Career & Experience
Kate is a senior associate in our Islamic finance practice and has experience in working on a wide variety of real estate-driven banking and finance transactions and multi-tranche development transactions encompassing a wide range of Islamic financing arrangements.
She is named in the Legal 500 2023 as a Key Lawyer in Islamic finance in London and described by clients as ‘ very approachable, responsive and knowledgeable.’
Kate advises shariah compliant banks in single property and portfolio acquisitions and refinancing transactions involving commercial and residential assets, often with an offshore element.
An example of Kate’s work includes advising Riyad Bank (London Branch) on their single largest real estate financing transaction to date: a £64m shariah-compatible facility used to refinance the UK HQ of an international law firm in Moorgate.
Outside of work Kate plays netball and enjoys surfing and the outdoors.
Accolades
- Key lawyer in the Legal 500 2023
- Key lawyer in the Legal 500 2022
- Islamic Finance Qualification from the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment
- Member of the Arab Bankers Association.
- Member of the Loan Market Association
Career & Experience
Kate is a senior associate in our Islamic finance practice and has experience in working on a wide variety of real estate-driven banking and finance transactions and multi-tranche development transactions encompassing a wide range of Islamic financing arrangements.
She is named in the Legal 500 2023 as a Key Lawyer in Islamic finance in London and described by clients as ‘ very approachable, responsive and knowledgeable.’
Kate advises shariah compliant banks in single property and portfolio acquisitions and refinancing transactions involving commercial and residential assets, often with an offshore element.
An example of Kate’s work includes advising Riyad Bank (London Branch) on their single largest real estate financing transaction to date: a £64m shariah-compatible facility used to refinance the UK HQ of an international law firm in Moorgate.
Outside of work Kate plays netball and enjoys surfing and the outdoors.
Accolades
- Key lawyer in the Legal 500 2023
- Key lawyer in the Legal 500 2022
- Islamic Finance Qualification from the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment
- Member of the Arab Bankers Association.
- Member of the Loan Market Association
Expertise
- Real estate-driven banking
- Islamic financing structures including commodity murabaha and diminishing musharakah structures.
- Shariah compliant property ownership and leasing
