This alert will bring to your attention the significant measures the Indonesian government has taken to provide the regulatory environment necessary to germinate and stabilise their Islamic finance market including:...more
Produced in partnership with K&L Gates LLP -
Real estate is an increasingly important asset class for Islamic-compliant transactions and banks in the UK. Islamic-compliant finance has proved to be an alternative source...more
Introduction -
The World Bank has estimated that capital investments in infrastructure of US$93 billion per year will be required in sub-Saharan Africa to sustain growth in the region, with only US$40 billion currently...more
The tendency to favor litigation -
Litigation through the courts is the most well-known method of determining disputes. A recent judgment of the UK Tax Chamber of the First Tier Tribunal published on the 15th July 2013...more
- Co-financing by conventional lenders and Islamic compliant financiers is increasingly common as businesses seek multiple sources of funding.
- The structural differences between these tranches mean that issues...more
The number of Sharia-compliant products and transactions has grown enormously over the past decade. Many of the contracts that underpin Islamic finance transactions are governed by English law or the law of another country,...more
In This Issue:
- Sharia compliant financing of commercial real estate
- Introduction
- Real estate as an asset class
- Sharia compliance issues that particularly affect commercial real estate...more