People

Dounia
Mansour

Partner

Dubai: +971 4 377 9987
dmansour@kslaw.com

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.

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Credentials

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

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Recognition

Investment Funds Rising Star of the Year

Legal 500 MENA Awards, 2024 - 2025

Rising Star – Investment Fund Formation and Management, United Arab Emirates

Legal 500 EMEA 2023

News

Matters

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.

Matters

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.

An Indian fund manager on the establishment of a public fund formed as a protected cell company in the ADGM with sub-funds acting as a feeder funds for Indian equities funds.

An ADGM based fund manager in connection with the establishment of an umbrella fund set-up as an incorporated cell company in the ADGM and its sub-funds with various investment strategies.

Jadwa Investment Company on the establishment of a private equity fund domiciled in Saudi Arabia regulated by the Saudi Arabian Capital Market Authority (CMA).

An ADGM-based fund manager on the establishment of two real estate funds in the ADGM focused on European real estate.

Insights

Client Alert

February 14, 2025
Establishing a Regulated Financial Institution in Saudi Arabia: Key Considerations for Capital Market Institutions

Thought Leadership

November 9, 2023
Inaugural Connect Series KSA – Women’s Event

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Recognition

March 26, 2025
Legal 500 EMEA 2025 Ranks King & Spalding among the Top Firms in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

Recognition

February 3, 2025
Legal 500 Names Dounia Mansour Investment Funds Leading Associate of the Year at its Middle East and North Africa Awards

In the News · Source: The Oath and Global Legal Chronicle

January 16, 2025
James Stull, Dounia Mansour, Herbert Kosy Nduka and Elisabeth Fapuro advise ADIB Capital on the launch of ADIB European Logistics Fund I

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Matters

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.

Matters

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.

An Indian fund manager on the establishment of a public fund formed as a protected cell company in the ADGM with sub-funds acting as a feeder funds for Indian equities funds.

An ADGM based fund manager in connection with the establishment of an umbrella fund set-up as an incorporated cell company in the ADGM and its sub-funds with various investment strategies.

Jadwa Investment Company on the establishment of a private equity fund domiciled in Saudi Arabia regulated by the Saudi Arabian Capital Market Authority (CMA).

An ADGM-based fund manager on the establishment of two real estate funds in the ADGM focused on European real estate.