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Arman Rafiei

Senior Associate
Dubai
About

Arman has extensive experience advising insolvency officeholders, including trustees, liquidators and administrators, as well as local and international creditors, in connection formal insolvency proceedings and court-supervised restructurings, consensual and pre-insolvency workouts, enforcement and recovery strategies, and cross-border insolvency issues. 

Arman regularly acts on complex, multi-jurisdictional matters and helps clients protect and maximise recoveries in distressed situations.

Areas of FocusRestructuring
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
Education
  • BPP University, LPC (MA), 2015-2016
  • University of Birmingham, Bachelor of Laws (LLB), 2012-2015

EXPERIENCE

  • Acting for the creditors committee on the high-profile restructuring of Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi & Brothers in respect of circa SAR 27.8bn of approved claims in the FRP process.
  • Acting for the joint bankruptcy trustees of the KBBO Group in respect of its multi-billion AED restructuring under the UAE onshore Bankruptcy Law.
  • Acting for the Joannou & Paraskevaides (Emirates) Limited in connection with one of the largest pan-GCC construction related insolvencies to have occurred to date.
  • Advising various investment banks and funds in connection with their acquisitions of non-performing loan portfolios.
  • Advising a UAE privately held family conglomerate in connection with the bankruptcy filing of their construction business.
Languages
  • English
  • Farsi

Prior Experience

I was previously a finance lawyer at leading international law firms in London and Dubai.

Connect

Phone

+971 4 438 6125
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