Leila Mustafa

Legal Visions, Healing Touch: Shaping the Future of Healthcare

The first Law Update of 2024 is here, and our first focus of the year spotlights Healthcare and Lifesciences, a sector that is undergoing significant growth and development across the MENA region.

Our focus provides an insight into some of the most important regulatory updates across the region, such as the UAE’s groundbreaking law on the use of human genome, Kuwait’s resolution on nuclear and radioactive materials, the new regulations for healthcare services in Qatar, Egypt’s healthcare regulatory framework, and the impact of the Saudi Civil Transactions Law on the healthcare and life sciences sector … and there is so much more!

Beyond the healthcare pages our lawyers share with you multi-sector insights where you will discover articles on Dubai’s DIFC regulatory framework for startups, Bahrain’s commercial agencies law, and we also shed light on Kuwaiti civil code and the advantages of setting up a joint stock company in Saudi Arabia.

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Biography

Leila Mustafa is an associate in the banking and finance department at Al Tamimi & Company. She has a range of experience in all aspects of banking and finance law, and has represented parties on various sides of transactions, including government, sponsors/consortiums, project finance lenders and borrowers. She has particular expertise in corporate lending, project finance, Islamic finance, and real estate finance.

Prior to joining the firm, Leila was a banking and finance associate based in a leading London firm. Since joining Al Tamimi & Company, Leila has been involved in a variety of transactions in the Middle East including Islamic finance transactions, project finance, real estate finance and transactional lending.

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.
Acted on behalf of financial service providers in obtaining licences from the Securities and Commodities Authority.
Represented lenders as lead local counsel in providing financing to petroleum companies.
Advising overseas financial service providers on the promotion of financial products and services in the UAE.
Advising on loans for acquisition, construction, development, and refurbishment of real estate assets.