Our expertise in Shariah financing
With a strong track record of acting for domestic and overseas investors, our Real Estate and Banking and Finance teams work seamlessly to provide collaborative, specialist, and tailored advice on shariah-compliant structures in addition to all other types of real estate financing.
By collaborating closely with our clients, we ensure their specific needs and requirements are met. Our expertise in this thriving area allows us to provide innovative and effective solutions that align with our clients’ values and financial goals.
Our banking and finance team represents a wide breadth of investors, including corporates, funds, trusts, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals on shariah financings. Across our wider practice, we also act for a full range of financial institutions – private and retail banks, financial institutions, alternative lenders (including private funding lines), and challenger banks.
Our residential real estate team is adept at handling every aspect of shariah real estate transactions and the sophisticated structures of Islamic finance are familiar to them.
Together, we have successfully managed several high-profile deals where shariah financing was a key component, advising over the years on, master Murabaha agreements, Murabaha agreements, diminishing Musharakahs and Ijarah leases.
Track record
Capri Trust
£11.5 million
Acting for an investor in respect of £11,572,000 master Murabaha agreement to finance acquisition of multiple apartments in Landmark Pinnacle building in 2020.
Location: Central London
Qatari client
£3.9 million
Acting for HNW individual on the leasehold purchase of an apartment involving the use of a diminishing Musharakah Agreement.
Company
£12.85 million
Acting for the investor in respect of a refinancing of a central London high value home with a £12,850,000 Master Murabaha agreement.
Location: Central London
Family office
£100 million
Acting for a family office in respect of a shariah financing for £18,720,000 in order to release equity in several luxury penthouses in central London.
Location: Mayfair
A UAE family office
£3.1 million
Acting for an investor in respect of £3,100,000 master Murabaha agreement in relation to a re-financing of a residential property in London.
Qatari client
£6.25 million
Acting for HNW individual on the freehold purchase of a residential house involving the use of a diminishing Musharakah agreement.
Onshore client
£12.5 million
Acting for investor SPV in respect of £12,500,000 master Murabaha agreement to finance the acquisition of two apartment blocks in south London.
Location: London
Investra
£8 million
Acting for the investor on an £8,000,000 master Murabaha facility agreement in relation to coworking building in Buckinghamshire.
Independent advice
Advising many customers of banks such as Gatehouse, Al Rayan and Nomo on the terms of Islamic finance products to fund acquisition of an investment property in accordance with lender requirements.
Meet our team
Simon Collins
Partner, Head of Banking and Finance
Anna Jassani
Senior Associate, Residential Property
Catriona Hoyes
Senior Associate, Banking and Finance
Mark Berry
Senior Associate, Banking and Finance
“Unrelenting client focus and partner level care.”
The Legal 500, 2025
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The Legal 500, 2025
