Umbreen is an associate in the Financial Industry Group in our Dubai office and has vast experience in advising banks, financial institutions, private equity houses, corporates and government-related borrowers in relation to both investment grade and leveraged finance, asset finance, project finance, trade finance and real-estate finance transactions, based on conventional and Islamic structures. Umbreen has been based in the UAE for over five years, before which she worked for a Magic Circle law firm in London.
Umbreen has acted on a number of landmark finance transactions in the UAE and the wider Middle East region. She has been the key fee earner in teams advising on various award-winning deals, including Murabaha Deal of the Year at the Islamic Finance News Awards 2017, the IFLR Middle East Award for Restructuring Deal of the Year 2016, Cross Border Deal of the Year and Project Finance Deal of the Year at the Islamic Finance News Awards 2016, Commodity Murabaha Deal of the Year at the Islamic Finance News Awards 2015 and Mudaraba Deal of the Year at the Islamic Finance News Awards 2014.
