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[email protected] Chen Mee KING Follow this and additional works at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research Part of the Commercial Law Commons, and the Religion Law Commons Citation WHITE, Andrew and KING, Chen Mee. Legal risk exposure in Islamic finance. (2013). Islamic finance the new regulatory challenge. 225-235. Research Collection School Of Law. Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2822 This Book Chapter is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Law at Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Research Collection School Of Law by an authorized administrator of Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University. For more information, please email
[email protected]. Published in Islamic finance the new regulatory challenge. Wiley, 2013, Pages 225-235 https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118628973 CHAPTER 10 Legal Risk Exposure in Islamic Finance Andrew White and Chen Mee King1 1. INTRODUCTION In the post-crisis environment of the past few years (since 2007–2008), risk avoidance and the management of risk have both become an increasingly prominent feature of the finance landscape. Financial institutions and reg- ulators are today much more sensitive to the various potential areas of risk and, especially, risk contagion.