Raluca Paduraru

Associate, Dubai

Biography

Overview

Raluca is an associate in our global Investment Funds group based in Dubai. She regularly advises leading institutional fund managers on the formation and life cycle of private investment funds across a broad range of asset classes.

Raluca also provides regulatory and corporate advice to a range of private open-ended and closed-ended funds and their managers, including advising in relation to underlying fund investments and compliance with local and cross-border requirements.

Bars and Courts
England and Wales, Solicitor
Education
Legal Practice Course and LLM
BPP University

London

LLB

City St George's, University of London

Languages
English
Romanian

Experience

Representative transactions include advising:

ADIB Capital on the establishment of a digital infrastructure public open-ended Shari'a-compliant fund in the DIFC.

An Abu Dhabi-based alternative investment manager on various commitments to co-investments.

A UAE sovereign wealth fund on the establishment and category 3C DFSA licensing of a fund manager in the DIFC.

A UAE sovereign wealth fund on various commitments to private investment funds.

A Qatar leading private investment bank on the establishment of a Shari'a-compliant Cayman Islands private closed-ended fund.

Azimut on the establishment and licensing of a fund manager in Saudi Arabia.

Gateway Investment Management on the establishment of two public real estate funds in the DIFC.

Global Partners on the establishment of several private property funds in the DIFC and obtaining a DFSA endorsement for Operating an Islamic Window.

A DIFC fund manager on the establishment of a public open-ended Shari'a-compliant fund in the DIFC.

Lesha Bank on various commitments to private investment funds.