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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.
Islamic Finance
We provide bespoke Shariah structuring advice across the full range of Shariah-compliant products including investment products, bank finance, capital markets and structured products. We have extensive experience advising banks and investment managers globally, working together with all of the leading Shariah Scholars, on the structuring and documentation of the full range of Shariah-compliant products.
Special Situations
We advise on the most complex distressed situations across both developed and emerging markets. We are able to assist financial institutions, funds and companies in navigating complex scenarios with multiple stakeholders to find a solution that works for all parties. We are also able to accept roles as board members of a debtor or to act on a creditors' committee.
Private Credit
We have extensive experience advising private credit funds on complex financing mandates in emerging markets, with a particular focus on the Middle East and Africa. We understand how to navigate the complex structuring requirements of a private credit transaction as well as managing local counsel in multiple jurisdictions.
Fractional General Counsel
We have longstanding C-suite level experience advising companies at all stages of their development cycle on their day-to-day legal needs. We recognise that companies need expert legal advice but that a full-time general counsel is not the most cost-effective solution for many. Our subscription-based pricing model allows you to tap into two decades of experience at global law firms as and when you need it.
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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.
