Asad Vellani

Biography

Asad is an associate in the Banking & Finance practice at Al Tamimi & Company.

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Recent Experience

• Acted as local lenders counsel to the syndicate of lenders in relation to the development and maintenance of the Oman Etihad Railway Project.
• Acted for a major Kuwaiti bank in relation to an English law interbank facility provided to a large bank in Oman.
• Acting as local counsel for a multinational education group in relation to a large-scale financing provided by a major UAE based bank.
• Acted as local counsel for a multinational packaging film manufacturer and supplier in relation to a refinancing happening at group level.
• Acted for a major Bahrain based bank in relation to a financing provided to an Omani airline.
• Acted as local counsel for a major Indian bank in relation to financing provided to an Omani company for the purposes of setting up a chemical complex.
• Acted as local counsel for a major engineering group in relation to the local aspects, including security creation, of a financing provided to the engineering group.
• Drafted a bespoke collateral and netting opinion for Oman on the FCM model without ISDA for a major international bank.
• Issuing a netting and collateral opinion for Oman to a major international bank in relation to the entry by an Oman government entity to ISDA Agreements.
• Advising a major UAE based bank on security creation and client on-boarding requirements in relation to its Omani branch.
• Reviewed and advised on a margin financing agreement for a major Omani bank.
• Advising various entities, including an online platform and an asset management company on the legal aspects of marketing funds in Oman.
• Conducted due diligence from a banking and finance perspective on various companies including a pharmacy and a factory.