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AMJ has won an international award for its advisory role on Oman’s OMR250million inaugural sovereign sukuk issuance.

The firm received the prestigious global Sovereign Deal of the Year 2015 award from the industry leading Islamic Finance News (IFN) at its annual Deals of the Year Awards ceremony in Dubai on February 28.

The Awards recognise those who have participated in the industry’s most groundbreaking transactions each year. The sovereign issuance also won an honourable mention in the top global ijarah and sukuk categories.

Commenting on the award, managing partner, Mansoor Jamal Malik said, “We are delighted that Oman’s first-ever sovereign sukuk issuance has been recognised as the standout sovereign deal of the year in the global Islamic finance space. We are pleased to have contributed to a successful debut offering which is expected not only to boost Oman’s emergent Islamic finance industry but also to strengthen the capital markets and to support the government’s economic diversification drive.”

Although the last of GCC states to embrace Islamic finance, Oman has over the last three years built a strong Shariah compliant banking and finance industry. Today the sector comprises two fully-fledged Islamic banks and six Shariah compliant banking windows, as well as two takaful operators and a several Shariah compliant investment funds. Islamic banking assets accounted for 7.4% of the total banking sector at the end of 2015 and are forecast to reach 10-12% within the next two years.

Malik led AMJ’s team which included corporate and capital markets partner, Ardeshir Patel, and senior associate, Asad Qayyum.

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