Demand continues to rise for legal professionals with a strong knowledge and understanding of Shariah law concepts continues, a reflection of the growth in Islamic finance products and services for institutions and private clients. Our team of experienced finance lawyers regularly works with onshore law firms, banks, managers and service providers to assist clients in the UK, the Middle East and Asia, as well as trust and corporate service providers servicing clients in this area.
The importance of managing risk across all types of banking and financial transactions has never been more apparent. International and multi-jurisdictional activity, particularly in emerging markets and with alternative credit providers, is driving creativity in structuring and transactions which requires a team of lawyers who know how to get the optimal results from each deal.
At Collas Crill, our credentials are clear: with our well-established banking and finance team and some of the best known transactions both internationally and locally, there isn’t much we have not encountered.
Read moreThe great wealth transfer and the rise of offshore structures for Saudi families
This article by Angela Calnan was first published in issue 17 of ThoughtLeader4's Private Client magazine. Click here to read the full publication. Introduction The concept of wealth transfer is reshaping the global financial landscape, particularly...
Guernsey and Saudi Arabia: Managing changing families together
This article by Angela Calnan was first published on 12 December 2024 in eprivateclient in association with Guernsey Finance. Click here. Guernsey has looked after the family offices of several of Jeddah's merchant families for many years now with relati...
Fifty billion trees in the Middle East (and what it has to do with us)
This week, the eyes of many of us around the world will be trained on Dubai as it hosts COP28. In September, the UAE Sustainable Finance Working Group put forward for consultation its proposed Principles for Sustainability-Related Disclosures for Reporti...
Family businesses hold a prominent and important role in the UAE economy and, prior to this year, have done so without a flexible and robust legal framework within which to govern them. That has now changed. As of this year, UAE Federal Decree Law No.37 ...
Associate Annabel Bishop recently relocated from Guernsey to the Corporate, Finance and Funds team in the BVI office. Here she shares her first impressions of her new life in the BVI. Anyone who knows me well will know that I love to travel to new place...
Advocates admitted to the Guernsey
Collas Crill Senior Associate Ben le Page and Associate Harry Round have been admitted to the Guernsey Bar. Ben joined Collas Crill as a paralegal and went on to train with the firm, qualifying as a Solicitor of England and Wales in 2017. He was promote...
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