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Ahmet Kalafat
Work Department
Finance
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Ahmet Kalafat is a Senior Associate in our Finance Practice Group based in Dubai. He has been based in the region for more than 15 years. Before moving to Dubai, he worked in the legal department of the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and at an international law firm in Istanbul, Turkey.
He regularly advises leading international and regional banks, and development finance institutions on numerous financing transactions in the Middle East. He has substantial experience in Islamic finance transactions and is very well regarded as an Islamic finance lawyer. One of his other strengths is the Turkish market where he has developed a strong banking and finance practice with established relationships with local Turkish banks and corporates.
Legal 500 EMEA, Banking and Finance and Islamic Finance recognizes Ahmet as a “Next Generation Lawyer”.
He completed his graduate diploma in law at BPP Law School, London and his legal practice course at The Oxford Institute of Legal Practice. He is an English and Turkish-qualified lawyer and is fluent in English and Turkish.
Languages
English, Turkish
Memberships
The Law Society of England and Wales and Turkish Bar Association
Education
- LPC (Distinction), Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, 2009 – 2011
- Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) (Merit), BPP Law School, London, 2007 – 2009
- LLM in International Business Law, (Merit), London School of Economics and Political Sciences, 2000 – 2001
- LLB (cum laude), Ankara University, Turkey, 1995 -1999
Lawyer Rankings
United Arab Emirates > Banking and finance: Corporate finance (including Islamic lending)
(Rising stars)A clear specialist for handling complex Islamic financing deals, Hogan Lovells (United Arab Emirates) LLP boasts a strong track record overseeing first-of-its-kind transactions involving a variety of enviable domestic and international clients across a strong set of sectors. Consistently acting on prestigious infrastructure and energy builds, the firm are a favourite for clients looking for project financing capabilities, while further matter highlights include advising premium banks on a number of high-value facilities. Rahail Ali heads the practice and has a prominent reputation for Shariah-compliant financings and is routinely in demand from government bodies, independents, and financial institutions. Senior associate Ahmet Kalafat is building a considerable body of work regarding Islamic facilities and is key to the group due to his knowledge of foreign markets.
Lawyer Rankings
- Rising stars United Arab Emirates > Banking and finance: Corporate finance (including Islamic lending)
- Banking and finance: Corporate finance (including Islamic lending) United Arab Emirates