Hazel Shakur Quinn

Corporate, Development Zoning and Planning, Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Real Estate Joint Ventures, Partnerships and Other Co-Ownerships, Real Estate Leasing Occupation and Operation

Hazel Shakur Quinn is a senior legal consultant based in Dentons' Dubai office and is a member of the Real Estate practice.

Hazel has 22 years' experience providing clients with strategic and practical solutions on complex real estate matters in the UK, UAE and the wider Middle East. Over the last decade, she has become the go-to-expert and trusted advisor on Middle East real estate matters to leading sovereign wealth funds, family offices, technology companies, major developers and investors on a wide range of real estate matters.

Hazel has first-hand experience of running a real estate company which makes her a unique and commercially focused legal expert in the real estate market. She co-founded one of the largest chartered surveying consultancies in the Middle East.

During her time in the Middle East, Hazel has led a number of "trophy asset" deals and "first-of-their- kind" transactions. She has been ranked as a leading real estate expert in Chambers Global, which states that "Hazel has impressed clients by being very knowledgeable, calm and incisive". She is known for her high-quality drafting and is recognized as a tough negotiator. Sources elaborate to say "she's very practical and commercial, delivers a good service and provides very good drafting in plain English". Businesses choose to work with Hazel for her superior industry knowledge and her strategic and commercial approach to getting deals done, with one business referring to her as the "real estate strategy whisperer".

During her career, Hazel has held senior positions on global diversity and inclusion boards. She has won recognition from the legal industry for her empowerment of women initiatives in the Middle East.

Hazel is regularly invited to speak at real estate industry conferences and events.

BPP University, 2007, Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test, (English Law)

University of Dundee, 2000, Diploma in Legal Practice, (Distinction)

University of Dundee, 1999, Bachelor of Laws