Banking & Finance

RIAA Barker Gillette maintains a leading banking and finance practice and its finance capabilities are universally recommended. We are regularly involved in major local and cross border financing and have pioneered the use of new financial instruments and structures. Over the last thirty years our partners have successfully worked with over eighty different multinational, domestic and Islamic banks and financial institutions including the Export-Import Bank of China, Citibank, IFC, ADB and the World Bank.

The Firm regularly advises sponsors, developers and lenders of projects in the full range of sectors, including energy, power, mining, transport, logistics and infrastructure. We handle a range of bank and capital market financings, as well as projects that combine different forms of complex financing models.

With a comprehensive understanding of financing and security arrangements (including enforcement), debt to equity conversions and syndicated and substantial loan transactions we have the capability of drafting, negotiating and advising on extensive suites of documentation.

The Firm also offers dedicated Sharia’h law expertise and actively drafts and provides advice with respect to all kinds of Islamic modes of finance, including Murabaha, Musharika, Sukuk and other structures.

Shaukat, Bilal (Head of Department)

Rehman, Shafaq

Tirmizey, Adil

Banking

Commercial & Professional Services

Construction & Materials

Energy

Financial Services

Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences