Career & Experience
Zahir is a partner in our award-winning Islamic finance sector and provides strategic counsel to financial institutions on real estate-driven transactions. He co-leads the firm’s International Team.
Zahir joined the firm in 2012 as one of the first members of our then newly established Bristol office and, after a client-side stint as General Counsel at a privately-owned investment advisory firm in Mayfair, returned to Foot Anstey in 2019. He aims to impart solutions-focused advice to clients, having been one himself.
An example of Zahir’s work includes leading a team of lawyers in acting for 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.
A passionate advocate for health equity, Zahir is the founder of a global grassroots cycling collective which promotes everyday cycling as a tool for empowerment and wellbeing for minoritised communities.
Accolades
- Next Generation Partner in the Legal 500 2023 & 2024
- Board Trustee of national active travel charity, Sustrans
- Equal Opportunities Ambassador for Bristol-based social enterprise, Babbasa
- Islamic Finance Qualification from the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment
Career & Experience
Zahir is a partner in our award-winning Islamic finance sector and provides strategic counsel to financial institutions on real estate-driven transactions. He co-leads the firm’s International Team.
Zahir joined the firm in 2012 as one of the first members of our then newly established Bristol office and, after a client-side stint as General Counsel at a privately-owned investment advisory firm in Mayfair, returned to Foot Anstey in 2019. He aims to impart solutions-focused advice to clients, having been one himself.
An example of Zahir’s work includes leading a team of lawyers in acting for 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.
A passionate advocate for health equity, Zahir is the founder of a global grassroots cycling collective which promotes everyday cycling as a tool for empowerment and wellbeing for minoritised communities.
Accolades
- Next Generation Partner in the Legal 500 2023 & 2024
- Board Trustee of national active travel charity, Sustrans
- Equal Opportunities Ambassador for Bristol-based social enterprise, Babbasa
- Islamic Finance Qualification from the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment
Expertise
- Shariah-compliant real estate investment and product development
- Structuring and financing of real estate investments
- Acquisition and disposal of property
