King & Spalding has appointed four partners in the Middle East, making it the firm’s largest ever promotion round in the region.
Sunandini Das, Dounia Mansour, and Sayf Shuqair have been promoted to the partnership in Dubai, while Almiro Clere has made partner in Abu Dhabi.
Das and Mansour are the first female partners in the firm’s Dubai office.
Das is a transactional practitioner and focuses on mergers & acquisitions, private equity and growth equity transactions that involve multiple jurisdictions, including the US, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Her practice spans sectors including technology, infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, and financial services.
Mansour focuses on issues related to the structuring, establishment, and distribution of investment fund vehicles domiciled in the Middle East or raising capital from Middle Eastern investors across asset classes, including debt funds, private equity funds, and real estate funds, as well as funds-of-funds, master-feeder, and Shariah-compliant structures.
Shuqair advises on various asset management and investment structuring matters. He guides regional and international clients on the structuring, formation, and governance of several types of public and private, listed and unlisted investment funds, including private equity, real estate, venture capital, equity, and money market investment funds.
Clere advises on the development of major projects in the infrastructure and energy sectors, with a focus on gigaprojects, renewables, and green energy projects.
They are part of a wider promotions round of 37 new partners across the international firm’s offices. The promotions represent the largest group of partners promoted in the firm’s history and are effective on January 1, 2025.
A number of international law firms have appointed new partners in the Middle East, with White & Case recently appointing four across its Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Riyadh offices.
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