Asad Vellani

Associate, Banking and Finance

Biography

Asad has over 4 years’ experience on both transactional and advisory matters. He has worked on a variety of banking and finance transactions, including Islamic financing and conventional financing, and regularly advises on legal and regulatory matters. He has also had extensive experience working on different practice areas of the law, including corporate, compliance, and commercial transactions and advisory work, real estate transactions and advisory work, and intellectual property advisory work. He has advised several different industries such as the pharmaceutical and energy industries.

Asad is dual qualified as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales and as an Advocate of the High Court of Sindh, Pakistan. Prior to joining Al Tamimi & Company, he worked at one of the top full-service firms in Pakistan.

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Recent Experience

  • A major UAE based bank on security creation and client on-boarding requirements in Oman.
  • Various entities, including an online platform and an asset management company on the legal aspects of marketing funds in Oman.
  • A major muti-industry group in Oman on a loan agreement and associated documentation.
  • The Lenders in relation to working capital facilities for the operation of two major wind projects in Pakistan.
  • The Lenders in relation to working capital facilities for the operation of one of the largest coal mines in Pakistan financed by way of various Islamic and conventional facilities.
  • The Lenders in relation to the long-term financing of a biomass steam plant in Pakistan.
  • The Lenders for four major wind power projects in Pakistan.
  • The Investment Agent on the private placement and the listing of one of Pakistan’s first “Gender Bond”.

Language(s)

  • English
  • Urdu

Education

2018 – Legal Practice Course, BPP University
2017 – LLB, BPP University

Admission

2022 – Solicitor, England & Wales
2020 – Advocate, Sindh, Pakistan