A skilled legal professional and head of department with over a decade of expertise in banking, finance, and real estate development, Adnan specialises in the following areas of law:
- Business & Commercial Law
- Banking & Finance
- Islamic Finance
- Conveyancing and Commercial Real Estate
Adnan acts on mid-to-high-value transactions, providing strategic counsel in Corporate Finance, Islamic Finance, Project Finance, M&A transactions, and banking. Adnan is a young, dynamic leader with a proven track record of pushing boundaries, client-focused solutions, and delivering excellence in complex, fast-paced environments whilst providing unwavering client satisfaction.
He brings to the firm a wide range of experience in commercial and banking-related work, with extensive experience in acquisition and mergers and SPAs, Shariah Compliant loans, loan agreements and dealing with private lenders. Adnan was previously head of banking and finance at a firm based in Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Adnan specialises in advising borrower and lender clients on bilateral and syndicated real estate finance. Adnan’s practice covers all facets of real estate finance, from commercial investment and development to housing finance and acting for both public and private sector clients. He has experience working across a range of sectors, including logistics, student accommodation, healthcare, and mixed-use developments. He acts for borrowers investing through REITs, onshore and offshore groups, and limited partnerships, as well as for both senior and mezzanine lenders providing conventional and Islamic finance.
Recent experience includes:
- Advising a REIT on the refinancing of its loan facilities to facilitate the corporate acquisition of a portfolio of properties to add to its £125 million logistics portfolio.
- Advising the partners of a joint venture on their debt funding and intra-group loan arrangements to finance the development of a new £40 million student accommodation development.
- Facilitating the Shari’a-compliant group funding arrangements for overseas investors purchasing UK property through a Jersey SPV with conventional debt from a global asset manager.
Adnan also lends his expertise within the martial arts arena where, as a former Taekwon-Do and Kickboxing athlete and fourth-degree black belt, he represented Team GB to win a gold medal in 2013. Adnan now teaches Taekwon-Do and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in his locality and inspires youth to take up a martial art sport, having led many of his students to black belt and international gold medals.
Adnan enjoys chairing a charity in London that promotes education, community and humanitarian services. In his spare time, he can usually be found working away at the charity.