Salman Ahmed

Salman has worked and lived in Dubai, Karachi, London, Manama and Riyadh. He specialises in all forms of debt finance (cross-border and domestic) including related (non contentious) restructuring work representing borrowers, lenders and investors including bank Muscat, Bank ABC, BNP Paribas, Citibank, Gulf International Bank, HSBC and Standard Chartered.

He has extensive on-the-ground experience of structuring, negotiating (including the negotiation of intercreditor relationships among senior

and junior creditors) and documenting major financings in Asia, the Middle East (including numerous transactions in Bahrain, Oman and KSA) and Africa.

He also has a wealth of experience in capital markets transactions including numerous award winning and landmark transactions such as Tilal Sukuk, Ominvest's debut perpetual capital securities, bank muscat's debut Sukuk programme, Golden Group's debut Sukuk programme amongst others. He represents issuers and underwriters on the full spectrum of debt, equity and hybrid security offerings.

Salman also advises all types of financial market participants on regulatory compliance and legal risk management issues (including sanctions).