Aditi Sanyal
Aditi Sanyal
Biography
Aditi Sanyal is a banking and finance lawyer in Dubai. With over a decades experience in the Middle East, Aditi’s practice focuses on supporting financial institutions across the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia with their conventional and Islamic financing needs.
Aditi covers both syndicated and bilateral corporate banking transactions and event driven financings, as well as a breadth of specialisms, including Islamic finance, real estate finance, project finance, acquisition finance and restructuring.
Aditi is known for her client centric approach and acts as a trusted advisor to a number of banks in the Middle East.
She is ranked as a leading lawyer by IFLR1000 and was recently shortlisted as Banking, Finance & Restructuring Lawyer of the Year in the LexisNexis Women in Law Awards 2023.
Professional experience
Representative experience
Representative experience
Advised:
- Rawabi - on a USD2 billion syndicated financing arranged by HSBC, FAB, GIB and others.*
- A syndicate of lenders - in relation to a US$325 million unsecured financing to a UAE government entity.*
- Société Générale and a syndicate of 31 banks - in relation to a EUR1.75 billion unsecured term loan facility to QNB Group.*
- A UAE based asset management firm - on the acquisition of a portfolio consisting of non-performing loans.*
- An international bank - on a US$150 million financing to a Kuwaiti based financial institution.*
- HSBC - on a USD750m dual tranche (conventional and Islamic) financing to a Middle East government related entity.*
- Standard Chartered Bank - on a series of financings for a UAE government related entity.*
- Credit Agricole and a bank syndicate (including Arab National Bank, Riyad Bank, The Saudi Investment Bank and Samba Financial Group) - on a $720m refinancing for a prominent Saudi borrower group.*
- Société Générale - in relation to financing arrangements with a Saudi based borrower.*
- Standard Chartered Bank - in relation to a series of structured finance and leveraged finance deals in Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Nigeria and the UAE.*
- First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC - on a series of financings in the UK, Egypt and the UAE.*
- A syndicate of lenders - in relation to a US$325 million unsecured financing to a UAE government entity.*
- The lenders - in relation to a US$175 million unsecured credit facility to a Middle East power development and investment company towards general corporate purposes.*
- HSBC - on a USD750m dual tranche (conventional and Islamic) financing to a Middle East government related entity.*
- Standard Chartered Bank - on a series of financings for a UAE government related entity.*
- HSBC and a syndicate of international and local lenders - in relation to a USD1 billion financing of a Qatari entity.*
- First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC - on a $750m facility for a leading UAE government-related entity.*
- A consortium of eleven international and regional banks - on a USD1 billion dollar financing for a consortium of eleven international and regional banks on a dual tranche (conventional and Islamic) syndicated facility for a regional government related entity.*
- Telecom Egypt Company S.A.E. - on a $200m corporate facility and $500m facility arranged by two UAE commercial banks, utilising a conventional debt tranche and a commodity murabaha tranche.*
- Standard Chartered Bank - on a $700m syndicated dual tranche ijara financing for a Middle Eastern sovereign borrower.*
- Credit Agricole - on a trade receivables financing for an international group with a presence in Dubai.*
- Kuwait Petroleum Corporation - on a $2bn non-recourse uncommitted syndicated receivables financing.*
- Standard Chartered Bank - in relation to a series of structured finance and leveraged finance deals in Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Nigeria and the UAE.*
- Citibank and a syndicate of international and local banks - in relation to a c. $700m secured loan to a prominent regional group.*
- HSBC, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi (MUFG) and a syndicate of international and local lenders - in relation to a c. $2bn financing for a leading UAE government-related entity.*
- Mandated lead arrangers - on the $3bn Facility E power and water project, the first IWPP to be publicly tendered in Qatar in five years.*
- Rawabi Energy - in relation to a secured USD1.9 billion financing towards refinancing existing debt and general corporate purposes.*
- The sponsors - in relation to a project financing for sub-sea cables connecting Saudi Arabia with Europe.*
- HSBC - on a USD750 million dual tranche (conventional and Islamic) financing to a Middle East government related entity.*
- Credit Agricole - on a dual tranche (conventional and Islamic) financing to a Qatari entity.*
- SMBC - on a USD100 million Islamic financing to a Qatari financial institution.*
*Experience gained prior to joining the firm.
Education
Education
Warwick University - Bachelor or Laws (LLB) - 2007
Admissions
Admissions
- Solicitor 2007
Languages
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Urdu
- Bengali