Most innovative Islamic deal – Turkey: DenizBank’s $284 million dual-currency commodity-murabaha term-loan facility

Name of borrower: DenizBank

Name of borrower: DenizBank

Amount: $284 million

Tenor: Unspecified

Underwriters: Emirates NBD Capital, Emirates Islamic Bank, Ajman Bank

Date: September 2023

DenizBank’s $284 million dual-currency commodity-murabaha term-loan facility wins most innovative Islamic deal in Turkey this year.

The deal, arranged by Emirates NBD, incorporated an exclusive shariah structuring and represented the first Islamic loan in Turkey for a conventional entity.

The borrower will use proceeds from the deal to finance its general trade activities and for investments in both present and future shariah-compliant sukuk portfolios.

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