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Zain Akhtar

Associate

Contact
Al Rashdi, Al Juma and Ewing Advocates and Legal Consultants
in association with
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Landmark building
6th Floor
23rd July Street
PO Box 41, 136
Muscat
Oman
Languages English, Urdu, Punjabi

Zain Akhtar is an associate in the Financial Services Regulation team. Zain has a wide range of experience in advising a number of key clients of the firm including banks, fund managers and investment funds, as well as being involved in a number of complex and fast-moving projects in the financial services and corporate sectors. Zain also has experience in advising clients in relation to consumer finance as well as drafting contractual documentation for regulated credit arrangements.

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Relevant experience

  • One of the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business on drafting and negotiating of UK fund manager and platform agreements which relate to SIPPs.
  • UK fund management companies (clients include Baillie Gifford and T. Bailey) on regulated fund launches and on amendments to their fund documentation; as well as regularly liaising with the local financial services regulators.
  • A UK investment management firm on drafting terms and conditions for customers that make investments in SIPPs through their platform.
  • A UK bank on drafting and negotiating a number of distribution agreements with a UK and overseas distributors relating to the marketing and promotion of a wide range of funds.
  • Pension scheme trustees for a top-ranked UK University on a range of fund reviews in respect of various investments in order to recommend amendments fund documentation. 
  • A large UK asset management company on the expansion of its institutional service offering by including a broader range of offshore funds.
  • One of the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurer on various contractual arrangements with its service providers. 
  • A UK bank in respect of arranging consumer credit agreements with its customers.
  • A UK bank in connection with the review of their trade finance transactions and acting as a s.166 skilled person in connection with this review.
  • NatWest Group on the Scots law aspects of the transfer of its trust administration business.    
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Memberships & Roles

  • Lead Committee Member of the CMS Muslim Network.   
  • Law Society of Scotland. 
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Lectures list

  •  Guest Lecturer on the International Banking Law LLM module as part of the LLM Law & Finance degree programme at the University of Strathclyde; specifically the seminars on Islamic Finance between 2017-2018.
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Education

  • 2018 - Dip LP, Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, The University of Edinburgh (Distinction), Edinburgh.
  • 2017 - LLB. Law (Hons), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
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