Clifford Chance have worked on a number of "firsts" in Islamic Finance:

- The first ever sukuk issuance by the Republic of Turkey One of Asia Pacific's first internationally rated multi-currency sukuk issuance programmes.
- The first sukuk convertible into units in a real estate investment trust and the first convertible sukuk issuance in Singapore
- An ijara facility structured using real estate in the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC), the first time this has been done
- The first sukuk issuance by a Saudi Arabian government entity with the benefit of an express guarantee from the Ministry of Finance.

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