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Sustainable Horizons: The Saudi Arabian Vision
We are excited to share the latest edition of the Law Update, beautifully and appropriately titled “Sustainable Horizons: The Saudi Arabian Vision.” Giving special honor to the Kingdom’s 2030 vision, this update focuses on a collection of both informative and inspiring articles.
For those in construction, you can learn about how the tendering environment impacts risk-pricing for contractors, the updates on the legal framework of the construction industry and how contractors can protect themselves against financial difficulties.
There is good news too from the kingdom’s banking sector, from which the practice of “Open Banking” is being pushed for! But what is open banking? We’re answering that too.
Also . . . Are there any women trail blazers in Saudi Arabia you can name? We’ll help you with that. We cover how the Middle East has been making strides in empowering women in the entrepreneurial space,most notably in STEM fields.
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Jody Waugh
Deputy Managing Partner, Head of Banking & Finance
Biography
Jody oversees the banking practice in the Al Tamimi offices throughout the Middle East, including the GCC, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt.
Jody has been practising in the Middle East for over a decade, and has extensive experience in advising regulators, banks, finance companies, investment banks and other financial institutions on a wide range of banking and finance matters. He also regularly advises borrowers on corporate and property development financing transactions.
His areas of expertise include:
- Islamic finance
- Bi-lateral and syndicated lending transactions
- Project finance
- Security documents and structures
- Property and asset financing
- Product documentation (Islamic and conventional)
- Trade finance
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Regulatory
Jody currently counts some of the region’s leading banks and financial institutions amongst his clients. He is also highly respected practitioner whom Legal 500 describes as ‘technically excellent and diligent’.
He is also an active member of the International Bar Association Banking Law Committee together with serving on the INSOL Editorial Board.
Recent Experience
- Advising the lenders in relation to a AED 1.2bn Islamic (Istisna and Forward Ijara) financing for construction of sixteen residential projects in Dubai
- Advising the lenders on the Sweihan solar power plant in Abu Dhabi
- Advising the lenders on the DEWA solar power plant in Dubai, and the DEWA Hassyan coal power plant also in Dubai
- Advising HSBC on its redomicile into the Dubai International Financial Centre
- Advising Citibank UAE on the sale of its prepaid card business to Wirecard
Language(s)
- English
Education
1998 – LLB, University of Waikato
Admission
2001 – New Zealand Bar
Sector(s)
Country Group(s)
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