Fairmont Hotel, Riyadh
Umera Ali
Partner, Head of Banking & Finance (Middle East) and Global Head of Islamic Finance
DWF (Middle East) LLP
Biography
Umera Ali is a banking & finance partner at DWF Middle East advising on both conventional and Islamic finance matters, and also leads the firms Islamic finance practice.
She advises lenders, financial institutions, funds, sponsors, borrowers, and issuers in corporate and structured finance transactions, including secured and unsecured, syndicated and bilateral loans, asset finance, Islamic finance, supply chain finance, trade finance and debt capital market transactions.
Umera has significant experience having worked in six different jurisdictions. She has built her practice by concentrating on making connections and acting as a strategic partner, and not just a counsel, for her clients. She takes a highly practical and pragmatic approach to providing legal services and brings an understanding of cultural conventions and sensitivities when working on a transaction.
Umera is interested in innovation, sustainable power source, and environmental change, and fuses that with her practice by working with Fintech and Cleantech companies and advising on sustainable finance and carbon credit trading.
Speaker at these events:
Capital Markets Saudi Arabia 2022
- Saudi Arabia, ESG and capital markets: How companies and banks are transitioning towards sustainability
Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2021
- (L)IBOR transition: What are the new benchmark rates, what are the hedging structures and what is the impact on debt pricing?
Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2020 - Virtual Conference
- Restructure, extend or refinance: As extensions expire, how will corporates manage upcoming repayment obligations?
Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2020
- Why sukuk issuance volumes depend on the development of the secondary market
Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Saudi Arabia 2019
- Green bonds/sukuk: How are investors integrating ESG into their approach to fixed income investments? What metrics are they using?
Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2019