Sakshi Puri

Sakshi Puri is a Partner in the Banking and Finance practice in Dubai and Muscat. Her primary practice area is Banking and Finance Law, and she is also a member of the Education group.

She is a solicitor qualified in England & Wales and an advocate admitted in India. She joined Al Tamimi in January 2011 and has since been primarily involved with syndicated lending transactions for asset finance, acquisition finance and project finance (using conventional and Islamic structures), in addition to bilateral lending, trade finance transactions for Indian banks, and restructuring and refinancing transactions. She has developed expertise in Islamic Finance and has been involved in complex Islamic finance transactions.

She has been named as a Next Generation Lawyer for Islamic Finance (UAE) by Legal 500.

Her recent experience includes acting for a syndicate of banks led by Mashreqbank and Dubai Islamic Bank in relation to an AED 1.2 billion Islamic (Istisna and Forward Ijara) financing for the construction of sixteen residential projects in Dubai by a leading local group; acting for a syndicate of banks led by National Bank of Fujairah and Mashreqbank in relation to AED 560,000,000 financing for the construction and development of new hospitals and expansion of existing hospitals in Abu Dhabi by a leading healthcare company; and acting for a syndicate of banks (Islamic & Conventional) led by National Bank of Fujairah in relation to AED 350,000,000 financing for the development of a petrochemical and petroleum handling and processing terminal in Hamriyah Free Zone, which included a tranche of Islamic finance in the nature of an Istisna Forward Ijara transaction.

She has also acted for a syndicate of banks led by National Bank of Fujairah, including Mashreqbank, Axis Bank Limited, Commercial Bank of Dubai and Habib Bank Limited, in relation to AED 300 million financing for the expansion of Malabar Jewellery Group in the UAE, Oman, Qatar and Singapore; acted for the borrower in respect of USD 263 million and AED 870 million refinancing of existing facilities from a syndicate of conventional and Islamic banks led by Mashreqbank, provided to a group based in Ras Al Khaimah; and acted for a syndicate of banks (Islamic & Conventional) led by National Bank of Fujairah, including United Arab Bank and Al Hilal Bank, in relation to AED 260 million financing for the expansion of a hospital in Abu Dhabi by Universal Hospitals, which included a tranche of Islamic finance in the nature of an Ijarah.

She holds a B.A. LLB (Hons) from the National Law Institute University (2007). She was admitted as a Solicitor in the Courts of England & Wales in 2015 and to the Punjab & Haryana Bar Association, India in 2011. She speaks English and Hindi.