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Arash Saidi

Investor

General Partner; Chief Legal Officer at Cypher Capital

United Arab Emirates

About

Arash Saidi is a General Partner of Cypher Capital and Storm Group, where he leads investment structuring and execution across the group's investment management and AI infrastructure businesses, including data centre development in MENA, Europe, and Central Asia, and serves as the group's Chief Legal Officer overseeing regulatory strategy. He was previously General Counsel of GFH Financial Group and held structuring and investment roles at M2 and ADCorp, working on digital asset strategy, VASP licensing, tokenised securities, and DeFi product design. He is a solicitor admitted in Australia and England and Wales, and holds Banking & Finance and Law degrees from Queensland University of Technology.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure

Experience

  1. Cypher CapitalPartner and Chief Legal Officercurrent2026 — presentDubai, United Arab Emirates
  2. Storm GroupBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentZurich, Switzerland
  3. M2Chief Legal Officer2023 — 2025United Arab Emirates
  4. CoinFLEXGeneral Counsel2022 — 2023United Arab Emirates
  5. DEXGeneral Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer2020 — 2022Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
  6. ADCORPGeneral Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer2017 — 2020Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
  7. Shoaibi GroupGeneral Counsel2012 — 2017Saudi Arabia
  8. GFH Financial GroupGeneral Counsel2007 — 2012Bahrain
  9. Haya Rashed Al KhalifaSenior Legal Counsel2004 — 2007Bahrain
  10. ClarkeKann LawyersSolicitor2001 — 2004Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Education

  1. QUT (Queensland University of Technology)Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Law1996 — 2000
  2. QUT (Queensland University of Technology)Bachelor of Business, (Banking and Finance)1996 — 2000
  3. Brisbane Grammar SchoolHigh School1991 — 1995

Skills & more

InfrastructureData Center InvestmentsDigital AssetsDigital Asset ManagementLegal Advice8Mergers & Acquisitions15Corporate Law15Restructuring5Private Equity19Investments11Financial Structuring1Capital Markets5
+12 moreProject FinanceJoint VenturesInvestment BankingCorporate GovernanceMergersInternational Joint VenturesOil & Gas IndustryIslamic FinanceblockchainInvestment FundsBankingInternational Law

Languages English · Farsi

From Arash's professional profile.

Colleagues at Cypher Capital

Bijan Alizadeh
Founder at Cypher Capital
Farbod Nassiri
Chief Financial Officer at Cypher Capital
Harsh Agarwal
Investment Director at Cypher Capital
Karan Gandhi
Partner, CFA at Cypher Capital
Karan Gandhi, CFA
Partner at Cypher Capital
Kim Wong
Chief Investment Officer at Cypher Capital
Linda Lin
Director of Capital Formation at Cypher Capital
Madina Abdibayeva
Business Development Director at Cypher Capital

Frequently asked questions

Where does Arash Saidi work?
Arash Saidi is General Partner; Chief Legal Officer at Cypher Capital.
What does Arash Saidi invest in?
Arash Saidi invests in AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure.

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Also attended QUT (Queensland University of Technology)56

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Also attended Brisbane Grammar School11

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Shared employers

Also worked at Storm Group2

Bijan AlizadehFounder at Cypher CapitalKaran GandhiPartner, CFA at Cypher Capital