Kristel Ferjane Bio

Kristel Ferjane is SOKOTRA Capital's, General Counsel. Kristel is a corporate lawyer with over 8 years of experience in major law firms in London, Paris, and Dubai advising clients on a broad range of corporate matters. Before joining SOKOTRA Capital in October Kristel was a corporate senior associate at Cotty, Vivant, Marchisio, and Lauzeral in Dubai. Prior to that, she was a corporate lawyer at Allen & Overy LLP in Dubai. Prior to joining Allen & Overy LLP, Kristel trained and qualified in London at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene, and MacRae ("LeBoeuf") (later known as Dewey & LeBoeuf following its merger with Dewey Ballantine). As part of her training contract, Kristel was seconded to Sorainen Law Offices in Latvia and Estonia and to the LeBoeuf's Paris office corporate team for seven months. Kristel qualified as an English solicitor in September 2005 and holds a Masters in International Business Law from Sorbonne University in Paris and a Postgraduate Diploma in Law from BPP Law School London (Hons) as well as the Legal Practice Course (Hons).