As the Global Head of Islamic finance at Hogan Lovells and the Office Managing Partner of the Dubai office, Rahail Ali is an acknowledged expert on Islamic finance, reflected in numerous accreditations from leading industry and legal journals as well as his top tier rating in various directories.

Rahail has worked on many of the most innovative and high-value Islamic and multi-sourced project and other finance transactions closed to date, including ''jumbo'' syndicated financings and numerous sukuk issuances for sovereigns. Rahail is regularly consulted by leading publications as well as banks, governments, and regulatory authorities, and is a member of HM Treasury's Islamic Finance Experts Group.

Amongst his numerous publications, he is the consulting editor of Islamic Finance - A Practical Guide and Sukuk and Islamic Capital Markets.