WestLB AG is a European commercial bank and one of Germany's largest financial institutions, with total assets of Euro 286.5 billion in 2007. Our key strengths include the close business and strategic alliance with the savings banks and a distinctive expertise in the development of innovative capital markets products and customised structured financing solutions for major corporates and larger medium-sized companies, institutional clients and public-sector clients. Thanks to our presence in important financial centres around the world, WestLB AG provides access to the international capital markets for its clients. The WestLB islamic finance team forms part of the emerging market structuring desk of WestLB's London Branch bringing tailor made Shariah compliant structured solutions to corporations and financial institutions in the Middle East, Europe and North America. Over the last two years WestLB has acted as Mandated Lead Arranger on Islamic facilities totalling in aggregate over US$7.1billion. Last year WestLB was mandated as sole lead arranger and bookrunner for the first fully Sharia compliant LBO of an iconic UK brand: the acqusition of Aston Martin from the Ford Motor Company.
