Mohammed Saqub > Shakespeare Martineau LLP > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile
Shakespeare Martineau LLP Offices
NO 1 COLMORE SQUARE
BIRMINGHAM
B4 6AA
England
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Mohammed Saqub
Work Department
Real Estate Finance / Islamic Finance
Position
Partner & Head of Islamic Finance
Career
Mohammed is a real estate finance and islamic finance specialist with considerable experience in dealing with a range of high-value and complex property investment, finance and development transactions.
Mohammed heads up our real estate finance and Islamic finance team. He advises on high value and complex property investment, development and finance transactions and has an in-depth knowledge and application of Islamic principles to securities on real property.
Mohammed has assembled and leads a highly skilled team of lawyers that are regarded as experts in Islamic finance and real estate finance.
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Finance > Banking and finance
(Leading individuals)Shakespeare Martineau LLP is experienced in handling real estate finance and corporate banking matters, alongside a particular expertise in Islamic finance, having been called upon by government agencies to advise on the impact changes in legislation. The practice, which is capable of offering a ‘personalised service’, is jointly led by ‘consummate professional’ Naomi Tudor, whose expertise includes corporate and property finance work on bilateral or syndicated transactions, and Mohammed Saqub, who has a key focus on Islamic finance, as well as related commercial property investment transactions and various development transactions.
London > Finance > Islamic finance
(Leading individuals)Primarily centred from Birmingham and London, the ‘commercial and driven’ team at Shakespeare Martineau LLP is ‘very experienced in dealing with Sharia compliant structures’ for borrowers and lenders seeking or providing the financing to facilitate commercial and residential real estate in the UK. Although it is starting to picking an increased flow of work for foreign entities, including funds, looking to invest in the UK, the team has over the years been particularly successful in developing strong ties with banks (both wholly Shariah compliant entities and conventional lenders with an Islamic window), ensuring that it secures a huge flow of work, particularly in the context of retail mortgages. Recognised as a ‘a leading figure in the Islamic market sector’, team head Mohammed Saqub has been pivotal to the firm’s success in the area with his expertise recognised not only by clients on transactional work but also the UK government, which he has provided guidance to in terms of growing Islamic finance within the country. Legal director Afreen Cole has ‘a solid understanding of Islamic finance principles’, which she deploys to good effect on real estate finance matters and in the negotiation of Commodity Murabaha facility agreements.
London > Real estate > Property finance
Mohammed Saqub at Shakespeare Martineau LLP heads the property finance team from London and Birmingham, which has notable strength in Islamic finance. Clients of the department are predominantly UK and Middle East wholly Sharia compliant banks, and conventional banks which have an Islamic window.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals West Midlands > Finance > Banking and finance
- Banking and finance West Midlands > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Public sector > Education
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Private client > Family: Birmingham
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Social housing
- Real estate > Commercial property: Birmingham
- Private client > Family: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant