Venture capital
Advises venture capital firms investing across multiple countries, covering fundraising, deal structuring, risk assessment and exits.
ASSOCIATE PARTNER
Fatima Wahla
Venture capital, mergers & acquisitions and corporate deal structuring, across four regions.
Investment, IP & M&A Startups, Fintech & Emerging Tech
Overview
Fatima Wahla is a corporate lawyer with more than nine years of experience advising startups, investors and growing businesses across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America, from incorporation and fundraising to governance, multi-jurisdictional compliance and exits.
Her practice centres on venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate deal structuring.
Experience
Mergers, acquisitions and deal structuring
Structures and documents corporate transactions for startups, investors and growing businesses, through to exit.
Technology companies
Legal counsel to US-based software companies, handling corporate, contractual, compliance, employment and IP matters as they scale in various jurisdictions.
Health techMed techFintechFood techConstruction techFinancial services
Helps brokerage houses obtain regulatory licences across different jurisdictions.
Intellectual property
Manages IP portfolios across multiple jurisdictions, so that clients’ brands, technology and other intellectual property are secured in every market where they operate.
Recognition
- WIPO-certified Master TrainerWorld Intellectual Property Organization
- [Further recognition, rankings or speaking roles — to be added]
Beyond the practice
[Teaching, training, pro bono work, interests — to be added with Fatima.]
Education, qualifications and languages
Education
LL.MMunich Intellectual Property Law Center
BA-LL.B (Hons)Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Qualifications
WIPO-certified Master TrainerIntellectual property
[Bar enrolment — to confirm]
Languages
[Languages to confirm]