Victoria Mesquita

Victoria Mesquita is a highly experienced lawyer specializing in conventional and Islamic finance, renowned for her work on complex investment and structured financial products. With more than two decades of practice — including 16 years in the Middle East — she is recognized as a leading advisor on Shari’a-compliant structured notes, private credit, and cross-border investment structures

Ms. Mesquita’s practice spans the full spectrum of investment fund formation and financing, advising financial institutions, investment funds, and family offices on innovative and bespoke investment solutions. Her expertise includes structured notes, securitizations, private placements, bond and sukuk restructurings, private credit, special situations, venture debt, and mezzanine financing, across industries such as consumer finance, real estate, infrastructure, healthcare, education, and technology.

A seasoned restructuring attorney, Victoria also counsels clients through debt restructurings, insolvency proceedings, distressed asset transactions, and corporate reorganizations, helping businesses navigate financial distress while preserving value and maximizing recovery.

She has advised on numerous first-of-their-kind Shari’a-compliant financial products and structures, including award-winning sukuk and structured finance deals, and has significant experience with complex cross-border fund formation and structuring.

Ms. Mesquita is recognized as an Islamic finance practitioner by Chambers Global 2025, which notes that she adeptly advises clients on the full spectrum of Shari’a-compliant finance instruments, in addition to being well versed in hybrid structures and has wide-ranging expertise across finance facilities to sukuk and high-yield capital markets products. Chambers has also deemed her a “brilliant negotiator”. Legal 500 recommends her as an “outstanding finance lawyer” for investment fund formation and financing.