July 28, 2009
George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
In collaboration with the U.S.-Qatar Business Council and the Arab Bankers Association of North America.
Panelists:
Aamir Rehman, Managing Director at Fajr Capital Limited and author of Dubai & Co.: Global Strategies for Doing Business in the Gulf States and Gulf Capital & Islamic Finance: The Rise of the New Global Players
Umar Moghul, Partner at Murtha Cullina LLP and co-chair of the firm’s Islamic Finance and Investments Group
Ibrahim Warde, Adjunct Professor of International Business at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University and author of Islamic Finance in the Global Economy
Shaykh Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo, Chief Shariah Officer at Shariah Capital
Frank Vogel, Professor Harvard Law School and author of The Islamic School of Law: Evolution, Devolution and Progress and Islamic Law and Legal System: Studies of Saudi Arabia
Moderator:
Jean-François Seznec, Visiting Associate Professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
February 17, 2009
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, Washington, DC
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo, Chief Shariah Officer, Shariah Capital
Mr. Michael McMillen, Attorney, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Moderator:
Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founding President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
SLIDES FROM DR. YUSUF TALAL DELORENZO (.pdf)
SLIDES FROM MR. MICHAEL MCMILLEN (.pdf)
Background Information:
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE: “ISLAMIC FINANCE: OVERVIEW AND POLICY CONCERNS” (.pdf)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: “OVERVIEW OF ISLAMIC FINANCE” (.pdf)
ERNST & YOUNG: “ISLAMIC FUNDS AND INVESTMENTS REPORT” (.pdf))
GULF ONE INVESTMENT BANK: “ISLAMIC FINANCE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES”
