Baker & McKenzie

Financial Regulations Partner

Legal 500 2021: 

‘Mazen Boustany is a very capable partner and he is exceptionally skilled in meeting and exceeding client expectations. He is a true problem solver without compromising on proper interpretation of the law.’

Partner

IFC - International Finance Corporation

Advising the IFC on UAE legislative reforms in relation to secured transactions

Short term consultant

Habib Al Mulla & Co

- led a team of lawyers in advising, drafting and structuring a one billion AED (1,000,000,000) real-estate project.
-supervised, structured and drafted a sixty million (US$ 60,000,000) Islamic bridge financing transaction, through a reverse commodity murabaha, 
-supervised and structured an eighty million AED (80,000,000) ijarah facility agreement given to a group of investors to provide a top of the line laborers accommodation. 
-structured several private equity deals ranging from five million (US$5,000,000/ to fifty million US$ 50,000,000) involving UAE and KSA companies.

-lead advisor on a one hundred million AED (100,000,000) Takaful Company IPO 
-led a team of lawyers in structuring, drafting and advising on the a  USD (80,000,000) sukuk issuance.  

-involved in arbitration proceedings related to banking, finance and insurance issues.

Head of Banking and Finance Department

Naji Boustany Law Office

trainee and then full fledged lawyer, working on all kind of files whether trnsactional or litigation files

lawyer

-handled numerous files and lawsuits in all fields of law (civil, commercial, labor, criminal, arbitration. .).

-handled an arbitration dispute within the Rules of ICC with the seat of arbitration being in London that arose between ART and AUST about the rights of retransmission of the Asian Football Cup that took place in Lebanon in 2002.

-drafted and negotiated sale and purchase, employment, loan, franchise agreements. 

- negotiated and drafted agreements related to the sale of a plot of land to the US Government to build its new Embassy in Lebanon with a value of more than 25 million US$. 

-conducted and drafted due diligence reports, drafted and advised on private placement memorandums with respect to various projects.

-advised on set ups and legal structures for various projects.

-drafted legal opinions related but not limited to banking, commercial and tax matters.

Attorney at Law

Solidere

legal consultant, working on corporate files, real-estate and construction projects, FIDIC agreements, shareholders issues...

Legal consultant

Specialties: Islamic Finance, Securities, Derivatives, Banking and Financial Laws and Regulations, Insolvency and Restructuring

Level 3 Certificate in Securities endorsed by the Financial Services Authority and the Financial Services Skills Council

Qualified in Derivatives

Selected as External Subject Matter Expert by the Banker's Academy

Basel III certified

DIAC qualified arbitrator

Certified Professional Director from the IOD-Mudara

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