Yasser Muflahi

Senior Associate Norton Rose Fulbright (Middle East) LLP
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
+971 (4) 3696337
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
+971 (4) 3696337
Yasser Muflahi

Yasser Muflahi

Biography

Yasser Muflahi is a banking and finance lawyer based in Dubai.

Yasser has experience acting for financiers and corporate borrowers on a variety of financing transactions with a particular focus on real estate finance, acquisition finance, leverage finance and working capital finance in an Islamic and conventional context.

Professional experience

Representative experience

Representative experience

Advising:

  • Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam Berhard - on a £150m real estate development finance murabaha facility in respect of the refurbishment of an iconic luxury hotel in London.
  • Bank ABC - on a circa £100m Islamic financing for SPVs owned by an ultra-high net worth individual in respect of 10 Whitehall Place and various other high value real estate in London.
  • Bank ABC - on a £110m senior financing in respect of a residential tower in Croydon, London.
  • SMBC - on a USD750,000,000 murabaha bridging facility to a Kuwaiti Bank.
  • Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector - on various murabaha, wakala and ijara Islamic finance transactions for various emerging market entities and banks.
  • Masraf Al Rayan and Al Rayan Bank Plc - on a £100m real estate finance syndicated commodity murabaha facility to a Middle Eastern backed company funding the development of apartments in central London.
  • Al Rayan Bank Plc - on a £25m real estate finance commodity murabaha facility to a real estate investment company refinancing commercial and residential property across the UK.
  • A UK real estate company - on circa £100m refinance of existing facilities in connection with its portfolio of student accommodation.
  • A major US East Coast real estate investment company - on $110m facilities, in order to acquire four property SPVs that held film studios in the Republic of Ireland.
  • UK based private equity house - on the finance aspects of a $65m private equity backed cross-border acquisition of a global party items manufacturing business which spanned eight jurisdictions and the subsequent refinance of the acquisition with PNC Bank.
  • A major English Premier League football club - in relation to a £50m football finance facility for the purposes of acquiring a football player.
  • A major English Premier League football club - on a football player transfer receivables facility totalling £50m in relation to two high profile player sales.

Education

Education

  • Bachelor of Laws, Birmingham City University, 2014

Admissions

Admissions

  • Solicitor qualified in England & Wales 2019

Languages

Languages

  • English
  • Arabic

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