is an accomplished member of the banking and finance team who is best known for shipping finance. He is most notably experienced in representing both domestic and international banks in syndicated facility arrangements, many of which contain Shari'a-compliant elements. He is based in Abu Dhabi, where he is office managing partner.

"Nathaniel Armstrong brings a knowledge base from both a legal and a commercial perspective and is always willing to go the extra mile to get a deal across the line."

"Dentons' Nathaniel Armstrong is very diligent and gets straight to the point. He can summarise things in a way that is very useful to the client and a wide range of lenders."

"Nathaniel Armstrong is prompt, clear and quick to respond."

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Paul Jarvis
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Nathaniel Armstrong
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Nathaniel Armstrong
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