Dean Moroz
Consultant
Abu Dhabi
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Overview
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Experience
Introduction
Dean has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the investment funds sector spanning different asset classes and several jurisdictions globally
Dean heads Ashurst Perkins Coie's private investment funds practice in the UAE. He has significant experience in advising on issues related to private asset management and, especially, the establishment of private investment funds, managed accounts, joint ventures and co-investment platforms across a wide variety of asset classes, including infrastructure, real estate, private equity and debt.
Dean has broad experience advising market-leading sponsors, including those with niche investment strategies, and first-time fund managers on the structuring and establishment of private funds. His experience includes advising institutional clients, including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and development finance institutions, on their global investments.
- Uzbek-Oman Investment Company, a development company jointly owned by the Oman Investment Authority and the Uzbekistan Government, on the structuring and execution of a private equity fund investing in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
- BYD Company Limited on their partnership with Vitol to provide fleet mobility as a service in select markets worldwide and their concurrent, aggregate US$250 million commitment to the Vitol sponsored VIP Green Mobility Fund, L.P.
- A sovereign wealth fund on their US$500 million commitment to TPG Asia VIII (B), L.P.
- A Japanese development finance institution on their Cayman club fund structure with JOIN for purposes of financing Texas High Speed Rail
- A sovereign wealth fund in relation to the establishment of the US$400 million Kazakhstan Hong Kong Development Fund, C.V., a joint venture between KCM and a number of prominent HK investors such as Chow Tai Fook and Li Ka-Shing's Cheung Kong Holdings.
- A European Pension Fund on their commitment to an Innovation Limited Partnership, a multi-country RE investment platform formed as a managed account.
- A Japanese insurance company on its investments into CVC Capital Partners VIII (A) L.P., H.I.G. Europe Capital partners III, L.P., VIP IV L.P., DPE Deutschland IV geschlossene Spezial-Investment GmbH & Co.KG, and Index Origin I (Jersey) L.P.
- A European Pension Fund on an initial commitment of US$200 million to a co-investment platform investing in office and commercial/IT development projects and buildings across India.
- Lake Bleu Capital on the formation of the LBC Sunshine Healthcare Fund II, L.P., a China focused private equity fund investing in pre-IPO investments in the health care industry that raised US$560 million on a single closing.