Debashis Dey

31 March 2010

Debashis Dey is partner and head of debt capital markets, Clifford Chance

Debashis Dey

Company: Clifford Chance
Position: Partner and head of debt capital markets

Biography: As head of debt capital markets since 2006, Debashis Dey has been involved in many of the region’s largest and most innovative bond and sukuk deals.

Dey was involved in state-owned Dubai Electricity & Water Authority’s raising of more than $1bn in 2007, one of the first deals that saw a company sell off income from receivables through a securitisation deal.

Dey has also worked on the $3.5bn sukuk to finance state-backed DP World’s acquisition of ports operator P&O; a $3.5bn Nakheel sukuk; the establishment of a bond programme by Saudi Arabia’s Islamic Development Bank; and a $800m sukuk issue by Saudi Basic Industries Corporation. Dey’s other clients include Saudi Electricity Company, Emirates Bank, Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority, and Kuwait’s United Real Estate Company.

Previously, Dey was based in the London office of Clifford Chance.

Contact: (+971) 4362 0624
Company website: www.cliffordchance.com/

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