Matri, Dorsaf

(Doctoral Candidate, Sorbonne-Sorbonne Law School University Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne-France) Dorsaf Matri is a member of the Tunis Bar and currently a Doctoral Candidate at the Sorbonne Law School, University Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne (France). Her doctoral research is on the various issues surrounding the implementation of Islamic venture capital structures into the French legal framework. Prior to this, Dorsaf practiced law as a legal counsel at GE Capital, Gide Loyrette Nouel and Linklaters LLP (Paris). Her areas of practice include: Banking law, Private equity, Finance Project and Islamic Finance. She is also a member of the Paris Europlace’s Islamic Finance Committee created by Christine Lagarde, the former French Finance Minister and incumbent Chief of the International Monetary Fund. Dorsaf has published on current legal and regulatory issues in Islamic finance in the Journal of King Abdul Aziz University. She is also one of the co-author of the first book on the AAOIFI standard’s French translation titled: Finance Islamique: les normes de conformité de l’AAOIFI. Volume 1 (France: Eska publication, 2013).