(Senior Partner, Norton Rose, Fulbright LLP, London, United Kingdom) Farmida Bi is a senior partner at international legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright LLP in London and specializes in Islamic finance and capital markets. Farmida has acted on many ground breaking Islamic finance transactions, including the first Islamic true sale securitization. Farmida is also a debt capital markets expert with a particular focus on securitizations and restructurings. A recognized expert in the Islamic capital markets field, Farmida is the only female named as a ‘leading individual’ for Islamic finance in the legal industry guide, Chambers UK 2013, which ranks solicitors and barristers in over 60 specialist areas of law. She is European Head of Islamic Finance at Norton Rose Fulbright. Farmida is a graduate of Downing College, Cambridge and is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and as a New York attorney.
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