Debt & Sukuk Issuance: A Practical Guide to the DCM Lifecycle

This book, Debt & Sukuk Issuance: A Practical Guide to the DCM Lifecycle, serves as a hands-on manual for practitioners, advisors, regulators, and students seeking to understand, structure, and execute successful debt and Sukuk transactions.

Whether you are working in investment banking, corporate finance, treasury, legal advisory, or Shariah structuring, this guide will walk you through the full journey — from the first spark of capital need to post-issuance compliance.

Combining technical depth with real-world insights, the book covers:

• Structuring choices between bonds and Sukuk

• Legal, regulatory, and Shariah frameworks

• Setting up SPVs and choosing the right jurisdictions

• Credit rating, investor roadshows, and documentation

• Bookbuilding, pricing, and settlement mechanics

• Post-issuance monitoring and secondary market considerations

Through case studies, diagrams, and simplified explanations, the guide offers clarity on both global best practices and regional nuances, with special focus on emerging markets such as the GCC, Southeast Asia, and Africa.