Fırat Gülüm

Associate
Dubai
About

Fırat Gülüm advises on corporate law matters including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital transactions, corporate reorganisations and restructurings in various sectors. In his practice, Fırat performs such tasks as due diligence, legal research and analysis, drafting various transaction documents and coordinating multi-jurisdictional complex projects.

Areas of FocusCorporate
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

EXPERIENCE

Fırat's experience includes advising:

  • The founders of Vochi, a video creation and editing app, on its acquisition by Pinterest.
  • BMT Private Equity on the acquisition of BelkaCar, a Russian carsharing service.
  • FinTech Collective, a US venture capital firm, on its USD 1 million investment in WheeKeep, a Saudi-Arabian self-storage company.
  • X Robotics, a startup developing pizza-making robot and automated kitchen solutions, on its series seed equity financing round led by FinSight Ventures.
  • WeWork in its divestment from the Russian market by sale of its 100% subsidiary.
  • Uzum, an e-commerce startup and Uzbekistan's first unicorn, on its USD 114 million Series A funding round.
  • Osome, a finance admin platform for founders and small and medium businesses, on USD 17 million Series B funding round.
  • A Russian carsharing service on equity and debt financing from a Russian private investor.
  • A British multi-national financial technology company on the restructuring of its subsidiaries in various European and Asian jurisdictions.
Languages
  • English
  • Russian
  • Turkish
Education
  • Higher School of Economics, Master's Degree in Private International Law and International Commercial Arbitration, with honours, 2022
  • Lomonosov Moscow State University, Bachelor's Degree in Jurisprudence, with honours, 2020
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+97 144 386 289
(Work, Dubai)