Neo Legal's Founder and Managing Partner, Harly Zappino, will lead an informal closed-door session, "It's all in the structure", at SuperReturn Middle East 2026, taking place from 13 to 15 October at The Ritz-Carlton, DIFC, Dubai.
The session
As private wealth increases its exposure to private markets, the structures used to deploy capital are becoming just as important as the assets themselves. The discussion explores how investors are choosing between an expanding set of investment structures, from evergreen and semi-liquid vehicles to SPVs, secondaries and bespoke structures, and asks whether these models offer greater flexibility and access or introduce new risks around liquidity, valuation and alignment.
The conversation also examines how blended finance and consortium-style deals are emerging across the Middle East, particularly in sectors such as infrastructure, energy and food security: how private wealth investors are participating alongside banks, sovereigns and institutional capital, and what effective structuring looks like in practice.
Expect a practical discussion on what works, what doesn't, and how investors are balancing flexibility, access and control when structuring private wealth investments across regions.
Attendance
The session is strictly limited to private banks, wealth managers and single-family offices. Spaces are first-come, first-served; the discussion runs under the Chatham House Rule and is closed to press. To register interest, contact Niyati Saini at [email protected].
Why it matters
The session sits squarely within Neo Legal's family office and private wealth practice: structuring across DIFC, ADGM and international vehicles, co-investment and SPV design, and the governance that keeps flexibility, access and control in balance. For an introduction to that practice, see our family office practice and our guide to structuring a family office in the UAE.