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Aziza Atta(Confirmed)
Associate, Norton Rose |
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Aziza is an Islamic capital markets lawyer based in our London office. She specialises in Islamic capital markets. Aziza has advised numerous financial institutions and corporations on various types of Sukuk and Islamic structured product financings in the UK and the Middle East. She acts for a wide range of financial institutions offering Islamic financial solutions including Barclays Capital, Nomura International plc, Soci�t� G�n�ral and BNP Paribas. Aziza advised Barclays Global Investors in their launch of three Shariah-compliant index-linked exchange traded funds that are listed on the London Stock Exchange. Aziza is part of the HMRC Technical Group for Sukuk and has been involved in providing advice to the UK Government and the Financial Services Authority in relation to legislative and regulatory efforts to accommodate Islamic Finance in the UK. Aziza has published several articles on Islamic finance. Aziza qualified as a solicitor in February 2003. Before joining Norton Rose, Aziza worked at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London and Belgium, Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria and Proyecto AkTenamit in Guatemala. |
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