In Their Own Words

My new book, co-authored with Stella Cox and Bryan Kraty, has been published by Euromoney Books. Entitled Structuring Islamic Finance Transactions, our work is designed to assist readers in understanding the core principles of Islamic finance instruments, their applications and structures, their placement in the context of modern financial developments, and the growth of Islamic financial institutions.

Our book starts with an analysis of the Shari'a, Islamic faith-based reasons why Islamic financial methods must be distinct from traditional interest-based banking and finance. We then reach into our collective experience--each of us have more than 25 years of capital and financial markets expertise--to analyze an array of case studies relating to corporate finance for Emirates Airlines, structured lease finance for Hanco of Saudi Arabia, residential mortgage alternatives in the US market that apply lease structures, syndicated sales and supply in the global telecoms sector, project finance, and other applications of Islamic methods in the global financial markets.