Bilal is an associate in the London Equity Corporate Finance team and the London Funds and Asset Management team.
He works on a broad range of corporate matters relating to investment funds and the asset management industry, including formation and structuring of investment funds, advising on regulatory matters and working on corporate transactions across a wide range of asset classes and jurisdictions for both private and publicly listed funds.
Bilal also works on equity capital market transactions, including growth capital raisings, initial public offerings, secondary capital raisings, public takeovers and private M&A transactions.
He is currently on secondment to Man Group for 6 months (2025).
Background
Bilal studied Law at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and completed the Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School in London.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- NewRiver's £50 million placing in relation to its acquisition of Capital & Regional
- Hostmore plc's reverse takeover of TGI Fridays worth £177 million
- Mars Inc. acquisition of Hotel Chocolat worth £534 million
- Establishment of a Voluntary Carbon Credits Investment Fund
- a large hedge fund client on its restructuring of fee and liquidity terms in relation to CLO investments
- Severn Trent's £1 billion equity raise
