Irina Sharay is a qualified solicitor (England & Wales) with over 15 years’ experience structuring and governing private investment funds across the UAE, UK, Luxembourg, Channel Islands, Ireland, and Cayman Islands.
She has led legal a team for a DFSA-regulated fund manager in the DIFC and held senior roles at Osborne Clarke and MJ Hudson. Earlier in her career, she trained at PwC Legal and worked as a newly qualified locum solicitor at Clifford Chance, gaining exposure to complex cross-border transactions and fund structuring.
Combining regulatory precision with commercial insight, Irina has advised on fund launches across different asset classes such as private equity, venture capital, infrastructure, private debt and real estate as well as co-investmnet schemes and GP-led secondary transactions, managing fund mandates from $ 250 million to $2 billion. Fluent in English and Russian, she is a key driver of myqubator’s legal governance and cross-border compliance.
