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Elisabeth
Fapuro

Associate

Dubai: +971 4 377 9983
efapuro@kslaw.com

Elisabeth Fapuro is an associate in the Real Estate & Funds practice group of King & Spalding, based in the Dubai office.

Elisabeth advises on the structuring, establishment, management, cross-border marketing and restructuring of investment funds, including real estate funds, credit funds, private equity funds, and Shariah-compliant structures. Elisabeth has experience advising funds domiciled in a range of onshore and offshore jurisdictions (including DIFC, ADGM and Cayman domiciled funds) for UK, U.S., Middle Eastern and European asset managers, including Ireland, where Elisabeth spent time advising on Irish UCITS and non-UCITS investment funds. Elisabeth also has experience advising on GP-led secondary transactions.

Prior to joining King & Spalding, Elisabeth worked in the London office of another international U.S. law firm and has also worked in the legal teams of two international insurance companies and one of the top global fund administrators.

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Credentials

Distinction in Legal Practice, BPP Law School, Distinction

Graduate Diploma in Law, University of Law

BA (Hons) English & American Literature, The University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

England and Wales

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King & Spalding advises ADIB Capital on launch of Shari’a-compliant European Logistics Fund I

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Matters

Prior to joining King & Spalding, Elisabeth advised:

Advising various asset management firms on their article 6 to Article 8 conversions under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)

A Qatar based Investment bank on the prospective investment by the second vintage of their fund of funds vehicle into Shari’a compliant growth strategies of mid-size North American technology companies

Dubai-based alternative asset managers on the launch of a closed-ended real estate funds incorporated in the DIFC

Matters

Prior to joining King & Spalding, Elisabeth advised:

Advising various asset management firms on their article 6 to Article 8 conversions under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)

Dubai-based alternative asset managers on the launch of a closed-ended real estate funds incorporated in the DIFC

An alternative asset manager on the establishment of conventional and Shari’a compliant investment real estate funds

Advising a global investment management firm on the establishment of various private debt funds (structured as Luxembourg SCSp, SICAV-RAIFs) as part of their fund of funds strategy

Advising global investment manager on onshore UAE public to private marketing conversion of certain fund classes of their CBI registered UCITS

One of the largest global investment managers on the de-registration of certain fund classes of their Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”) registered UCITS

A London-based alternative asset manager on the establishment of a listed loan portfolio class (under the form of a Cayman SPC)

An alternative asset manager in relation to the launches on its various platforms of several funds managed with various large global private credit sponsors

A London-based alternative asset manager on the launch of its second domiciled strategic credit fund (under the form of a Luxembourg RAIF)