Laleh Shahabi | لاله شهابی

Laleh Shahabi is a partner in the Abu Dhabi office of Gibson Dunn and Crutcher, where she is a member of the Projects & Infrastructure and Finance practice groups.

Ms. Shahabi’s practice focuses on advising corporate sponsors, governments, government related entities and financial institutions on a wide range of banking and financial transactions – including project financing and refinancing, leveraged and acquisition financing, direct lending and general corporate financing. She has experience in a wide variety of project finance and development transactions in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, with a focus on the transitional energy, renewables, and oil & gas sectors.

Ms. Shahabi successfully completed the legal practice course from BPP University Law School. She received her Master of Law from the University of Cambridge, where she served as a founder and managing editor of the Cambridge Student Law Review (CSLR), and was a Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholar. Ms. Shahabi also earned her M.A. from Columbia University as well as her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. Her primary languages are English and Persian.

Ms. Shahabi is admitted to practice in England and Wales.

Education

• BPP Law School – 2006 Legal Practice Course
• University of Cambridge – 2005 Master of Arts
• Columbia University – 2003 Master of Arts
• University of California – Berkeley – 2000 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions

England & Wales – Solicitor