With an educational background in Islamic finance, Victoria Mesquita Wlazlo counsels lenders and borrowers in the Middle East on complex, cross-border financing transactions, including syndicated facilities, leveraged acquisitions, asset-based finance, mezzanine financing, and deals based on both conventional and Shari’a-compliant project finance. She advises a range of clients, including those in the global banking, construction, telecommunications, transportation, consumer credit, media, and energy industries. Victoria represents clients on the bank side as well as the borrower/originator side. She is admitted to practice in New York.
Victoria holds an M.B.A., specializing in Islamic finance. She is fluent in French, Italian, and Spanish.
Recommended, Corporate Finance (Including Islamic Lending), United Arab Emirates, The Legal 500 EMEA (2020)
Recommended, Capital Markets, United Arab Emirates, The Legal 500 EMEA (2020)
Ranked, Banking and Finance: Islamic Finance, United Arab Emirates, Chambers Global (2018)
Winner, Banking & Finance Team of the Year in The Oath Middle East Legal Awards 2015
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