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NORTH HARDWOOD GLOBAL

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North Harwood Global is a boutique legal consultancy business that draws on two decades of experience at global law firms to provide you with specialist advice tailored to your needs. We have worked on some of the most complex mandates across a range of finance and special situations, with a particular focus on Islamic Finance and Shariah-compliant investing.

 

Our team has unrivalled experience working on complex Emerging and Frontier Markets mandates in the Middle East, Africa and South-East Asia. Our focus is to provide strategic and commercially aware advice to our clients in a manner that is both understandable and adapted to the situation before us. 

Our core practice areas are Special Situations, Private Credit and Islamic Finance. We are also able to draw on our extensive C-suite level experience to provide an outsourced General Counsel service to growth companies looking to take the next stage in their development.   

Based out of London and Orange County, California, North Harwood Global provides seamless, specialist advice across multiple time zones and geographies.

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BARRY
COSGRAVE

Founder

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Barry Cosgrave has advised Fund Managers, Banks, Investors and Financial Advisers on complex Private Credit, Special Situations and Shariah-compliant structures for almost two decades.

 

He has worked on a number of cross-border mandates for clients in Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia and the United States. Barry has spent the past two decades working leading international firms and has built award winning practices as partner at two global law firms.

 

Barry has advised on primary financing and restructuring transactions in some of the most complex jurisdictions across the Middle East and Africa. Barry's ability to adapt to the situations in front of him allow him to provide clients with advice that is tailored to their specific needs. 

 

Barry has the ability to take an innovative approach to creating Shari’ah-compliant solutions to some of the most complex situations, ensuring that those products meet not just commercial needs but also address the intricacies of tax structuring and multi-jurisdictional challenges.

 

Barry is listed as a “Leading Individual” for Islamic Finance in Legal 500 and has been listed in the “Who’s Who Capital Markets; Islamic Finance” since 2012. He is a regular contributor to Islamic Finance publications and podcasts, and a speaker at industry events.

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