Mr Sherif Hampton > Said Al-Shahry & Partners (SASLO) > Muscat, Oman > Lawyer Profile
Said Al-Shahry & Partners (SASLO) Offices
SASLO Building No.597/1, Way No.262
Airport Heights, Behind Oman LNG, Ghala
P.O. Box 1288, Ruwi, PC 112, Sultanate of Oman
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Mr Sherif Hampton
Work Department
Corporate, Banking & Finance
Position
Special Counsel
Career
Sherif is a Special Counsel at SASLO with over 15 years of experience as a corporate M&A lawyer. He is also an experienced banking and finance lawyer, with a strong focus on Islamic Finance, and has previously been seconded to Kuwait Finance House.
As a corporate lawyer, Sherif has experience in M&A, general corporate, joint ventures, fintech, tech, e-commerce, PE/VC buyouts, and corporate advisory/governance. He handles a broad range of commercial matters across various industry sectors and greatly enjoys working with new startups. He deals with various matters across the GCC, as well as the United Kingdom and EU.
Additionally, he undertakes general banking and finance/investment work and is particularly drawn to Islamic finance matters. He has advised on a range of project and real estate finance matters, various Sukuk (including an African Micro-sukuk), conventional and Islamic private equity transactions (both controlling and non-controlling), and has been involved in structuring Islamic financing transactions according to Islamic principles.
Sherif has worked for UK silver circle and leading US law firms in London, Dubai, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia.
Languages
English, Arabic
Memberships
The Law Society of Scotland
Education
Bachelor of Laws (LLB Hons), University of Aberdeen, 2006
Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Dip. L.P.), University of Aberdeen, 2007
Islamic Finance Qualification (IFQ), Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, 2013
Lawyer Rankings
Oman > Banking and finance
(Next Generation Partners)Said Al-Shahry & Partners (SASLO) acts for banks and borrowers in project, acquisition and Islamic finance mandates. The firm is also active in the development and regulation of the Omani banking sector, and routinely works with the Capital Market Authority, which has recently established a comprehensive framework for regulating cryptocurrency assets. Capital markets specialist Thamer Al Shahry and corporate expert Jeremy Pooley jointly head up the practice. Special counsel Sherif Hampton is well versed in handling Islamic finance and private equity transactions.