Executive LLM Talks: How did Islamic finance prosper under English Law?

The evening's programme will include: 

6-6.10pm | Welcome

6.10-6.35pm | Lord Sheikh, Co-Chair All-Party Parliamentary Group on Islamic Finance, House of Lords - ‘The UK as the European hub of Islamic financial services’

6.35-7pm | Rupert Reed QC, Barrister, Serle Court Chambers,- ‘How Islamic finance principles are applied under English law?’

7-7.25pm | Dr Marizah Minhat, Treasurer, Executive LLM Alumni - ‘Is Islamic finance as practised accounted differently from conventional finance?’

7.30-9pm | Canapé reception 

This is a free public event. Please register online via EventBrite to secure your place today.  Contact: law.ellm@lse.ac.uk for more information. 

The speakers

Lord Sheikh is the Chairman of companies which relate to insurance, financial services, and properties. He used to own a company which was awarded 12 major awards over a period of three years and this has not been achieved by any other organization. He was elevated to the House of Lords in 2006. He is an active Peer and speaks regularly in the House of Lords on a variety of subjects. He has travelled extensively overseas and visited a number of countries. He has been the President of the Insurance Institute of Croydon and a member of the National Council of the Chartered Insurance Institute. He was Regional Chairman of the British Insurance Brokers Association on two separate occasions and was a Director of the main board of the Association for four years. He has also held senior positions in other financial and insurance organizations.He has written extensively on insurance subjects in various publications and he speaks at numerous meetings and conferences on business as well as leadership matters. He is now actively involved in promoting Islamic Finance in the United Kingdom and globally.

Rupert Reed was appointed as a QC in 2014, having won ‘Chancery Junior of the Year' at the Chambers Bar Awards in 2013. In the same year he was included in the Chambers 100: UK Bar list of the top 100 junior barristers across all fields. He has been repeatedly identified as a ‘Leader of the Bar' in Chambers Global since 2014. He has a broad commercial and financial disputes practice, with a focus on agreements arising out of property investment, finance, development and management, as well as wider fraud, banking and shareholder disputes. His practice in England is primarily in the Commercial Court and Chancery Division of the High Court and the Court of Appeal. He has a substantial overseas practice before arbitral tribunals and in the courts of offshore jurisdictions, in particular the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) Courts. His international work commonly involves issues as to interim injunctive relief, jurisdiction, applicable law and cross-border enforcement. Rupert has an established reputation in cases in the Middle East and in London involving parties from the Gulf and wider MENA region. He is fluent in French and has a working knowledge of Arabic, and has significant experience of issues of law and practice arising in Saudi Arabia, as well as the UAE, Egypt and other civil law jurisdictions.

Dr Marizah Minhat is a UK-based finance academic and a professionally qualified accountant. She recently graduated with an LLM (Financial Law and Regulation) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Over ten years of her academic career, she has taught finance (including Islamic finance) in the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore. As the Assistant Director of International Centre for Management and Governance Research (ICMGR), she has published scientific articles in reputable journals and opinion pieces widely in the areas of Islamic Finance and Corporate Governance (e.g., Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, Journal of Financial Stability and Economics Letters). As a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and other professional bodies, her unstinting scholarly and charitable activities are dedicated to serving the public interest. Her charitable activities are extended through Ethical Finance and Investment Research (EFAIR) Foundation. Prior to joining academia, she worked in Group Finance division of Malaysia’s government-linked company, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, where she gained practical knowledge on financial reporting, risk management and Islamic financial instruments.

The LSE Law Department is a community of students, staff and alumni from all over the world, who bring an unparalleled international and interdisciplinary outlook to teaching and researching law. Our community is one of the largest in the School, and continues to play an important role in policy debates, policy-making, and in the education of current and future lawyers and legal scholars around the world.

LSE’s Executive Master of Laws Programme is one of the most innovative, exciting, and challenging graduate programme’s in Europe today.  Established in 2013, this taught programme currently boasts over 140 students from 44 countries, spanning all 5 continents. The Executive LLM Alumni Association is a dedicated community of LSE graduates who not only desire maintaining their connection to LSE but also strive to provide a forum for career opportunities, continuing education, and social events.