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| CONFERENCE CHAIR Gerold W. Libby Holland & Knight LLP Los Angeles HOST COMMITTEE |
THE RISE OF ISLAMIC FINANCE
Islamic law prohibits the payment or receipt of interest. In addition, transparency, accounting methodologies, and ratings standards have yet to be rationalized across Muslim economies. Yet despite these obstacles, Islamic finance is experiencing spectacular growth within the global marketplace. This panel will explore the basic principles of Islamic finance, recent developments in Islamic consumer finance, and the unique issues involved in litigating an Islamic finance-related issue.
MODERATOR:
Gerhard Wegen, Partner
Gleiss Lutz, Germany
Gerhard Wegen is a senior partner in the Stuttgart office of Gleiss Lutz. He has been an honorary professor at the University of Tübingen since 1997, and has been teaching international economic law there since 1989. He has published widely in his fields of expertise, namely M&A/corporate and international arbitration. MORE>
PANELISTS:
Kilian Bälz, Research Fellow
Harvard Law School, United States
Kilian Bälz was a partner in the Frankfurt office of Gleiss Lutz until 2007, specializing in international M&A and capital markets work with a particular focus on the Middle East. Currently, Dr. Bälz is a research fellow at Harvard Law School. He has extensive experience in implementing Islamic financing structures in Europe and has published widely on Middle Eastern commercial law and Islamic finance. MORE>
Jeyanthini Kannaperan, Partner
Shearn Delamore & Co., Malaysia
Jeyanthini Kannaperan's principal areas of practice are in banking and insolvency litigation, corporate litigation, and land law. She represents many local and foreign banks, financial institutions, and large multinationals in litigation at the High Court, the Court of Appeal, and Federal Court in Malaysia. Ms. Kannaperan also acts as counsel for solicitors who instruct the firm. MORE>
Iswahjudi A. Karim, Partner
KarimSyah Law Firm, Indonesia
Iswahjudi Karim is the founding partner of KarimSyah Law Firm. Mr. Karim practices in the areas of arbitration, banking and finance, bankruptcy, capital markets, corporate law, corporate finance, corporate restructuring, finance, joint ventures, M&A, public offerings, and secured transactions, and has published numerous articles on Islamic finance. MORE>
Norliza Mohammed, Partner
ARSA Lawyers (Abdul Raman Saad & Associates), Malaysia
Norliza Mohammed, partner and head of the Islamic Practice Group at ARSA Lawyers, has invaluable experience in advising local and foreign individuals, companies, housing developers, local authorities, state government, banks, and financial institutions in corporate commercial transactions including all aspects of property and real estate work such as privatization and joint-venture agreements. MORE>
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Islamic law prohibits the payment or receipt of interest. In addition, transparency, accounting methodologies, and ratings standards have yet to be rationalized across Muslim economies. Yet despite these obstacles, Islamic finance is experiencing spectacular growth within the global marketplace. This panel will explore the basic principles of Islamic finance, recent developments in Islamic consumer finance, and the unique issues involved in litigating an Islamic finance-related issue.
MODERATOR:
Gerhard Wegen, Partner
Gleiss Lutz, Germany
Gerhard Wegen is a senior partner in the Stuttgart office of Gleiss Lutz. He has been an honorary professor at the University of Tübingen since 1997, and has been teaching international economic law there since 1989. He has published widely in his fields of expertise, namely M&A/corporate and international arbitration. MORE> PANELISTS:
Kilian Bälz, Research Fellow
Harvard Law School, United States
Kilian Bälz was a partner in the Frankfurt office of Gleiss Lutz until 2007, specializing in international M&A and capital markets work with a particular focus on the Middle East. Currently, Dr. Bälz is a research fellow at Harvard Law School. He has extensive experience in implementing Islamic financing structures in Europe and has published widely on Middle Eastern commercial law and Islamic finance. MORE>Jeyanthini Kannaperan, Partner
Shearn Delamore & Co., Malaysia
Jeyanthini Kannaperan's principal areas of practice are in banking and insolvency litigation, corporate litigation, and land law. She represents many local and foreign banks, financial institutions, and large multinationals in litigation at the High Court, the Court of Appeal, and Federal Court in Malaysia. Ms. Kannaperan also acts as counsel for solicitors who instruct the firm. MORE>Iswahjudi A. Karim, Partner
KarimSyah Law Firm, Indonesia
Iswahjudi Karim is the founding partner of KarimSyah Law Firm. Mr. Karim practices in the areas of arbitration, banking and finance, bankruptcy, capital markets, corporate law, corporate finance, corporate restructuring, finance, joint ventures, M&A, public offerings, and secured transactions, and has published numerous articles on Islamic finance. MORE>Norliza Mohammed, Partner
ARSA Lawyers (Abdul Raman Saad & Associates), Malaysia
Norliza Mohammed, partner and head of the Islamic Practice Group at ARSA Lawyers, has invaluable experience in advising local and foreign individuals, companies, housing developers, local authorities, state government, banks, and financial institutions in corporate commercial transactions including all aspects of property and real estate work such as privatization and joint-venture agreements. MORE>Return to Programs List>