Seya Rahnema
Partner
Seya advises on regional and cross-border finance, with 15+ years of experience in Dubai. He’s trusted for structuring conventional and Shariah-compliant transactions, representing major banks and corporates in high-value transactions across real estate, development, acquisition, asset-backed, and export finance.
Seyavash's experience
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Advised the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, on a landmark Islamic green financing supporting the development of the Plaza District within The Sustainable City - Yiti in Muscat, Oman.
- Cross border
- Financial Services
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Acted for Emirates NBD Bank PJSC and Mashreqbank PSC, leading UAE financial institutions, on the refinancing of an AED 830 million secured term facility for one of the UAE’s largest family conglomerates, originally arranged to finance an acquisition.
- United Arab Emirates
- Financial Services
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Acting for Emirates NBD Capital Limited (as initial mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners) and 14 other financial institutions on a cross-border €350 million corporate facility to Beko BV (Beko), representing the company’s first global syndicated corporate financing.
- United Arab Emirates and Turkey
- Financial Services
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Acting for an international financial institution on a US$240 million commodity Murabaha equity bridge financing with A and B facility structures to a leading energy company, supporting the construction and operation of Uzbekistan's renewable energy sector.
- Cross-border
- Financial Services
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Acting for a consortium of international financial institutions (as initial mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners) and 19 other institutions across Africa, Asia, Middle East and Western Europe on a USD1 billion senior unsecured term loan facility to a leading national bank.
- Egypt and United Arab Emirates
- Financial Services
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Acting for a consortium of international banks as mandated lead arrangers, bookrunners and coordinators on USD15 billion revolving and swingline credit facilities with a parent guarantee to one of the wholly owned subsidiaries of the Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia
- Financial Services
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Advised a consortium of international banks on a USD1.1 billion sustainability linked syndicated commodity murabaha, the first AAOIFI compliant dual tranche facility of its kind. Pricing tied to KPIs: green financing, social housing, and ESG governance. A landmark in sustainable Islamic finance.
- United Arab Emirates and Bahrain
- Financial Services
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Acting for a consortium of international banks as mandated lead arrangers, bookrunners and coordinators on a USD500 million unsecured revolving credit facility to a large Moroccan state owned conglomerate for its business expansion plans and general corporate purposes.
- United Arab Emirates and Morocco
- Financial Services
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Acting for a leading Islamic financial institution on an Ijara asset financing transaction to refinance the acquisition of an aircraft by a special purpose vehicle, which in turn leased the aircraft to a major international airline pursuant to an operating lease.
- United Arab Emirates
- Financial Services
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Acting for a leading Abu Dhabi based financial institution on a USD700 million cross border secured syndicated receivables backed facility to an obligor based in Gibraltar with a listed Swedish parent company, for the purpose of financing oil and gas projects in Oman.
- Cross-border
- Financial Services
Credentials
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2025Joined Pinsent Masons
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2016Qualified in England and Wales
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2008Leeds University - Master of Law, LLM
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2006Queen’s University Canada - B.Sc. Electrical Engineering
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2002International School of Choueifat, Sharjah, UAE
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