The fourth edition of our flagship MENA Venture Law Guide is now available.
Building on the success of our previous editions, this new publication provides comprehensive, forward-looking insight into the latest legal and market developments across the venture capital landscape in the Middle East and North Africa. It has been meticulously written to help founders, investors, and stakeholders navigate a market that has demonstrated remarkable resilience and is now focused on strategic, sustainable growth.
Following a period of consolidation, the venture capital ecosystem in MENA has entered a new phase defined by maturity, strategic capital deployment, and a focus on sustainable exits. This is a time of complex legal shifts, regulatory innovation, and unparalleled opportunity, requiring a sharp understanding of the market’s key sectors, emerging legal frameworks, and major capital players.
Written with our clients in mind, in our MENA Venture Law Guide 2025 we have selected a wide range of topics drawing upon the most critical themes and trends emerging from the mandates we’ve been engaged on since our last edition. Our guide covers everything from the nuances of corporate structuring in key financial hubs to the cross-border legal challenges defining the next phase of growth. Providing you with the essential legal clarity needed to successfully navigate your current strategic and transactional challenges.
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Topics featured include:
- analysis of MENA’s 2025 venture capital landscape with insights from MAGNiTT
- best practices for startup boards
- the DNA of a startup: cap tables as legal infrastructure
- the MENA exit playbook: turning liquidity into legacy
- securing the deal: how W&I insurance can unlock MENA’s M&A potential
- co-investment rights in MENA venture capital: a strategic framework for limited partners
- key tax considerations for structuring DIFC and ADGM VC fund
- Delaware flips – ADGM SPVs to Delaware corporations
- cross-border data transfers: key considerations for MENA startups and investors
- restrictive covenants for founders in UAE venture capital transactions: a practical guide to enforceability across three regimes
- African VC rounds: emerging opportunities and legal considerations.
If you have any questions about the topics of this edition, or need help navigating the current environment, please do get in touch.
