Foot Anstey

Islamic Finance | Real Estate

Ayah is a member of our Real Estate team specialising in Islamic Finance. She frequently acts on behalf of numerous shariah compliant banks on a range of transaction models and financing structures.

Ayah has also acted for leading Islamic banks on the development of their commodity murabaha and diminishing musharakah residential financing products. She works closely with individual overseas investors, often from the Middle East, looking to invest into the UK real estate market using shariah compliant financing.

Ayah’s career highlights also include acting on behalf of an overseas corporate investor on a group reorganisation and c. £31m residential portfolio refinance of 38 units involving multiple jurisdictions and advising an Islamic bank on the refinancing of three high value residential units with a combined value of c. £22m.