Jamal Khan

Jamal Khan is a qualified solicitor and experienced General Counsel with more than 28 years of corporate law experience gained in major international law firms (Dentons, HFW and Dewey LeBoeuf) and with a substantial private equity fund/family office (as General Counsel), which held investments in the CEE/CIS region in excess of $1 billion. In his role as General Counsel he was responsible for advising on all legal aspects related to the set up and compliance of the private equity fund as well as the acquisition, restructuring and sale of fund portfolio companies.

Jamal also acted as the trusted legal adviser to the family shareholders of the fund/family office that he was involved in, which included personal legal advice, including trust structuring, drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts, high value litigation management for the family in a number of jurisdictions, management, cost control and coordination of international external advisers, as well as acting as a fiduciary to the family.

Most recently, through Lucrum Wealth Partners (a multi-family office), he has been involved in the following matters:

• Advising an ultra high net worth client on all major legal issues relating to his group businesses, spanning software and IT services, solar power, construction and dredging. Drafting and negotiating heads of terms, confidentiality agreements, consultancy agreements, facility agreements, option agreements, international joint venture and investment agreements.

• Advised an ultra high net worth family on a corporate restructuring of their European assets and suggesting and implementing a new tax efficient corporate structure. Drafting various re-organisation documents in relation to the restructuring.

• Advising a Bangladeshi client on a 100 megawatt solar fishery project in Bangladesh in cooperation with an Indian energy company.

• Advising a client on a seed investment in a UK based compression garment and anti-stretch mark/anti-cellulite business. Drafted the investment agreement, new articles of association and related security documentation.

• Advising a client on a seed investment in an Irish based insect protein business.

• Working with and advising a client in respect of the transportation, storage and sale of agricultural food produce from Ukraine.

• Director of several UK companies acting as trading entities for overseas businesses.

• Advising a client on their joint venture with a Dutch dredging company.

• Raising funds for an AI dating app business, through a series A funding round.

Jamal has in-depth experience of restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, general corporate advisory and wealth management issues. He has considerable experience of reviewing, drafting and negotiating investment, employment, consultancy and other commercial agreements. He has advised on transaction structures, fund formation documents and compliance issues. He has also advised on high value litigation and arbitration matters. Through his private practice and in-house counsel experiences Jamal has a unique insight into how management teams and businesses operate. He has a track record of providing solutions to complex and varied legal issues and completing projects (often with a cross border element) in a timely and cost effective manner.

Jamal was educated at Rugby School and graduated from University College London.

Telephone: +447979751554