Considered a "go to" lawyer on some of the most high profile and technically challenging deals across the region, Amir’s practice includes extensive experience acting on multi-sourced (Islamic) and ECA-supported financings in the public and private sector, leveraged finance, real estate development, project finance and general corporate financings. Amir is also one of a handful of lawyers in the Middle East who has studied and practiced in both common law and civil law jurisdictions.
Among his many accolades, Amir led the team which won the award for Murabaha Deal of the Year 2017 at the Islamic Finance News Awards, and is the recipient of the IFLR Middle East Award for Restructuring Deal of the Year 2016, the Islamic Finance News Awards for Cross Border Deal of the Year 2016, Project Finance Team of the Year 2016, Commodity Murabaha Deal of the Year 2015 and Mudarabah Deal of the Year 2014.
“Building a strong Middle East practice is a strategic priority for the firm and for FIG, and doing so will require that we bring aboard the best of the best in the region,” said Ed Estrada, global chair of Reed Smith’s Financial Industry Group. “Amir is one of the leading finance attorneys in the Middle East, who also brings an entrepreneurial spirit which will certainly be valuable as we continue to expand our capabilities in the region. We are very excited to have him join Reed Smith.”
Reed Smith has bolstered its construction, international arbitration and commercial disputes practices in the Middle East with the addition of partners Sachin Kerur, Shourav Lahiri and Michelle Nelson in July 2018 and commercial disputes partner Mahmoud Awad and senior consultant Waseem Khokhar in November 2018.
“Sophisticated clients in the region expect international law firms to have a locally based roster of highly accomplished lawyers who can handle both domestic and multijurisdictional transactional and disputes matters,” said Sachin Kerur, who is also office managing partner of Reed Smith’s Middle East offices. “We are building a team in the Middle East that will rival any other firm in the region, especially in the areas of financial services and energy and natural resources. I have known Amir for many years and have no doubt we can deliver exceptional growth for our business.”
Amir received his LLM from the University of London and his BA from the University of Amsterdam.
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