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Government of Dubai inaugural sukuk

US$2,000.00 m

Entry date - Monday, 4 January 2010
Jurisdiction - United Arab Emirates
Practice - Islamic Finance
largest sovereign sukuk ever and largest international sukuk from the Middle East in 2009

Firm Allen & Overy Client National Bank of Abu Dhabi Lead Lawyers Anzal Mohammed, Roger Wedderburn-Day Role Int Counsel	Firm Maples and Calder Client Dubai DOF Sukuk Lead Lawyers Role	Firm Taylor Wessing Client Government of Dubai Lead Lawyers Role Counsel to issuer

Firm
Allen & Overy
Client
National Bank of Abu Dhabi
Lead Lawyers
Anzal Mohammed, Roger Wedderburn-Day
Role
Int Counsel

Firm
Maples and Calder
Client
Dubai DOF Sukuk
Lead Lawyers
Role

Firm
Taylor Wessing
Client
Government of Dubai
Lead Lawyers
Role
Counsel to issuer

DEAL SUMMARY

Government of Dubai, through Dubai DOF Sukuk issued sukuk in two tranches under new Trust Certificate Issuance Program. Listed on both London Stock Exchange and Dubai Financial Market

Both largest sovereign sukuk ever and largest international sukuk from the Middle East in 2009.

Follow recent Tourism Development & Investment Company’s US$1.45bn sukuk trust certificate issuance program in the UAE,

Allen & Overy advised Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah on their respective international capital markets issues earlier in 2009.

“This is a significant transaction for both the Emirate of Dubai and the international Islamic capital markets. An order book of approximately US$6.5bn underlines continued investor confidence in sovereign and sovereign-related issuers from the region.” Anzal Mohammed, Allen & Overy.

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