Sukuk Summit 2008: London

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Abradat Kamalpour
Partner, Dechert LLP
(Confirmed)

Abradat Kamalpour is a Partner in the Finance and Real Estate team of Dechert LLP. Abradat has extensive experience in securitisation, debt capital markets and structured finance transactions. He has been at the forefront of structuring Islamic-compliant capital markets and securitisation transactions, transforming non-compliant structures into instruments acceptable to Islamic investors.
Abradat's experience encompasses a broad range of securitisation, capital markets and structured finance transactions, including:
- Acting for the Arranger, Senior Lead Manager and Placement Agent on the landmark Islamic Project Bond (Sukuk) issue to finance the development of the - Bahrain Financial Harbour Project. The structure involved the use of Ijara and Istisna underlying contracts;
- Acting for Deutsche Bank AG as Arranger and Lead Manager on a Pan-European securitisation of trade receivables from Portugal, Spain, Germany and France of the INAPA Group;
- Acting for a global investment bank as Arranger and Lead Manager on an Islamic compliant securitisation of a pool of Islamic financings from a country in the Middle East.
Abradat qualified as a solicitor at leading Australian law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques. He joined Dechert as a partner in 2006 from an international law firm based in the city of London. He is qualified to practice as a solicitor in both Australia ( Victoria) and England & Wales.