Bridging the Gulf – New Capital Raising Solutions for Raising Money in the Middle East

US fund managers are increasingly raising capital from both conventional and Shari’a-compliant investors in the Middle East. The opportunities to raise capital are enormous, with Mayer Brown’s Islamic Finance team having worked on mandates raising in excess of $1 billion in just the past few years. 

But many US fund managers remain unsure how best to proceed in the Middle East and whether they can tap the Shari’a-compliant investment market. 

Barry Cosgrave (Partner, Mayer Brown, London & Dubai), Marc van Rijckevorsel (Head of BD for Corporate and Fund Services – Americas, Ocorian) and Lynda O’Mahoney (Head of BD for Corporate and Fund Services – Middle East, Ocorian) discussed the opportunities that are available to raise capital in the Middle East and some of the innovative solutions that we have created to facilitate capital raising from Shari’a-compliant investors.