About Us
Wisefields is a specialist law firm with a singular focus on the real estate, hotels and tourism industry. Established by the two leading real estate and hotels lawyers in the Middle East, Bilal Ambikapathy and Moustafa Said, Wisefields is the culmination of decades of experience in the Middle East and the world. Both Moustafa and Bilal are Australian qualified lawyers having worked in tier 1 Australian, British and American law firms throughout their careers, they bring to bear extensive international experience with deep local knowledge of the Middle East.
Wisefields’ founders, Bilal Ambikapathy and Moustafa Said, are the only 2 lawyers in Saudi Arabia consistently ranked by the legal directories year after year as leading individuals with tier 1 practices in the Real Estate sector in Saudi Arabia.
Both having working as partners at international law firms in the Gulf, they bring to bear world class international experience in the context of the dynamic and rapidly evolving real estate, hotels and tourism landscape in Saudi Arabia. Their unparalleled knowledge of the real estate, hotels and tourism industry are for the first time combined and collaborating together at Wisefields.
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Expertise
World Class Real Estate Team:
Wisefields advises in respect of the entire real estate lifecycle from the initial land acquisition to corporate structuring and joint venturing, Real Estate Funds, project financing, construction, utilities and infrastructure development, sub-division, titling, sales and leasing. The team regularly work for participants in mega-real estate projects at each level including Private Participants (Developers, Contractors, Financiers (Islamic), Operators and Owners) and Public Participants (Governments, Authorities and Concessionaires).
Real Estate Development: Wisefields specializes in major integrated, mixed use real estate developments and have worked for master developers, sub-developers and governments in the Middle East on numerous landmark projects and provide advice on strata title strategy, development strategy and town planning. the team has particular expertise in developments funded by and undertaken in compliance with principles of Islamic Shari’a.
Leasing:
Wisefields advises both landlords and tenants on leasing issues arising in respect of mega-mixed use real estate projects, industrial estates, commercial property, utilities and other commercial uses. Corporate, Litigation and Banking aspects of
Real Estate Projects:
Wisefields regularly advises on real estate joint ventures, investment funds, REITs, Islamic financing, disputes and the structuring of shareholder arrangements for large mixed use projects as well as single project ventures.
