Umar F. Moghul
Umar F. Moghul practices in the realm of banking & finance, private equity and real estate.
Mr. Moghul has represented an array of financial institutions, businesses, joint ventures and high net worth individuals (many of which operate per Islamic principles), in a variety of cutting-edge financing and investment transactions.
In the realm of real estate, Mr. Moghul's practice has included the establishment of real estate investment funds (both onshore and offshore), joint ventures and one-off financing transactions; novel Islamic warehouse and table funding financing transactions; and the design and documentation of novel Islamic residential and commercial financing products. His legal practice also encompasses counseling financial institutions with respect to their obligations under the USA Patriot Act.
Mr. Moghul's corporate and private equity practice includes the establishment of a variety of onshore and offshore investment fund structures and advising on leveraged buyouts and growth equity transactions with targets in the services, healthcare, technology and energy sectors.
Mr. Moghul has published several articles and has spoken at numerous forums regarding Islamic law and Islamic finance. He is a lecturer in law at the University of Connecticut School of Law where he teaches Islamic law.
Mr. Moghul earned his J.D. from Temple University and his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Representative Transactions
- Represented sponsor in connection with establishment of Cayman Islands-domiciled Sukuk fund.
- Represented Saudi Arabian investor in connection with real estate investments in the U.S.
- Represented Cayman Islands-domiciled fund investing in distressed U.S. real property.
- Represented Kuwait-based investment company with U.S. real property investments.
- Represented major Arabian Gulf-based Islamic investment bank with $35 million leveraged acquisition of U.S. oil business.
- Representing U.S. company in a joint venture with major Kuwait-based bank in connection with India real estate development.
- Represented major Arabian Gulf-based investment bank with $62 million Shari'ah compliant leveraged acquisition of U.S. technology company.
- Representing financier with structuring and documenting of standardized, retail Islamic commercial real property finance product.
- Representing major Arabian Gulf-based investor with private equity transaction in China.
- Represented major Arabian Gulf-based financial institution with Shari'ah compliant acquisition of industrial distribution facilities located throughout the U.S. by joint venture with major international provider of such commercial properties.
- Represented major Arabian Gulf-based Islamic bank in its $80 million acquisition of multifamily apartment complexes by joint venture with major U.S. real estate investment company and operator.
Publications and Presentations:
- Islamic Finance & the US - Compatibilities & Challenges, Islamic Finance Forum, Sponsored by the US-Qatar Business Council & Arab Bankers Association of North America, July 28, 2010, Washington, D.C.
- Islamic Finance in Action, Seventh Annual North American South Asian Bar Association Convention, June 25, 2010, Boston, Massachusetts.
- The Evolution of Islamic Finance, Milken Institute Global Conference 2009, April 27, 2009, Los Angeles, California
- Reflections on Islamic Finance and the Global Recession, Princeton University, April 2, 2009 Princeton, New Jersey
- Shari'ah Compliant Derivatives and Structured Products, Third Annual Derivatives Operations and Processing Conference, New York (October 2008).
- Securing Private Equity Deals with Islamic Investors Across a Global Platform, The International Islamic Finance Forum North America, New York (October 2008).
- Muslim Momentum: Successful Drivers for Islamic Finance in the U.S., Business Islamica (June 2008).
- Shari'ah Requirements to Enhance Profits in Real Estate, Islamic Finance World 2008, New York (May 2008).
- Successful Drivers for Islamic Finance in the U.S., Islamic Finance World North America 2008, New York (May 2008).
- Western Media and Islamic Finance, Islamic Finance World North America 2008, New York (May 2008).
- Separating the Good from the Bad: Developments in Islamic Acquisition Financing, American University International Law Review, Vol. 23, No. 4 (2008).
- Developments in American Islamic Acquisition Financings, Islamic Finance news, Vol. 5, Issue 17 (May 2, 2008).
- Islamic Finance Law, First Annual MENA Conference: Smart Money in the Middle East, Columbia Business School (March 2008).
- Islamic Finance, International Middle Market Deal Making, Association of Corporate Growth, Fifth Annual Tri-State Conference (March 2008).
- Meet the Head: Umar F. Moghul (Interview), Islamic Finance news, Vol. 4, Issue 49 (December 2007).
- Opportunities in Islamic Private Equity, Stern School of Business, New York University (November 2007).
- Islamic Private Equity: An Introduction, Islamic Finance Summit: Shariah Compliant Solutions for US Based Financial Institutions, New York (October 2007).
- Islamic Finance 101, Islamic Finance Summit, New York (October 2007).
- No Pain, No Gain: The State of the Industry in Light of an American Islamic Private Equity Transaction, Univ. Chicago J. Int'l Law (Winter 2007).
- Structuring Islamic Growth Equity Transactions: A Case Study (in conjunction with Unicorn Investment Bank, BSC), Islamic Finance World North America 2007, Toronto, Canada (May 2007).
- American Islamic Private Equity Transactions: Successes, Challenges & Opportunities, Islamic Finance News, Vol. 4, Issue 13 (March 2007).
- Introduction to Islamic Finance, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Communities & Banking Magazine (Summer 2006). Click here to view this article
- Understanding Laws and Discovering Opportunities: Commercial Lending Approaches to Private Equity, Sixth Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance, Harvard Law School, Austin Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts (May 8, 2004).
- Co-authored with Arshad A. Ahmed, Contractual Forms in Islamic Finance Law and Islamic Investment Company of the Gulf (Bahamas) Ltd. v. Symphony Gems N.V. & Others: A First Impression of Islamic Finance, 27 Fordham International Law Journal 150-194 (December 2003).
- Birds of a Feather, Islamic Banking & Finance 16-17 (Issue 2; 2003).
- Structuring Islamic Financial Transactions, National Association of Muslim Lawyers' Annual Conference, New York, New York (October 12-13, 2002).
- Co-authored with Arshad A. Ahmed et. al., The USA Patriot Act: Impact on the Arab and Muslim American Community, The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, Clinton Township, Michigan (2004). Click here to view this report
- Title III, USA Patriot Act: Precision, Reasonability and Objectivity, Conference on the Financial War on Terrorism: The Contribution of Islamic Banking, London, England (April 8, 2003). Sponsored by IIBI and the Royal United Services Institute
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