Finance in Islamic law

Our law firm Legal XII Tables Avocats regularly advises our clients on a wide range of Shariah-compliant Islamic finance structures, including Sukuk transactions, Murabaha, Istisna’a, Ijara and Musharakah financing, as well as Takaful transactions and more.

Our main areas of expertise are as follows:

• Understanding of conventional and religious legal principles governing Islamic finance and the evolution of financing techniques
• Structuring, documentation and negotiation of complex transactions based on innovative sharia-compliant techniques
• Transnational Islamic financial transactions and sharia-compliant products, including:
  – Main Islamic contracts of Murabaha, Modaraba, Tawarruq, Mousharaka
  – Sharia-compliant asset financing
  – Sukuks (Islamic bonds)
  – Restructuring of Islamic financing mechanisms
  – Sharia-compliant structured finance and derivatives
  – Sharia-compliant mortgages

The role of our specialized lawyers is to advise on the legal and regulatory aspects of transactions, ensuring that contracts and financing structures respect Sharia principles and comply with applicable laws and regulations. We work closely with the parties involved to devise appropriate and effective legal solutions.

We carry out in-depth due diligence to ensure that transactions comply with legal and ethical requirements. This involves reviewing contracts, legal documents and financing structures to identify any potential risks.

In the event of disputes or conflicts arising from Islamic financial transactions, we represent and defend our clients’ interests before the courts or through alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods.