Victoria Mesquita

Ms. Mesquita has grown her corporate and finance practice over two decades, 15 of them spent in the Middle East, with a focus on banking & finance, project financings, restructurings and capital markets transactions, predominantly structured as Shari’a compliant transactions.

Distinguished by her breadth of experience in both traditional and Islamic finance, Ms. Mesquita advises private funds, private clients and family offices on complex investment solutions such as structured notes, securitizations, private placements, bond and sukuk restructurings, private credit, direct lending, venture debt and mezzanine financing, in particular those which are structured as Shari’a-compliant investments, in a wide range of industries including energy, water, real estate, infrastructure, healthcare, education and technology

She has frequently advised on innovative and first-of-its kind Shari’a compliant financial products and structures, including award-winning Sukuk and structured-financing deals. Ms. Mesquita also has significant experience advising on complex cross-border fund formation and structuring.

Ms. Mesquita is recognized by Chambers Global 2024, which notes “[she] adeptly advises clients on the full spectrum of Shari'a-compliant finance instruments, in addition to being well versed in hybrid structures” and has wide-ranging expertise across finance facilities to sukuk and high-yield capital markets products. Chambers has also deemed her a “brilliant negotiator”. Legal 500 EMEA 2024 recommends her as an “outstanding finance lawyer” for investment fund formation and financing.