Capital Markets, Structured Finance & Funds

Galadari advises banks, issuers, corporates, asset managers, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, alternative investment funds and private equity sponsors on sophisticated financing and investment transactions in the UAE, often involving the wider GCC region and other international jurisdictions.

Our Capital Markets, Structured Finance & Funds practice combines international transaction experience with practical UAE legal insight. We advise on debt and equity capital markets transactions, securitisations of a broad spectrum of underlying assets, structured finance, private credit, fund formation and fund finance, as well as Shariah-compliant financing and fund structures.

The team supports clients throughout the transaction lifecycle: from structuring and regulatory analysis through documentation, negotiation, execution and closing. Our work often involves complex, multi-party and cross-border transactions, often requiring innovative legal solutions to meet bespoke commercial objectives.

We advise issuers, arranging banks, underwriters and investors on a broad range of debt and equity capital markets transactions, including:

Corporate bonds
Medium-term note programmes
Covered bond programmes
Initial public offerings and other equity issuances
Sukuks
Refinancings and programme updates

Our team has extensive experience in complex structured finance and securitisation transactions spanning a wide range of underlying assets, including:

Collateralised loan obligations
Collateralised fund obligations
Trade receivables
Credit cards
Consumer loans
Residential mortgages
Non-performing loans
Forward flows
Aircraft lease payments
Repos

We advise alternative corporates, investment funds, private equity sponsors, asset manager, direct lenders and investors on funds related matters and often bespoke private credit financing arrangements that support investment strategies, portfolio growth and business scale. Our experience includes:

Fund establishment, including feeder funds, co-investment/parallel funds and Shariah-compliant fund structures
Fund finance facilities
Private credit and asset-backed finance, including Shariah-complaint structures

Capital markets and structured finance transactions frequently require coordinated advice across corporate, banking, regulatory and tax. Galadari works closely across its specialist practices to provide the full spectrum of legal advice required for domestic and international clients navigating UAE legal framework.