Leila Mustafa

Biography

Leila is a banking and finance solicitor qualified in England & Wales with extensive experience advising financial institutions on complex financing transactions, commercial advisory matters and product development.

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Recent Experience

• Advised the sponsors in the multi-fuel conventional waste-to-energy plant in Sharjah.
• Acted as sponsors lead local counsel in respect of the acquisition of ADNOC Refining’s waste management assets.
• Advised the sponsors on the Kom Ombo 200 MW PV project in Kom Ombo, Egypt.
• Acted on behalf of several major UAE Bank’s in preparing their Islamic finance agreements and advising on Sharia compliant structures.
• Represented lenders as lead local counsel in providing financing to petroleum companies.
• Advising on loans for acquisition, construction, development, and refurbishment of real estate assets.
• Acted on behalf of a conglomerate in the launch of a co-branded credit card, preparing heads of terms for several local UAE banks and network providers, including Visa and Mastercard. Drafted the program agreement, partnership agreement, and service level agreement.
• Advised lenders on local security packages, including onshore, ADGM, DIFC and free zone security. Dealt with notarisation and registration of security agreements including share pledges, account pledges and receivable agreements.