King & Wood Mallesons has advised Xuzhou Economic and Technology Development Zone State-owned Assets Management Co. Ltd. (Xuzhou ETDZ Group) as international counsel in relation to its offering of US$300,000,000 4.50% guaranteed bonds due 2019. Xuzhou ETDZ Group is a major investment and financing vehicle (LGFV) of the Xuzhou Municipal Government based in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, which focuses on city construction and development in Xuzhou Economic and Technology Development Zone.

Clifford Chance advised International Company for Water & Power Projects (ACWA Power) on two syndicated commodity murabaha-based transactions to add another SAR1.109 billion (US$295 million) to its revolving shari'a compliant working capital facilities.

Clyde & Co has advised Beehive, the UAE’s first and leading online marketplace for peer-to-peer (P2P) finance, on the successful structuring and documenting of the company’s Sharia certified platform.

Beehive's certification as a Sharia compliant P2P finance platform by the Shariyah Review Bureau (SRB), illustrates the continuing innovation in Islamic Finance products across new sectors, such as crowdfunding and highlights Dubai’s growing role as the global capital of Islamic finance.

Watson Farley & Williams Asia Practice LLP (“WFWAP”) has advised its long standing client Brunei Gas Carriers Sdn Bhd (“BGC”) on the delivery of the liquid natural gas (“LNG”) carrier m.v. “Amadi”. The “Amadi” was delivered to BGC on 13 July 2015 and will be employed under a long-term charter to Brunei LNG Sdn Bhd.

Linklaters advises on the first Basel 3-compliant additional tier 1 capital issuance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and on the first Basel 3-compliant additional tier 1 capital sukuk issuance in the State of Qatar

Clifford Chance advised GIB Capital LLC as Coordinator and BNP Paribas Investment Company KSA and GIB Capital LLC as joint lead managers and bookrunners on the issuance by SBG Sukuk Limited of its fifth short-term sukuk al-murabaha, guaranteed by Saudi Binladin Group Limited. The financing will be used to re-finance one of the phases of the on-going construction and development of the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Clifford Chance has advised Najran Cement Company on its debut sukuk issuance. The sukuk was issued with a face value of SAR400 million, with a floating profit rate linked to SAIBOR and a maturity of five years.

Allen & Overy has advised Indonesian national airline, Garuda Indonesia, on its inaugural USD500m sukuk issuance in the international capital markets.

This sukuk is the first corporate global sukuk out of Indonesia, the first ever offshore U.S. dollar offering by an Indonesian corporate issuer and the first sukuk issuance utilising the airline capacity structure (as part of a sukuk-al-wakala structure) in Asia.

Allen & Overy has advised the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (the HKSAR Government) on its issue of USD1 billion sukuk due 2020 in the international capital markets, marking the second issue of sukuk by the HKSAR Government. Allen & Overy had also advised the Joint Global Coordinators, the Joint Lead Managers and the Joint Bookrunners on the inaugural sukuk issue by the HKSAR Government in 2014.

Clifford Chance has advised 15 banks on the international aspects of Garuda Indonesia's US$500 million sukuk. The sukuk is the first ever offshore US dollar offering by an Indonesian corporate issuer, and the first sukuk issuance utilising the airline capacity structure (as part of a sukuk-al-wakala structure) in Asia.