Marina El Hachem
Associate,
Dubai, UAE
T. +971 4 528 5555
E. marina.elhachem@bsabh.com
Marina specialises in corporate, FinTech and capital markets related matters.
She is an associate in the TMT team and acts for international entities whose work primarily relates to the broad spectrum of the tech sphere.
Routinely advising local and international clients on cryptocurrencies, data privacy and FinTech, Marina also uses her extensive knowledge of cross-border transactions and her business approach, to provide additional advisory services to institutional clients while structuring their activities.
Marina has extensive experience in conducting due diligence exercises from both the seller and the buyer’s perspective, she has also represented buy and sell clients in several large-scale mergers and acquisitions
Previously Marina worked for an international investment bank in Paris.
Areas of expertise
services
- Corporate & M&A
- Banking & Finance
industry
- Financial Institutions
- Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT)
groups
- Family-owned Businesses
- Private Client
- High Net Worth Individuals
Highlights of experience
- Negotiated OTC derivatives master agreements with several investment funds
- Drafted and negotiated cross border contracts such as commercial agency and distribution agreements, sub-contracting, memoranda of understanding and shareholder’s agreements
- Counseled on the transfer and processing of data outside the European Union as well as data privacy and data collection disputes as per RGPD
Education & qualifications
- Law Degree – Saint Joseph University of Beirut
- Master 1 in International Private Law – Saint Joseph University of Beirut
- LL.M. (M.S.) in International Business Law and Management – ESCP Business School (École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris)
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