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DLA Piper appoints Islamic finance specialist

08 February 2007

DLA Piper has appointed as partner leading project and Islamic finance specialist, Oliver Agha in its Dubai office.

Agha, who has worked on some of the most complex Islamic finance projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, joined DLA Piper on 5 February 2007.

A US qualified lawyer, Agha was formerly head of projects at Clifford Chance's Saudi Arabian law firm affiliate, Al-Jadaan. While there he established the projects team, taking it from two to ten lawyers, and advised on ground-breaking Islamic finance structures and major project finance deals.

Agha's experience includes having advised lead lender, JBIC, on the landmark $9.5 billion Rabigh project financing of a Saudi Arabian petrochemical refinery (Trade Finance, September 2006) and being...


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