Mehrnaz qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2007 and has been with the firm since January 2019.
Mehrnaz has experience of a wide range of capital market transactions, but her work focuses primarily on structured finance and derivative transactions, advising a range of market participants including arrangers, originators and lenders. She has experience of UK, European and international transactions.
Prior to joining Reed Smith, Mehrnaz took a lead role in establishing a Central Bank funded supranational institution mandated to create and issue financial instruments to facilitate effective cross-border Islamic liquidity management. Mehrnaz advised on the structuring, documentation and credit rating of the first issuance programme for these instruments, working closely on the regulatory issues with Central Banks, government agencies, monetary authorities and multilateral organisations.
Mehrnaz has recently been involved in advising the Rockefeller Foundation on the establishment of The International Finance Facility for Education, a ground-breaking financing initiative to provide education in countries around the world. Mehrnaz is the lead associate on this transaction, as well as project managing the structuring and documentation process.
