Joanna Maria El Khoury focuses her practice on corporate and financial transactions. She advises on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), divestitures, joint ventures, and corporate restructurings, including transactions involving investment managers. She regularly advises investment funds, including sovereign wealth funds, private equity funds, and venture capital funds, as well as regional and international companies in complex transactions. Joanna has experience in cross-border matters across a number of jurisdictions spanning the Middle East and the United States.
Prior to moving to Dubai, Joanna worked in the Washington, DC and Paris offices of a top-tier US law firm. She speaks English, French, and Arabic.
M&A and Private Equity
Transactions Involving Investment Managers
Venture Capital
Recommended, Commercial, Corporate and M&A, United Arab Emirates, The Legal 500 EMEA (2023, 2024)