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Dounia’s practice focuses on issues related to the structuring, establishment and distribution of offshore and onshore investment funds (including DIFC, ADGM and SCA domiciled funds) across asset classes, especially, debt funds, infrastructure funds, private equity funds and real estate funds, as well as funds of funds, master-feeder and Shariah-compliant structures.
Her practice also includes fundraising on behalf of sponsors and/or fund managers, 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 the Middle East and Europe.
Prior to joining King & Spalding, Dounia was a counsel at a US international law firm, based in Dubai. Dounia also served as a senior associate at a UK international law firm, based in Paris.
Dounia won “Investment Funds Rising Star of the Year” at the Legal 500 MENA Awards in 2024 and 2025.
Diplôma, Ecole de Formation du Barreau de Paris
Master, Finance and Strategy, Sciences Po Paris
Master 2 in Business Law, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas
Paris
English
French
Portuguese
Spanish
April 3, 2025
Dounia Mansour comments on ADGM's regulatory framework
March 26, 2025
Legal 500 EMEA 2025 Ranks King & Spalding among the Top Firms in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Franklin Templeton in connection with the establishment of two umbrella public funds set-up as protected cell companies and their sub-funds in the DIFC (each sub-fund feeding into a master fund located in Luxembourg or Ireland and managed by Franklin Templeton).
ADIB Capital on the launch of a Shari’ah-compliant European logistics fund in the DIFC.
Global Frontier Capital on the establishment of one of the first green-labelled fund in the MENA region.
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February 14, 2025
Establishing a Regulated Financial Institution in Saudi Arabia: Key Considerations for Capital Market Institutions
November 9, 2023
Inaugural Connect Series KSA – Women’s Event
April 3, 2025
Dounia Mansour comments on ADGM's regulatory framework
March 26, 2025
Legal 500 EMEA 2025 Ranks King & Spalding among the Top Firms in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Franklin Templeton in connection with the establishment of two umbrella public funds set-up as protected cell companies and their sub-funds in the DIFC (each sub-fund feeding into a master fund located in Luxembourg or Ireland and managed by Franklin Templeton).
ADIB Capital on the launch of a Shari’ah-compliant European logistics fund in the DIFC.
Global Frontier Capital on the establishment of one of the first green-labelled fund in the MENA region.
See more
February 14, 2025
Establishing a Regulated Financial Institution in Saudi Arabia: Key Considerations for Capital Market Institutions
November 9, 2023
Inaugural Connect Series KSA – Women’s Event
April 3, 2025
Dounia Mansour comments on ADGM's regulatory framework
March 26, 2025
Legal 500 EMEA 2025 Ranks King & Spalding among the Top Firms in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Diplôma, Ecole de Formation du Barreau de Paris
Master, Finance and Strategy, Sciences Po Paris
Master 2 in Business Law, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas
Paris
English
French
Portuguese
Spanish