Yannick Whorms
Biography
Overview
Yannick is a local partner in our global Investment Funds group based in Dubai. Yannick Whorms regularly advises leading institutional fund managers on the formation and life-cycle of private investment funds across a broad range of asset classes, including private equity, private debt, real estate, infrastructure and venture capital.
Yannick also specialises in providing ongoing regulatory and corporate advice to a range of private open-ended and closed-ended funds and their managers, including advising in relation to underlying fund investments and compliance with local and cross-border requirements.
Experience
Representative transactions include advising:
- A UAE sovereign wealth fund on the establishment and licensing of a fund manager in the ADGM and the establishment of a venture capital fund in the ADGM.*
- A UAE sovereign wealth fund on over US$1 billion of commitments to private investment funds and co-investments.
- ADIB Capital and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank on the establishment of a Sukuk fund in the DIFC.
- Alkhabeer Capital on the establishment of a Sharia-compliant private equity fund of funds.
- Apollo on the establishment and licensing of an advisory firm in the ADGM.*
- Azimut on several open-ended funds in the DIFC including a fixed income fund and a public sukuk fund.
- Azimut on the establishment and licensing of fund managers in the ADGM, DIFC and Saudi Arabia.
- Empira on the establishment and licensing of a representative office in the DIFC.*
- Gateway Investment Management on the establishment of several funds including real estate funds in the DIFC and fixed income funds in the Cayman Islands.
- Global Partners on the establishment of a $250 million property development fund.*
- Jadwa Investment on the establishment of several Sharia-compliant funds including a private equity fund and a venture capital fund.*
- Lakemore Partners on the establishment of several credit and CLO funds including a US$550 million US CLO equities fund.*
- Lesha Bank in the establishment of several Sharia-compliant funds including a credit fund, a private equity fund and a fund targeting co-investments.
- Lesha Bank on several fund investments and co-investments.
- Natural Ventures on the establishment and licensing of a fund manager in the ADGM and the establishment of a venture capital fund in the ADGM.
- A Dubai investment company on its investment in a DIFC private equity fund.
- Sweid & Sweid on the establishment of a $250 million property development fund.*
*Indicates experience prior to joining White & Case
SCA Updates: Public Offering of Foreign Funds in the UAE – Extension of the Grace Period - (May 16, 2023)
SCA Updates: Marketing Cayman Funds in the UAE - (May 05, 2023)
SCA Updates Regulations – Marketing Foreign Funds in the UAE - (February 20, 2023)
