Marwan Al-Turki

Retired Partner

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Tel: +44 20 7786 9199

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Marwan Al-Turki is a retired partner. Mr. Al-Turki was a leading UK private investment fund formation lawyer. He is the former Co-Chair of the firm’s ... Read Full Biography

Publications

Reminder – Periodic Filing, Notice and Reporting Requirements for Private Equity Funds
26 December 2013

Marwan Al-Turki
,
Kenneth J. Berman
,
Jennifer J. Burleigh
,
Michael P. Harrell
,
Satish M. Kini
,
Geoffrey Kittredge
,
Jonathan F. Lewis
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Byungkwon Lim
,
Andrew M. Ostrognai
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David J. Schwartz
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Rebecca F. Silberstein
,
Steven J. Slutzky
,
Sally Gibson
,
Gary E. Murphy
Private Equity & Venture Capital in the Middle East and Africa – Regulatory Issues
September 2013

BVCA International Series

Marwan Al-Turki
The Private Equity Report
Fall 2006

Franci J. Blassberg
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Dr. Thomas Schürrle
,
Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
,
Kenneth J. Berman
,
Marcia L. MacHarg
,
Marwan Al-Turki
,
Adele M. Karig
The Private Equity Report
Summer 2003

Michael P. Harrell
,
Marwan Al-Turki
,
Adele M. Karig
,
Gary M. Friedman
,
Andrew L. Bab
,
David A. Brittenham
,
Alan J. Davies
,
Franci J. Blassberg
,
Jeffrey P. Cunard
,
Kenneth J. Berman

Upcoming Events

Recent Events

Private Equity Funds: Should You Be Thinking About Limited Partner Defaults?
29 April 2009 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM Dateline Standard Time

Speaker: Marwan Al-Turki, Geoffrey Kittredge

Debevoise Events

Marwan Al-Turki is a retired partner. Mr. Al-Turki was a leading UK private investment fund formation lawyer. He is the former Co-Chair of the firm’s European Private Equity Funds Group. Mr. Al-Turki focused his practice on structuring multi-jurisdictional private equity funds for offering to an international institutional investor base. He continues to advise such funds on matters relating to investments and realisation programmes.Mr. Al-Turki also advised investment managers and other financial institutions on investment management mergers & acquisitions transactions, internal restructurings and financial services regulatory issues. Mr. Al-Turki is ranked as a Notable Practitioner in Chambers Global (2014). He is also listed as a “Leading Lawyer” for Investment Funds–Private Funds by IFLR 1000 (2014) and Chambers UK (2014) where he is described as having “significant expertise in fund structuring, particularly when operating on a multi-jurisdictional basis and catering to a global investor base.” Sources tell Chambers UK (2013) he is “particularly skilled when it comes to handling multi‑jurisdictional private funds matters" and "able to advise on a wide range of matters in this space, including investments and fund structuring”. He is also recognised for his “cunning knowledge of the market and is a great negotiator”, by Legal 500 UK (2012). He is recommended by Legal 500 UK (2013), where clients describe him as having “good funds knowledge and industry understanding, and excellent client relationship skills”. Mr. Al-Turki has published numerous articles and books on matters relating to private equity funds and financial services regulation, and is a frequent public speaker in both areas. Recent publications include the regulatory issues chapter in the Middle East and Africa edition of the BVCA’s International Series (September 2013); "Shariah-compliant Private Equity Funds: What Private Equity Managers Need to Know”, The Eurekahedge Monthly (June 2007), and “The American Influence – the US Private Equity Model in Europe”, The Lawyer (April 2007). Recent speaking engagements include “Current Legal and Commercial Issues for Secondary Buyers and Sellers of Investment Interests”, C5: Third Annual Private Equity Secondaries Conference (April 2013), and "Middle East Market Horizons: Towards Developing Economies and Sustainable Investment” Standard & Poor’s Leaders’ Forum (November 2012). Mr. Al-Turki obtained his B.A. and M.A. in jurisprudence from Oxford University (Magdalen College) and qualified as an English solicitor in 1987. He is fluent in English, Arabic, French, Spanish and Italian and has a fair command of German and Portuguese.