Partner, Head of Banking & Finance (Middle East) and Global Head of Islamic Finance
DWF (Middle East) LLP
Umera Ali is a banking & finance partner at DWF Middle East advising on both conventional and Islamic finance matters, and also leads the firms Islamic finance practice.
She advises lenders, financial institutions, funds, sponsors, borrowers, and issuers in corporate and structured finance transactions, including secured and unsecured, syndicated and bilateral loans, asset finance, Islamic finance, supply chain finance, trade finance and debt capital market transactions.
Umera has significant experience having worked in six different jurisdictions. She has built her practice by concentrating on making connections and acting as a strategic partner, and not just a counsel, for her clients. She takes a highly practical and pragmatic approach to providing legal services and brings an understanding of cultural conventions and sensitivities when working on a transaction.
Umera is interested in innovation, sustainable power source, and environmental change, and fuses that with her practice by working with Fintech and Cleantech companies and advising on sustainable finance and carbon credit trading.
Capital Markets Saudi Arabia 2022
Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2021
Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2020 - Virtual Conference
Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2020
Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Saudi Arabia 2019
Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2019