- Agha & Co is a premier law practice whose attorneys proffer honed international transactional skills and deep Shari’ah knowledge with the response time of a top tier large New York or London firm. Its lawyers provide UAE, Saudi (with co-counsel), US (New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts), English (with co-counsel), Omani and Qatari, Egyptian and Islamic law counsel. Agha & Co is unique in issuing Islamic legal opinions backed by the firm’s renowned Shari’ah Board.
- Agha & Co’s practice areas include the leading Islamic Finance and Islamic Banking practice (including sukuk, novel Islamic working capital facility structures, Capital Markets, Islamic Funds), Arbitration/Litigation (including Islamic Dispute Resolution), Project Finance (including Islamic Project Finance), Energy, Public-Private Placements (PPPs), Construction, Commercial, Corporate M&A, Joint Ventures, Restructuring, Islamic Insurance (takaful), Trusts and Estates (including novel waqf constructs), High Net Worth Estate Planning (including Wills), Intellectual Property, Business law, Labor and Employment, Real Estate and Family law (select international divorce cases involving English, US and UAE/Saudi litigants).
- Agha & Co and/or its lawyers have been featured in DealMakers Country Awards 2013 for the Islamic Finance Law Firm of the Year: UAE; 2012 Acquisition International Legal Awards for the Islamic Finance Law Firm of Year: UAE; Global Islamic Finance Awards: GIFA award for “Best Islamic Law Firm in 2011;” Chambers & Partners Global Guide; Asia Legal Business Hot 100 Lawyers; The Legal 500: “Leading Islamic Law Firms in the UAE” (2010-2012); The Expert Guides: “World’s Leading Banking Finance and Transactional Lawyers” (2012), “Emerging Markets Practitioner 2010”, “Islamic Finance Practitioner 2010” and “The Best of the Best 2009;” The Arabia 500: Top 500 Companies (on-track for exemplary success) (2011); Who’s Who Legal (2010); International Islamic Finance Forum (IIFF) (2010); Islamic Finance News Guides; International Financial Law Review (IFLR) Magazine “World’s Leading Islamic Finance Lawyers;” The Brief Magazine: “Top 20 Lawyers That Have Helped the Gulf’s Economic Boom;” and the Global Recognition in Islamic Finance for a Law Firm Award (promoting excellence in Islamic finance) by the International Islamic Finance Forum.
- Agha & Co has a blue-chip clientele and/or is on the panel of the leading Islamic/regional/international corporate institutions including, for e.g., Al Baraka Islamic Bank, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Al Hilal Bank, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, First Gulf Bank, Deutsche Gulf Finance, Tamweel PJSC, National Bonds and Amlak Finance, as well as large U.S., Saudi and Asian corporates and general manufacturing entities.
