Friday 11 May 2012 at 1300
Comparative Law Discussion Group
Property, trust (fiducie) & Islamic finance
Speaker: Dr François Barriere, Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2)
Venue: Oxford Law Faculty Seminar Room D (and IECL Foyer for lunch at 12.30)
Islamic finance benefits from strong support in France. In building an appropriate and friendly environment for Islamic finance, two legislative amendments were proposed to amend the French Civil Code with respect to property law. This presentation will focus on (i) the French legal environment for issuing Islamic bonds (sukuk), in particular the "ownership" or "property" right that the beneficiary of sukuk (holders of Islamic bonds) seem to be requested to hold to comply with Sharia requirements and (ii) with the interaction between trusts & fiducie and sukuk.
For more information please contact: Jenny Dix
Organised by the Comparative Law Discussion Group in conjunction with Property Law Discussion Group
