Experience
Matthew acts for financial institutions, corporates and government-related entities across a wide range of transactional banking mandates including corporate lending, real estate finance and acquisition finance (on both a conventional and Sharia'h-compliant basis).
Additionally, Matthew has considerable experience advising creditors, debtors, management teams and insolvency practitioners across the full spectrum of distressed debt scenarios from consensual restructures to formal processes like administration and liquidation.
Testimonials
Matthew has been recognised in both Legal 500 and Chambers Global Guide.
- "Matthew Dyson is approachable, responsive and has a unique ability to make complex banking issues clear and practical. He stands out for his technical expertise and calm, solutions-driven approach, consistently delivering high-quality advice under pressure."
(Legal 500, Banking and Finance: Corporate finance (including Islamic lending)
- "Anyone who works with Matthew Dyson will be very pleased with the work he does. He is very reassuring, knows his stuff and explains his position in a way that lay people understand. Matthew Dyson is a fantastic lawyer."
(Chambers Global Guide, Restructuring/Insolvency - United Arab Emirates)
Recent cases
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Acted for Emirates NBD Capital as Initial Mandated Lead Arranger, Sole Coordinator and Bookrunner in relation to the landmark syndicated, multi-currency, dual tranche (conventional and Islamic) financing made available to Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
(https://www.emiratesnbd.com/en/media-center/emirates-nbd-leads-landmark-syndicated-financing)
- Acted for Epik Foods and their Sponsor in relation to their private capital funding from Ruya Partners
(https://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/companies-news/epik-foods-secures-155mln-investment-from-ruya-fund-to-drive-regional-expansion-ve2gyge0)