Banking & Finance

Jody oversees the banking practice in the Al Tamimi offices throughout the Middle East, including the GCC, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt.

Jody has been practising in the Middle East for over a decade, and has extensive experience in advising regulators, banks, finance companies, investment banks and other financial institutions on a wide range of banking and finance matters. He also regularly advises borrowers on corporate and property development financing transactions.

His areas of expertise include:

Islamic finance Bi-lateral and syndicated lending transactions Project finance Security documents and structures Property and asset financing Product documentation (Islamic and conventional) Trade finance Restructuring and insolvency Regulatory

Jody currently counts some of the region’s leading banks and financial institutions amongst his clients. He is also highly respected practitioner whom Legal 500 describes as ‘technically excellent and diligent’.

He is also an active member of the International Bar Association Banking Law Committee together with serving on the INSOL Editorial Board.

2001 - New Zealand Bar

Deputy Managing Partner, Head of Banking & Finance

1998 - LLB, University of Waikato