Ingy Darwish

Ingy is a senior associate in the Corporate and Commercial Group of our Dubai Office with significant experience in M&A, venture capital and ECM work. She acts for clients on a wide range of transactions in the Middle East with focus on Egypt and the UAE.

Ingy has assisted various local and international clients on transaction documents, deal negotiations and due diligence in the context of mergers and acquisitions, venture capital deals and public listings.

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Career

Since 2022	Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2016–2022	Senior Associate, Al Tamimi & Company, Cairo
2015–2016	Junior Lawyer, Matouk Bassiouny, Cairo

2015–2015	Junior Lawyer, TK Lawfirm
2014–2014	Summer Legal Intern Torgoman and Khouly Law firm

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Education

2016	Master I, Institute of International Business Law, University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne in partnership with Cairo University
2015	Bachelor of Law, Institute of International Business Law, University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne in partnership with Cairo University
2015	Bachelor of Arts in Economics, The American University in Cairo

Publications

The Rise and Rise of Trade and Investment on the African Continent: Morocco and Egypt finalize a new Free Trade Agreement, Al Tamimi Law Update, Thomas R. Snider and Laureen Fredah, April 2022.

Good Governance: the secret of a Successful Family Business – Al Tamimi Law Update, August 2021.

The rise of ESG in the UAE: Mandatory ESG Reporting for UAE listed companies, Andrew Tarbuck, April 2021.

UAE Requires Listed Companies to Have at Least One Female Board Member, Andrew Tarbuck, April 2021.

The Cairo Start-up Scene, Al Tamimi Law Update, March 2021.

Fintech in Egypt: Be aware of the Regulatory Landscape, Al Tamimi Law Update, March 2021.

New rules, new market, IFLR, Mohamed Gabr, April 2019.

The Mergers and Acquisition Review, the Law Reviews, 12th edition, Mohamed Gabr and Ingy El Kady.

Additional languages

Arabic

English

French

Expertise

Sectors Technology, media & communications Public services & education

Experience

Multiple early stage venture capital financings in technology and development	Represented a sovereign-backed non-profit global foundation on its participation in multiple early stage venture capital financings in technology and development.
$36 million series A priced equity round	Advising a venture capital firm on its investment in one of the fastest growing B2B e-commerce start-up in MENAP, through its participation in a $36 million series A priced equity round.
$44million series B fund	Advising A multi family office investment firm on its investment in the Middle East’s largest health online platform, through its participation in a $44million series B fund raise.

Equity exceeding AED 3 billion	Advising the largest retail cooperative in the UAE with a shareholders' equity exceeding AED 3 billion, on the listing of its shares on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) becoming the first cooperative society in the UAE to list its shares on financial markets.
Listing on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX)	Advising a Bahrain based financial investment group on their latest listing on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), representing the fourth listing for the group in the MENA region since being listed and actively traded on the Bahrain Bourse, Boursa Kuwait and the Dubai Financial Market.

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Awards

Legal 500 - Rising Star

Commercial, Corporate and M&A

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