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Robin Abraham is the Managing Partner of Clifford Chance's Middle East Region and specialises in banking and project finance. Robin's areas of practice include project finance, restructuring, Islamic finance and secured and unsecured lending. He has acted on a number of high profile banking and project finance deals in the Middle East.

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Mo Al-Shukairy has extensive experience advising corporate, investment banking, private equity and other clients on takeovers and mergers, capital raising and stock exchange issues in London and the Middle East.

Lynn is a Partner in the Corporate M&A practice, based in the UAE. She has a broad corporate practice, specializing in high-profile M&A and private equity transactions across a diverse range of sectors including technology, healthcare, consumer products, as well as energy and renewables. She regularly advises leading corporate and public sector clients, including major sovereign wealth funds, on complex projects involving both strategic and financial investors. Prior to joining Clifford Chance, Lynn was a partner at another top tier international law firm, where she spent 12 years in the firm’s Abu Dhabi and Paris offices. Lynn is a New York qualified lawyer and is fluent in English, Arabic and French.

Peter Avery specialises in finance and banking law. His areas of practice include project finance, leverage finance, restructuring, Islamic finance, asset finance and corporate lending. In addition to Dubai, Peter has worked in the firm's London, New York and Tokyo offices and has experience of high profile transactions across the globe.

Jeremy Barker works in our Global Financial Markets practice in Dubai and is a member of our Worldwide Projects Group. He acts for a wide range of clients in the energy (particularly renewables) and infrastructure sectors, including regional project finance sponsors, export credit agencies (ECAs) and banks, advising on project finance, ECA finance and general finance.

Graham Brewer is a partner in the firm's Banking and Finance practice of Clifford Chance, in Dubai and has many years’ experience of advising funds, borrowers, sponsors and financiers on a wide range of financing transactions. He specialises in private credit, leveraged finance, acquisition finance, structured finance, infrastructure finance, Islamic finance and restructuring.

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Mohamed Hamra-Krouha

Mohamed Hamra-Krouha specialises in banking and projects, splitting his time between Clifford Chance in Abu Dhabi and AS&H Clifford Chance in Riyadh. Mohamed advises sponsors, financiers and governments on projects and project financings. Projects he has advised on include power and water (IWPPs), petrochemicals and infrastructure projects in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and other parts of the Middle East and North Africa. He is also responsible for Clifford Chance's practice in Egypt and Libya.

Jack Hardman specialises in technology and financial services, having significant experience in our London and Dubai teams, focusing the majority of his work on M&A for financial institutions and technology companies. Jack also leads the financial services regulatory and fintech practices for Clifford Chance in the Middle East, having advised local and international financial services and technology companies, as well as regional regulators, for several years, including on UAE, DIFC and ADGM regulations. Jack has acted on many of the leading regional transactions in the financial and technology sector in recent years. He has also been involved in the establishment of prominent fintech platforms and operations. His broad practice spans M&A, restructuring, regulatory, licensing tech contracting, data and general advisory work across the FIG/tech sectors. Jack is the Africa Practice Leader for Tech.

Tariq Imam leads our Middle East Real Estate Practice. Tariq advises on the full range of real estate transactions in the region, with particular expertise in development projects, real estate financing and restructuring transactions, as well as hotel deals. He has been practising in the Middle East since 2009, and has experience advising clients across a wide range of sectors, including financial services, hotel and leisure, aerospace, transport and healthcare.

Inaamul Laher is based in Abu Dhabi and leads our Middle East transactional Construction practice. He advises sponsors, financial investors, lenders and government entities on the development, acquisition/disposal and financing of large-scale energy, infrastructure and real estate projects across the MENA region. Inaamul has acted on, and continues to be involved in, some of the highest profile power (thermal and renewable), water and wastewater, oil & gas, transport, social infrastructure/PPP and new communities projects in the Middle East.

Qudeer Latif heads our Global Islamic Finance practice and is the architect behind many of the world's pioneering and ground breaking Islamic finance transactions. Qudeer has for many years been involved in Islamic financing techniques and Islamic product development. He advises on a very wide range of Islamic financial services and products including: capital markets, project and infrastructure finance, acquisition and leveraged finance, private equity and real estate funds, financial regulation, structured products and derivatives, real estate finance and tax.

Richard Parris specialises in project finance, energy and infrastructure, including involvement in a number of high-profile petrochemical and infrastructure projects in Saudi Arabia and other parts of the Middle East. Richard's projects include advising on regional petrochemicals, metals, wastewater treatment and power projects as well as cross-border gas projects in Asia.

Jeanne Roig-Irwin

Jeanne Roig-Irwin is in our Real Estate Group and specializes in complex real estate acquisitions, financings and joint ventures. Her work also includes representing real estate developers, banks, funds and REITs in real estate dispositions, leasing and other real estate transactions.

Deniz Tas specialises in cross-border M&A, joint ventures and restructurings, advising sovereign wealth fund, private equity, financial investor, corporate and other regional and international clients. Deniz has advised on several high profile deals in the MENA region and has a particular focus on the energy & resources, infrastructure, consumer goods & retail and real estate sectors. Deniz is the Africa Practice Leader for Agribusiness.

Prachi Trivedi is an experienced international commercial arbitration and commercial litigation practitioner. Prachi advises on a wide range of complex, high-value international commercial disputes, including significant cases before the DIFC Courts. Her experience encompasses acting as counsel in arbitrations conducted under various institutional rules (including LCIA, LMAA, ICC, AAA, and ICSID). She has also been appointed as arbitrator by leading arbitral institutions. Prachi represents clients across diverse sectors, including banking and finance, professional services, oil and gas, shipbuilding, aerospace, technology and defence.

Stuart Ure specialises in structured finance and conventional and Islamic debt capital markets across the GCC (including Saudi Arabia) and Turkey.

Nicholas Wong is the firm's Global Clients, Markets and Products Partner and has over 20 years’ experience advising on project development and financing. Nick acts for sponsors, investors, banks, export credit agencies, multilateral financial institutions and governments on the structuring, development and financing of major energy, oil and gas, infrastructure and mining developments in APAC, Europe, Turkey, Russia and the CIS, Middle East and Africa.