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Farmida Bi

Work Department
Islamic Finance; Capital Markets; Banking and Finance
Career
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Debt capital markets
(Hall of Fame)The debt capital markets practice at Norton Rose Fulbright is ‘up-to-date with market trends and practices‘ with one client remarking that the practice is ‘highly organised, professional and responsive‘. The firm has a broad practice that encompasses investment grade and emerging markets debt, transactions for sovereign and supranational issuers, project bonds, debt restructuring, corporate trust matters, Islamic finance and a niche Canadian debt issuance practice. Practice head Peter Young handles debt offerings under both English and New York law. Farmida Bi is now global chair of the firm, and focuses on sustainability and corporate social responsibility. In the DCM space, her work is predominantly concerned with corporate trustee advice, sovereign debt, project bonds and restructurings. Peter Noble is best known for advising Canadian issuers and their dealers in the international debt markets, though he has a broader European DCM practice. Emerging partner talent Kirstin Russell acts for corporate trustees and agents in the UK, US and Asia on a wide range of debt instruments.
London > Finance > Islamic finance
(Hall of Fame)Led from London by the ‘fantastic‘ Farmida Bi, and also able to leverage significant resources from the firm’s Middle East offices, Norton Rose Fulbright has ‘great and broad experience’ across a range of Islamic finance techniques, often utilised to fund Sharia-compliant transactions in core areas of sector strength for the firm, including energy and transport. A ‘true specialist’ who is ‘very well-connected’, Bi is a popular choice among a number of high profile corporates, banks and sovereigns, including Pakistan’s Ministry of Finance – which she continues to advise on all its sukuk issuances. In addition, Bi, who was also recently named the firm’s global chair, has been at the forefront of efforts to utilise Islamic finance as a means of unlocking funding for ESG initiatives designed to promote the UN’s Social Development Goals. Counsel Andrew Coote also continues to gain a strong name for himself in the market and regularly provides key support to Bi on mandates handled by the team. The arrival in March 2022 of Yusuf Battiwala from Dentons further strengthened the team.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame - London > Finance > Debt capital markets
- Hall of Fame - London > Finance > Islamic finance
- Islamic finance - London > Finance
- Debt capital markets - London > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Finance > Islamic finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Commodities disputes
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Transport > Rail
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Employment > Health and safety
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Employment > Employers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, £500m+
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment (including media finance)
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport