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Sasha Taktikou White

Senior Legal Counsel
+971 4 4228410
sasha@mandcolegal.com
Central Park Towers, 34th Floor, P.O. Box: 233066, DIFC, Dubai, UAE

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Sasha Taktikou White is a senior legal architect and strategic advisor with over two decades of international experience specialising in hospitality platforms, branded real estate, and cross-border investment structures. She advises principals, boards, family offices, and institutional investors on the design and execution of complex, multi-jurisdictional projects where legal architecture and capital discipline are central to value creation.

Her work is distinguished by the structuring of institutional-grade hospitality platforms, integrating real estate ownership, global operator frameworks, brand licensing, and investment participation within cohesive and enforceable governance models. She has been extensively involved in projects featuring internationally recognised hospitality brands, including Six Senses, Baccarat Hotels & Residences, MGM / Bellagio, Marriott, Shangri-La, and Wyndham, ensuring alignment between operator requirements, sponsor objectives, and long-term asset positioning.

Sasha is widely recognised for her ability to translate legal, regulatory, and operational complexity into investor-ready, bankable structures, with clear allocation of risk, robust cross-border enforceability, and protection of brand and asset integrity. Her advisory approach combines technical precision with commercial judgment, enabling the successful delivery of high-value hospitality and real-asset developments across diverse jurisdictions.

She operates within principal-led, highly confidential environments, and is trusted to lead legal strategy on mandates involving significant capital deployment, brand partnerships, and multi-layered investment structures.

Sasha has led and advised on a broad range of complex, high-value hospitality and investment projects across multiple jurisdictions, including:

  • Structuring and negotiation of branded hospitality developments and integrated resorts, including hotel management agreements, operator selection, brand licensing, and long-term governance frameworks aligned with international luxury standards
  • Legal architecture for hospitality-led mixed-use developments and destination platforms, incorporating branded residences, hotel operations, and investor participation within unified cross-border structures
  • Advisory on multi-jurisdictional hospitality platforms, ensuring alignment between global operators, asset owners, and investors, with a focus on scalability, brand integrity, and institutional governance
  • Structuring and execution of cross-border private equity and joint venture investments, particularly within hospitality and real-asset sectors, including capital deployment strategies and investor protection frameworks
  • Design and implementation of multi-layered SPV and holding structures across the UAE, Europe, offshore jurisdictions, and Africa, supporting international investment flows and platform expansion
  • Lead advisory on project finance frameworks for hospitality developments, including lender security packages, escrow arrangements, direct agreements, and flow-of-funds structures
  • Structuring of hospitality brand, licensing, and IP frameworks, ensuring protection, monetisation, and consistency of brand standards across jurisdictions
  • Strategic involvement in construction and commercial dispute resolution relating to hospitality and development projects, including arbitration matters and settlement structuring
  • Hospitality Platforms & Branded Developments
  • Corporate & Commercial
  • Regulatory & Compliance (DIFC / DFSA aligned)
  • Board Governance & Risk Architecture
  • Cross-Border Structuring & SPVs
  • Real Estate & Private Equity
  • University of Hull, United Kingdom – Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) & Master of Laws (LL.M.), International Business Law
  • National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece – Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
  • University of San Diego, USA – Diploma in American Legal Studies
  • Design and implementation of multi-layered SPV and holding structures across the UAE, Europe, offshore jurisdictions, and Africa, supporting international investment flows and platform expansion
  • Lead advisory on project finance frameworks for hospitality developments, including lender security packages, escrow arrangements, direct agreements, and flow-of-funds structures
  • Structuring of hospitality brand, licensing, and IP frameworks, ensuring protection, monetisation, and consistency of brand standards across jurisdictions
  • Strategic involvement in construction and commercial dispute resolution relating to hospitality and development projects, including arbitration matters and settlement structuring
  • President – Asia Region, African Diaspora Chamber of Commerce (ADCC) (Board-level appointment)
  • Active collaboration with humanitarian NGOs across Africa and Europe, supporting the development of training and certification academies, schools, libraries, and orphanages, with a focus on youth education and the creation of sustainable ecosystems for underserved communities
  • Active engagement with institutional and investment communities across UAE, Europe, Africa, and Asia
  • English – Native
  • Greek – Native
  • French – Intermediate
  • Italian – Conversational
  • Spanish – Conversational

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