Kareem Zureikat

Kareem is a seasoned venture capital lawyer who has advised investors and entrepreneurs on numerous early and growth-stage funding transactions across the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, North America and Southeast Asia.

He advises start-ups, high net worth individuals, venture capital, sovereign wealth and private equity funds in connection with equity and convertible debt funding.

Kareem also regularly advises on buy-side and sell-side M&A transactions, including secondary sales linked to venture funding rounds.

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Career

Since 2022	Of Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2017 – 2022	Senior Associate, Al Tamimi & Company, Dubai
2015 – 2017	Senior Associate, Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Legal Consultants, Jordan

2013 – 2015	Associate, Clifford Chance, Dubai
2007 – 2013	Associate, Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates & Legal Consultants, Jordan

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Education

2006

Bachelor of Law, University of Bristol, England

Memberships & Associations

Member of the Jordanian Bar Association

Member of the Dubai Legal Affairs Department

Additional languages

Arabic

English

Expertise

Sectors Technology, media & communications

Experience

Acquisition of hotel	Advised a European fund on its $204million acquisition of a landmark hotel in downtown Dubai from a multinational real estate development company.
Series A investments	Advising a venture capital firm, as lead investor, on its Series A investments in a P2P fintech platform, a Saudi based payments platform, an online edtech platform, a US domiciled fintech platform and a gig economy solutions platform.
Series B fundraise	Advised a leading e-commerce platform for all things mother and child, on its Series B priced equity financing.

Series B investment	Advised a venture capital firm on its Series B investment into a UK-headquartered virtual technology platform for surgeons.
Series C fundraise	Advised an Egypt-headquartered food delivery company on its Series C funding round.
Series C investment	Advised a multinational conglomerate holding company on its $415million investment into a leading cloud kitchen company, headquartered in the UAE.

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The energy law experts once again achieved an excellent fifth place in the number of Clean Energy M&A Deals category. This means that they are among the top 5 in the Clean Energy sector worldwide for the third year in a row.

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