Mona Awad

Partner

Mona is a seasoned corporate and finance attorney with a business-centric, practical approach. She has represented a broad cross-section of boutique and traditional financial institutions, private equity firms, asset managers, and debt issuers on both transactional and regulatory matters and has extensive experience with cross-border and multinational financial firms.

Experience

2020-2021: General Counsel, Chief Executive Officer, Chair of the Board of Holistic Lifestyle Systems.
2019-2020: Founding Partner, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer of Fair Capital Partners.
2016-2018: Director and Assistant General Counsel of MUFG Americas.
2011-2016: Vice President and Counsel of MUFG Americas.
2007-2011: Associated with Dechert LLP.

Education

Harvard Negotiation Institute: Advanced Negotiation Certificate, 2017
Georgetown University Law: Master of Laws, International Law & Finance, Deans Honor List, 2007
University of Toronto Law School: J.D., 2005
University of Waterloo: Rhetoric and Professional Writing & Psychology, Gold Medal, 2002

Admissions & Associations

Member in Good Standing of the Bar of the State of New York
Member in Good Standing of Province of Ontario, Canada