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Yousuf Nasim

About

Yousuf Nasim is a senior associate in the Projects Team advising a range of foreign and domestic clients on transactions and investments in Oman. He has extensive experience in a variety of sectors including banking and finance, TMT, energy, water, and ports & shipping. He is recognised as a leading lawyer by Legal500 EMEA and by Legal500 Asia Pacific.

Prior to joining AMJ, Yousuf was a Partner at a leading law-firm in Pakistan.

Experience

Banking and Finance
  • Advising Vulcan Green Steel, a member of the Jindal Group in the US$950m syndicated financing of a 2.5 MTPA integrated steel plant in Duqm. The financing was arranged by Bank Muscat.
  • Advising ACME Group on the US$490m financing of its 2,200 tonne per day green hydrogen and green ammonia facility within the Special Economic Zone at Duqm.
  • Advising the borrowers and the lenders on Omani law in the US$125m refinancing of Barka 2, a 678 MW natural gas-fired power plant coupled with a 120,000 m3/day seawater desalination plant. The project was established by Engie and Mubadala Investment and the financing was arranged by Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank and National Bank of Oman.
  • Advising the borrower and the lenders on Omani law in the US$100m refinancing of Barka 1, a 427 MW natural gas-fired power plant coupled with a 91,200 m3/day seawater desalination plant. The project was established by ACWA Power and the financing was arranged by Bank Muscat and Ahli Bank.
  • Advising Oman Housing Bank on the drafting of a CBO-regulated tech outsourcing agreement to establish a digital vendor marketplace in connection with its housing-loan portfolio.
Corporate

Advising Nama Holding on its shareholder agreement and subscription agreement with JV Partner, State Grid Corporation of China, in connection with a USD 390m investment.


Regulatory
  • Advising Port of Duqm Company on the drafting of a sanctions policy and associated regulations.


Restructuring
  • Advised Bank Dhofar, Bank Nizwa, and Taageer Finance on the cross-border restructuring and insolvency of the NMC Group, and the settlement of their claim against the borrower in the context of a third-party buyout by Tawoos.
  • Advising Muscat Overseas Group on the internal restructuring of its group entities.

Testimonials

Ranked as Leading Associate (Legal 500 2025)

Rankings

Legal 500
Legal 500
Yousuf Nasim
Yousuf Nasim
Senior Associate

Expertise:

Commercial Construction Projects and Energy

Additional Details:

Admissions
  • Advocate High Court, Sindh Bar Council (2012)
Education
  • B.A.(Hons) University of Toronto (2007)
  • LLB, University of London (2009)
  • LLM (Commercial Law), University of London (2011)
Languages
  • English
  • Urdu
Publications
  • Part of a five-member multidisciplinary team which authored ‘Private Silo Warehousing for Pakistan’s Grains’, a USAID Report to encourage the use of electronic documents of title in agri-warehousing and collateral financing.
  • Attended the Silk Road Economic Belt – Xinjiang Karamay Forum 2016 held in Karamay, Xinjiang, People’s Republic of China.