Jody Waugh is the Managing Partner of Al Tamimi and also serves as the Head of Banking & Finance across the MENA region. With over 17 years of experience practicing in the Middle East, Jody has extensive expertise advising regulators, banks, finance companies, investment banks, and other financial institutions on a broad range of banking and finance matters. He maintains a strong client roster that includes major international banks as well as leading regional banks and financial institutions, and he regularly advises borrowers on corporate and property development financing transactions.

Jody has advised lenders on several high-profile projects, including an AED 1.2 billion Islamic financing for the construction of sixteen residential projects in Dubai, the Sweihan solar power plant in Abu Dhabi, the DEWA solar power plant in Dubai, and the DEWA Hassyan coal power plant in Dubai. He also advised HSBC on its redomicile into the Dubai International Financial Centre and assisted Citibank UAE with the sale of its prepaid card business to Wirecard.

Jody holds an LLB from the University of Waikato, obtained in 1998, and was admitted to the New Zealand Bar in 2001. He conducts his practice in English.