Mr Rahat Dar > Afridi & Angell > Dubai, United Arab Emirates > Lawyer Profile
Afridi & Angell Offices
JUMEIRAH EMIRATES TOWERS, OFFICE TOWER, LEVEL 35
SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD
PO BOX 9371, DUBAI
United Arab Emirates
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Mr Rahat Dar
Work Department
Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Capital Markets, Corporate and Commercial, Energy, Funds, Infrastructure and Projects, Islamic Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Restructuring
Position
Partner
Career
Rahat joined Afridi & Angell in 2011. His practice includes banking and finance, M&A and general corporate matters. Rahat has advised companies and financial institutions on a range of financing transactions, including conventional and Islamic finance.
He has extensive experience in working with bank Shari’a and Fatwa supervisory boards, and independent Shari’a scholars, in structuring a variety of Islamic financing transactions (including, Istisna’a, Ijara, Murabaha, Musharaka and Mudaraba). Rahat has also advised local and overseas companies on a range of corporate and capital markets transactions, including cross-border acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, distribution and IPOs.
Languages
English, Urdu, Punjabi
Memberships
- Law Society of England and Wales
Lawyer Rankings
United Arab Emirates > Banking and finance: Corporate finance (including Islamic lending)
(Next Generation Partners)Afridi & Angell handles a wide array of banking and finance mandates, including loan facilities, refinancings and restructurings, and amendments to existing facilities and major transactional documentation. As part of an active cross-border practice, the firm has strong connections with Russian banks, advising on the restructuring of existing and new facilities to borrowers domiciled in the UAE free zones. Rahat Dar co-leads the practice alongside Bashir Ahmed, and combines extensive transactional and regulatory know-how to cover the full breadth of conventional and Islamic financing structures. Co-head Masood Afridi is recognised for his project finance capabilities.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United Arab Emirates > Banking and finance: Corporate finance (including Islamic lending)
- Banking and finance: Corporate finance (including Islamic lending) United Arab Emirates