Paul Friedman

275 275 The GCC Club

Founding Partner, Cobalt Strategic Investments

Our family office syndicate invests in commercial real estate, private equity and venture capital across the globe and I am continuing to develop our footprint in the GCC region, mainly the UAE and Saudi. My background is as an international business lawyer having been a partner at top tier global law firms.

We work with institutional investors, funds, family offices and commercial real estate operators and developers, to facilitate strategic business partnerships, joint ventures and co-investments.

With an international network of contacts who are the very best in their fields and decades of experience operating at the highest levels, we have gained an excellent reputation and understand how to create strong and long term investment partnerships. Our success is built on identifying the right investment opportunities with the most compatible partners in strategically desirable locations.

Most of my time is spent working on specific projects such as closing co-investments (both inbound and outbound) with select institutions and the balance of my time is networking.