Grace Hunt
Senior Associate
Dubai
Grace Hunt
Senior Associate
Dubai
Contact details
Office
Dubai
11th Floor, Burj Daman Building, Al Mustaqbal Street, Dubai International Financial Centre
Dubai
PO Box 506678
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
Graduate Diploma in Law, Legal Practice Course, University of Law (Moorgate), 2013-2015
BA, Politics, Queen Mary University of London, 2013
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Office
Dubai
11th Floor, Burj Daman Building, Al Mustaqbal Street, Dubai International Financial Centre
Dubai
PO Box 506678
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
Graduate Diploma in Law, Legal Practice Course, University of Law (Moorgate), 2013-2015
BA, Politics, Queen Mary University of London, 2013
Other noteworthy experience
- Acting for GT Gettaxi Limited on its USD300m series D financing led by Volkswagen
- Acting for Unilever on its acquisition of graze, a UK's based healthy snack brand for GBP150m (previous firm experience)
- Acting for CoinShares (A European digital asset investment firm) on its acquisition of the ETF index business, Global Blockchain Equity Index, from Elwood Technologies (previous firm experience)
- Acting for the management of Massive Interactive on its sale to a portfolio company of Bruin Sports Capital for GBP127m (previous firm experience)
- Advising the Founder of the most downloaded typography mobile application globally (2021) on the sale of the app to a leading Italian developer (previous firm experience)
- Acting for AIM listed telecommunications provider, Manx Telecom plc, on its takeover by Kelion Bidco for approximately GBP255.9m (previous firm experience)
Awards & accolades
Nomination for Female Corporate Lawyer of the Year, 2022
LexisNexis Women in Law Awards
Published work
- Grace Hunt (2021) “What does the 100 percent foreign ownership law mean for the startup ecosystem of the UAE”, Dubai: www.MENABytes.com (https://www.menabytes.com/uae-foreign-ownership-100-percent-startup-ecosystem)
