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Fawaz Elmalki

Fawaz Elmalki

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Fawaz is a Senior Counsel who advises a wide range of investment managers and sponsors on all aspects of structuring, formation and operations of private equity funds, venture capital funds, hedge funds and investment fund platforms.

He also acts for investors in these funds and his practice includes advising a number of international family offices on their strategic investments. He also advises his clients on co-investment structures, carried interest arrangements, secondary transactions and fund restructurings. He has particular expertise in respect of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)  and offshore funds.

Fawaz joined Taylor Wessing as a consultant in 2023.  During his career, he was a partner at a global offshore law firm where he worked in their Dubai and Bermuda offices. He was also in-house counsel for one of Canada’s largest pension fund managers in Montréal, Canada.  He started his international career at a magic circle law firm in London.  As a qualified attorney in England and Wales and Québec (Canada), he has broad commercial and corporate law experience including shareholders and joint venture arrangements and PE and VC downstream transactions.

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CV

Since 2023 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
Since 2018 Member of Global Advisory Council, Iliad Partners
2018 - 2023 Counsel, Support Legal
2018 - 2023 Co-Founder and Consultant, Venture One Legal
2007 - 2018 Partner and Senior Associate, Conyers Dill & Pearman
2013 - 2018 Director, Conyers Corporate Services (Middle East) Limited
2006 - 2007 Legal Counsel, Public Sector Investment Board (PSP Investments)
2002 - 2006 Associate, Conyers Dill & Pearman
2000 - 2002 Associate, Clifford Chance
2002 Admitted as a Solicitor, England & Wales
1998 Admitted as a lawyer, Barreau du Québec, Canada
1999 LLB, Common Law, with distinction, McGill University
1996 LLB, Civil Law, Dean’s list, 2nd year, Université de Montréal

Career

Since 2023 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
Since 2018 Member of Global Advisory Council, Iliad Partners
2018 - 2023 Counsel, Support Legal
2018 - 2023 Co-Founder and Consultant, Venture One Legal
2007 - 2018 Partner and Senior Associate, Conyers Dill & Pearman
2013 - 2018 Director, Conyers Corporate Services (Middle East) Limited
2006 - 2007 Legal Counsel, Public Sector Investment Board (PSP Investments)
2002 - 2006 Associate, Conyers Dill & Pearman
2000 - 2002 Associate, Clifford Chance

Education

2002 Admitted as a Solicitor, England & Wales
1998 Admitted as a lawyer, Barreau du Québec, Canada
1999 LLB, Common Law, with distinction, McGill University
1996 LLB, Civil Law, Dean’s list, 2nd year, Université de Montréal

Publications

  • LP Side Letters in the DIFC and ADGM, Taylor Wessing Venture Capital publication, October 2023 (co-authored)
  • Foreign Investment Funds in the U.A.E.: The New Rules, Conyers Dill & Pearman publication, August 2012 (co-authored)
  • The Untested Waters of Default in Islamic Finance, EurekaHedge, February 2010 (co-authored)
  • New Beginnings, HFM Week Special Report, Dubai, January 2009
  • Structuring a hedge fund for the Middle East, Private Equity and Hedge Fund Middle East (CPI Financial), May 2008
  • Middle East and India: Private Equity, Public Gain, Legal Week, April 2008
  • Joint Difficulties, The Brief, February 2008
  • Private Equity Trends in the Middle East, Conyers Dill & Pearman publication, January 2008
  • Establishing Private Equity Funds in Bermuda, Canadian International Lawyer, June 2005

Memberships & Associations

  • 2023- present:  Member, Legal Advisory Committee, Middle East Venture Capital Association (MEVCA)

Additional languages

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Awards

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