Fatima Alhasan > Baker McKenzie > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Baker & McKenzie Limited‘s projects and energy department is a port of call for matters involving project financing in Bahrain, advising leading local and regional banks on various multijurisdictional projects with particular experience in the water and petrochemical industries. Ian Siddell heads the team, and is a key contact for projects with Islamic finance elements. Fatima Alhasan is broadly experienced in both conventional and Islamic project financing, and is often active in project-related transactions, along with Delwar Hossain.

Baker & McKenzie Limited is noted for proficiency across the full spectrum of finance-related matters, including real estate and construction financing for major local and international clients in various jurisdictions. Practice head Ian Siddell holds extensive experience in Islamic finance-related matters and major and complex project financing mandates. He is ably assisted by the finance expertise of Fatima Alhasan, whose experience extends to both Islamic and financial banking, along with financial restructuring matters. Delwar Hossain specialises in Islamic finance, and is particularly active in project finance matters requiring expertise in Saudi Arabian law. In addition, Soheir Elbanna and Victoria Long are both highly active members of the team.

Baker & McKenzie Limited‘s corporate and commercial department has a strong track record in the financial and real estate industries, advising some of the largest actors in the local market, along with various multinationals, in M&A, restructuring, insolvency, and joint ventures. Praised by clients as an ‘excellent lawyer’, Fatima Alhasan covers the full range of transactions, private equity and capital markets matters as well as advice on investment funds, and co-heads the team alongside David Monnier, both splitting their time between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.