Dentons

Banking and Finance, Islamic Finance, Real Estate Finance, Ship and Marine Finance, Aviation Finance, Asset Finance and Lending, Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy

Nathaniel Armstrong is the managing partner of Dentons' Abu Dhabi office and works within the Banking & Finance team. He has more than 15 years’ experience advising on all types of debt finance transactions, both conventional and Islamic, and represents a range of domestic and international financial and corporate institutions.

Nathaniel is a specialist in general corporate, asset (shipping and aviation), real estate and Islamic finance under both English and UAE (including free zones such as the ADGM and DIFC) law.

He has broad international experience having worked for international law firms in England, Australia and the UAE on a range of complex, high-value transactions.

Nathaniel is ranked as Band 1 by Chambers & Partners Global for Shipping Finance and as a Rising Star Partner by IFLR1000 for Banking & Finance.

Nathaniel also regularly publishes articles on banking and finance related issues.

Solicitor, Senior Courts of England and Wales, 2010

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank: Advising on an AED710 million (US$193.3 million) real estate financing of Phase 1 of the Jubail Island development in Abu Dhabi. National Bank of Bahrain: Advising on an English law governed secured financing for McLaren Group, the elite motorsports and luxury supercar maker that competes in Formula 1. Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank: Advising on an English law financing made available to a UAE-incorporated entity in respect of financing the delivery of five new aircraft manufactured by Airbus. Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank: Advising on an English law governed US$370 million pre- and post-delivery Islamic Istisn'a financing for a joint venture company incorporated by Al Seer Marine Supplies and Equipment Company PJSC and BGN INT DMCC, to part finance the purchase of five state-of-the-art very large gas carriers (VLGCs) from shipyards in South Korea and Japan. Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank: Advising on an English law governed AED750 million multi-tranche loan and Islamic facility involving the construction of a mixed residential and hotel development in the UAE. This deal won Real Estate Finance Deal of the Year at the 2017 Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Awards Middle East. National Australia Bank: Advising on the restructuring of an English law governed US$180 million financing in respect of six MR class product tankers made available to a UAE-based international shipping group, including the take-out of a fixed rate junior tranche by an additional floating rate senior tranche and replacement of LIBOR with a Term SOFR benchmark for the calculation of interest. The matter involved multiple jurisdictions. Banco Santander: Advising on an English law governed US$166 million syndicated lease financing of an international logistics group, Tristar, to part finance the purchase of six chemical tankers from a shipyard in South Korea. The matter involved senior and junior financing tranches and multiple jurisdictions.

English

College of Law, London, 2007, Legal Practice Course Oxford Brookes University, 2006, Graduate Diploma in Law Oxford University, 2005, BA (Hons), Philosophy, Politics and Economics