Dentons

Banking and Finance, Commercial Banks, Corporate and Syndicated Lending, Financial Institutions, Islamic Finance, Oil and Gas

Shaakir is a senior associate in the Banking and Finance team in Denton's Dubai office. He has over 6 years of experience advising clients (both local and international financiers and borrowers) on a wide range of banking matters, including acquisition financing, corporate financing, real estate financing and general banking and finance matters.

Before joining the Firm, Shaakir worked for a silver circle firm in Dubai where he regularly advised local and international lenders on general banking and Islamic finance. Prior to this, Shaakir worked in London advising lenders and borrowers on general banking.

English

Solicitor, Senior Courts of England and Wales, 2017

Nottingham Law School, 2010, Legal Practice Course

University of Lancaster, 2009, LLB (Hons)