Dorsaf Matri is an associate in Hughes Hubbard & Reed's Paris office and a member of the firm's Anti-Corruption & Internal Investigations practice group.
Prior to joining Hughes Hubbard, Dorsaf worked as the General Counsel and Head of Compliance of a Hedge Fund based in London and Paris. She also concurrently served as an anti-corruption consultant to the World Bank (IFC, IBRD) in Washington, D.C., including work on missions in Africa and the Middle East. A former Visiting Researcher at the University of Harvard Law School, Dorsaf has published several papers and books on financial law and currently teaches at the Sorbonne Law School (Université Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne).
Professional Activities
Lecturer, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris
AML-Anti-corruption Consultant, World Bank Group
Highlighted Publications
Books
Le Capital risque islamique en droit français, IRJS Editions, 2016
Contributor, Paris Europlace, AAOIFI : Finance islamique : les normes de conformité de l’AAOIFI, Eska, 2013
Articles
Gestion collective et Finance islamique, Bulletin Joly Bourse, n.12 p.568, December 2015
Co-author, An Islamic Model for the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in France, JKAU Islamic Economics, Vol. 2
Highlighted Lectures
“Islamic Venture Capital in French Law: A Legal Analysis,” Chair for Ethics and Financial Norms, Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, Labex-Refi, 8 March 2017
“Strategic Opportunities for Islamic Finance: The French Legal Framework on Venture Capital and Cooperative Finance,” Eleventh Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance, Harvard University MA, 25 April 2014
Education
Université de Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne, Ph.D., Banking and Financial Law, 2014, Summa Cum Laude (thesis published)
Harvard Law School, D.Phil., Visiting Researcher, 2011, Doctoral research scholarship
Université de Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne, Master II, Comparative Law, 2008
Université de Paris XII, Master II, Business Law, 2008
