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Trowers & Hamlins advise Gulf Finance House on new fund to target UK commercial property
UK property market remains the market of choice for Middle Eastern investorsInternational law firm Trowers & Hamlins has been retained by Gulf Finance House (GFH) , a leading GCC based Islamic Investment Bank to advise on a Shari'ah compliant UK commercial property fund, Gulf Atlantic Real Estate II. The fund follows on from the success of GFH 's first UK property fund, Gulf Atlantic Real Estate, which Trowers & Hamlins also advised on and which exited in 2005, having delivered strong income and total returns for investors.
The fund, recently launched by GFH , is raising £100 million of equity investment from Gulf based investors and plans to leverage this by raising additional Shari'ah compliant finance in due course. Trowers & Hamlins will advise on the property acquisitions and on the structuring of the Shari'ah compliant financing.
Aimed at institutional investors and wealthy individuals based in the Gulf the fund will seek to capitalise on the recent substantial average falls in value of UK commercial property .
Detailed tax and legal structuring advice was provided by Islamic Finance specialist partner Sarah Gooden and Tax partner, Andrew Sneddon. The structuring takes advantage of tax rules recently introduced by HM Treasury to facilitate Islamic financing of UK investments on a like for like basis with non-Islamic investment.
"Middle Eastern investors are expressing a high level of interest in the UK commercial property market as the prices of many high quality buildings fall, to what many would say is a more realistic reflection of their current value."
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Trowers & Hamlins is an international and City law firm with 110 partners and over 700 staff. They have three offices across the UK and five offices in the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Cairo and Oman) as well as co-operation agreements with firms in Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
Press enquiries:
Nicholas Edmondes
Partner
Trowers & Hamlins
Tel: 020 7423 8000
Nick Mattison or Jane Lougher
Mattison Public Relations
Tel: 020 7645 3636
© Press Release 2008
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