Islamic Finance Transactions

We provide Islamic finance transaction advice & services:
The Law Office of Elwaleed Ahmed‘s   Islamic finance team is a dedicated group consisting of prominent Islamic finance consultants with highly developed Islamic finance capabilities and substantial international transactional experience. Our practitioners advise on complex and sophisticated Islamic finance structures in numerous jurisdictions. Our Islamic finance team advice on Shariah compliant transactions including fund formation, equity investments, financial products and corporate and financing transactions. Moreover, we develop and document Islamic structures for a variety of Islamic transactions, private equity investments, acquisition financings, securitizations and other secondary market transactions.

Our Islamic finance team advising our clients on:

  • Musharaka Sukuk Transaction (Joint Venture)
  • The contracts of Ijra (lease) and Ijra  Wa-Igtina (lease purchase)
  • Istisna’ (contract of construction or manufacture)
  • Mudaraba (Profit/Loss-Sharing)
  • Murabaha (cost plus financing)
  • Bay’ Al-‘Arbun (option sale transaction)
  • Standard Form Documentation

Research and Publication About Islamic Finance

1-Features, challenges facing growth of Islamic bonds; Sukuk: unique driver of Islamic finance  
By: El Waleed M. Ahmed Legal Consultant, Head of Foreign Affair Department, Kuwaiti Lawyer Firm-Kuwait Published in Kuwait daily English newspaper (Arab Times-Kuwait July 8, 2007)
To view this article click on the Link below:
http://sukukuniquedriverofislamicfinance.blogspot.com/
or
http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20070708113822
2: A Unified Voice: The Role of Shariah Advisory Boards in Islamic Finance”
This article published in October , 2007 Edition of ‘Business Islamica’ Magazine-Dubai UAE” By: El Waleed M. Ahmed is a legal consultant and head of the Foreign Affairs Department at Kuwaiti law firm KLF, . El Waleed holds an LL.M degree with a specialization in Islamic investment From Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia. USA.
To view this article click on the Link below:
http://theroleofshariahadvisoryboards.blogspot.com/ 

 
 

3-Standarization a must for universal acceptance; sukuk a shariah prosepectiveBy;
El Waleed M. Ahmed is a Legal Consultant and Head of Foreign Affair Department, Kuwaiti Lawyer Firm-KuwaitPublished in Kuwait daily English newspaper (Arab Times-Kuwait July 29, 2007).
To view this article click on the Link below: 
http://standardizationsukuk.blogspot.com/

 

4:Challenges facing sector’s growth; Global Islamic finance By:
El Waleed M. Ahmed, Legal Consultant, Foreign Affair Department, Kuwaiti Lawyer Law Firm, Al-Jabria –Kuwait. LL.M Degree “Master of Laws” From Temple University School of Law-Philadelphia-PA USA.This Aricle published in Arab Times Newspaper-Kuwait April 17,2007
To view this article click on the Link below:
http://challengefacingislamicfinance.blogspot.com/
5-Sukuk – A Shariah Advisory Perspective Vol. 4, Issue 29 20th July, 2007 www.islamicfinancenew.com[1] Sector ReportBy:
El Waleed M. Ahmed Legal Consultant, Head of Foreign Affair Department, Kuwaiti Lawyer Firm (Yaqoub Al-Munayae & Aisha Al-Shaiji Law Firm), Al-Jabriya –Kuwait. LL.M Degree “Master of Laws” From Temple University School of Law-Philadelphia-PA USAThis article published in “Islamic Finance News” an International On-line publication 20th July, 2007
To view this article click on the Link below:
http://www.failaka.com/downloads/Sukuk_Perspective.pdf
or
http://sukukfromshariaprospective.blogspot.com/
6: Islamic Banking & Finance; IT’S Operation and The Necessity for It’s Accommodation In The Global Economy.By:
Elwaleed M Ahmed, my master studies research paperTo view this article click on the Link below: http://islamicfinanceanditsoperation.blogspot.com/
7-The Fastest Growing Sector in Islamic Finance-Sukuk “Islamic Bonds”By: El Waleed M. Ahmed Legal Consultant, Head of Foreign Affair Department, Kuwaiti Lawyer Firm-KuwaitPublished in “Islamic Finance News” international online publication, July 6th 2007
To view this article click on the Link below:
http://sukukislamicbond.blogspot.com/

 

8: The Essential Legal Regulation Reform
For Islamic Finance’s Accommodation and Growth in UK & US:

By: El Waleed M. Ahmed, Legal Consultant, Head of Foreign Affair Department, Kuwaiti Lawyer Firm  , Al-Jabriya –Kuwait. LL.M Degree “Master of Laws” From Temple University School of Law Philadelphia-PA USA.  
To view this article click on the Link below:
http://islamicfinanceinusanduk.blogspot.com/