Mr Ali Sayyad > Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Advokatfirmaet Schjødt AS
Tordenskiolds gate 12
P.O. Box 2444 Solli
NO-0201 Oslo
Norway

Work Department

Banking & Finance

Position

Senior Lawyer

Career

Ali Sayyad regularly assists finance institutions, investors/managers, bond trustees, and borrowers with financing transactions and restructuring. He is frequently involved in and has extensive experience with asset financings, such as conventional vessels ships, offshore vessels, rigs and real estate. Ali also assists clients regularly in connection with the financing of other offshore activities, acquisitions, green financing and other projects and assets.

His work involves structuring loan transactions, drafting and negotiating contracts, and hereunder loan, bond, and security documentation for bilateral and syndicated financing (including export financing). A significant portion of the transactions in which Ali is involved have an international/cross-border element. Ali also has experience in corporate law, M&A, and contract law.

Before joining Schjødt in 2017, Ali worked as a shipbroker for R.S. Platou (now Clarkson Platou) in Singapore and as an associate in Kluge’s Energy group. He has also acted as a litigator for the Attorney General’s Office.

Education

2013 – Master of Laws, University of Bergen

2013 – LL.M Maritime Law, National University of Singapore