Ms Dounia Mansour > Dechert LLP > Dubai, United Arab Emirates > Lawyer Profile

Dechert LLP
804 South Tower, Emirates Financial Tower
Al Sukook Road, DIFC
Dubai
PO Box 506675
United Arab Emirates
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Work Department

Investment Funds and Investment Companies

Position

Associate

Career

Dounia Mansour focuses her practice on issues related to the structuring, establishment and distribution of onshore and offshore investment funds, including debt funds, infrastructure funds, private equity funds and real estate funds, as well as funds of funds and feeder-master structures. 

Ms. Mansour’s practice includes fundraising on behalf of sponsors and/or management companies, the negotiation of legal documentation on behalf of institutional investors (mainly sovereign funds, pension funds, development finance institutions and family offices) and the regulatory aspects of these operations in Europe and the Middle East.

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Arabic

Education

  • Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, B.A. and M.A., Business Law, 2009
  • Sciences Po Paris, Master’s Degree, Finance and Strategy, minor in International Business, 2012

Lawyer Rankings

United Arab Emirates > Investment fund formation and management

(Rising stars)

Dounia MansourKing & Spalding LLP

Highly regarded for its ‘comprehensive advice, especially for offshore structuring and local laws’, King & Spalding LLP works with an enviable list of financial sponsors and asset managers on outbound-focused investment fund structures and innovative transaction structures for a wide array of sector investors. The firm is also reputed for its strong track record in structuring complex, cross-border Shariah-compliant transactions, where the team is able to draw on the firm’s wider financial services regulatory offering. The team also handles a steady flow of instructions from sovereign wealth fund and high-net-worth clients. James Stull is a key relationship partner for many of the firm’s most high-profile real estate funds and REITs and is also a key adviser for regional securities laws. Nabil Issa is a go-to for Saudi Arabian entities and has a far-reaching sector expertise that includes healthcare, fintech, education and food and beverage. Macky O’Sullivan is well-versed in conventional and Shari’ah compliant funds and senior associate Sayf Shuqair has supported on a litany of premium funds work. Counsel Dounia Mansour joined from Dechert LLP in August 2023.