Ashurst

Ashurst‘s London office leverages its global network, particularly its practitioners in Dubai and Riyadh, to advise clients on structured transactions involving Sukuk, Shariah-compliant investment funds and Shariah-compliant hedging. Conor Funston heads up the London team and is experienced in advising governments, state-owned entities, central banks, government regulators and Islamic and conventional banks. Funston recently advised Ittihad International Investment LLC on their USD 100 million Shariah-compliant Sukuk issuance listed on the International Stock Exchange. Funston regularly draws on the office’s broader strengths across project finance, derivatives and capital markets.