Luna Shehayeb

• Prior to joining the firm, Luna advised:
• GCC-based venture capital firms on the establishment of DeepTech, blockchain and artificial intelligence focused funds in the DIFC and ADGM.
• A real estate investment and asset management on establishing US$3 billion ADGM and Sharia-compliant Cayman feeder umbrella funds; drafted fund offering documents for ADGM ICC cells and the Cayman SPC and its portfolios.
• An Asia-based real estate developer on a US$400 million DIFC domiciled real estate private credit fund.
• A private equity firm on structuring a hybrid ADGM-domiciled hybrid fund with open-ended and closed-ended cells.
• Conducted legal due diligences on fund investments for a UAE-based conglomerate across multiple jurisdictions.
• Supported a UAE VC fund and a Swiss VC and technology fund on their investments and acquisitions across MENA and globally.

Luna advises global and regional sponsors, institutional investors and fund managers on the structuring, formation and operation of investment funds across the ADGM, DIFC, UAE CMA and offshore jurisdictions, including the Cayman Islands. Her practice is sector-agnostic and spans conventional and Shari’ah-compliant fund structures. She also advises on the formation of investment funds in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Her experience includes advising on complex domestic and cross-border fund structures, including master-feeder and other multi-jurisdictional arrangements involving the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg and other offshore jurisdictions, as well as reviewing and negotiating limited partnership agreements and other fund documentation on behalf of sponsors and investors.

Luna also advises investors and start-ups on venture capital financings and related transactions, with a particular focus on the MENA region.

Luna received her Accelerated L.L.B. from the University of York in the United Kingdom and holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon.

She is fluent in Arabic and English.