Imran Shafiq

Imran is currently based in UAE with over 15 years of experience in the GCC market and an overall experience of circa. 25 years, which he has gained both in the private practice and in-house environments. 

He has advised local, regional and international clients across wide array of contentious and non-contentious practice segments, including corporate and commercial, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, banking and finance as well as financial services.

Imran has an experience of around twenty years in the banking & finance sector, with wide ranging commercial experience as an advisor and advocate, emphasizing particularly on banking, financial services, regulations, corporate and commercial laws.

He has previously worked with and represented major companies in some of the region’s high-profile bankruptcy, financial restructuring and insolvency cases, including representation of lenders and borrowers, bondholders and other creditors.

Most recently, Imran has worked on Islamic and conventional investment funds and banking transactions in the Dubai International Financial Center and Abu Dhabi Global Markets.

He has extensive knowledge of the regional regulatory environment that underpins lending to provide sector-specific legal advice to various industries including retail and manufacturing on receivables and inventory financing, secured financing and equipment financing transactions.

Imran has a LLM from Georgetown University, LLB (Hons.) from the University of Buckingham and was Called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn.

Admitted: Pakistan (active) and England (non-practising)