KFH-Bahrain (KFHB) recently hosted Mr. Joan Laporta who is globally famed as being an ex-President of the World Class Barcelona Football Club. He also held a position of Member of Parliament in Catalonia (Spain) and currently has his own Law Firm LAPORTA & ARBOS and is also a City Councillor in Barcelona. The aim of Mr. Laporta’s visit to Bahrain was for his Law Firm to become more acquainted with Shariá compliant structures, operations and the implementation of Shariá compliant products and services. Mr. Abdulhakeem Alkhayyat, the Managing Director and CEO of KFH–Bahrain commented, “We were pleased to receive Mr. Joan Laporta as our guest and introduce him to the various aspects of Islamic Finance. I believe that there are many opportunities for the introduction of Islamic finance in Spain and wish him every success in his endeavour.’’ During Mr. Laporta’s visit to Bahrain he attended the WIFFM Conference as a guest of KFHB, as it was recognised that the broad coverage of Islamic topics being discussed at the Conference Sessions would help enlighten him on his quest for the information he was trying to gather. Mr. Laporta noted that this was the first time that he had visited Bahrain and that he was extremely impressed with what he had learned and felt that he was returning to Barcelona with a wealth of knowledge gained during his time in the Kingdom. As part of his schedule, he was introduced to a number of KFH-Bahrain initiatives including Durrat Al Bahrain, which is considered to be a landmark Real Estate development project in the Kingdom. Mr. Laporta complimented the high International standards that both projects have achieved and was looking forward to personally experiencing them for a longer time in the future. Mr. Laporta, thanked Mr. Abdulhakeem for the hospitality and for the efforts that had been made to make his visit as fruitful as possible.