Rana Feghali - London
Head of Middle East Practice
Rana Feghali heads our Middle East practice and is an expert in conducting investigations throughout the Middle East, the Gulf States and North Africa. Fluent in Arabic, French and English, she has lived, worked and traveled extensively in the Middle East, UK and US.
Rana has managed hundreds of investigations, including a wide range of pre-transactional due diligence, FCPA and internal investigation projects, litigation support matters and asset searches. In a case for a European conglomerate, Rana and her investigative team performed an asset search in Dubai, enabling the client to begin legal action to reclaim several million dollars from a former employee. Through another due diligence investigation for a European investment bank, Rana determined that allegations against a proposed joint venture partner in the Persian Gulf were untrue and had been instigated by a commercial rival.
Prior to joining Nardello & Co., Rana worked for a London-based risk management consultancy firm. She has analyzed various systematic risks in the Gulf, such as terrorism in Saudi Arabia and money laundering in the UAE for clients, including financial services firms, oil and gas producers, corporations and government organizations. She also investigated the potential threat posed by militant Islamist groups to energy installations in North Africa.
Before becoming an investigator, Rana was an investigative journalist at several Arabic newspapers, notably Asharq Alawsat. She undertook research on business and political developments in Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf.
Rana began her career in Washington, DC at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, carrying out research on Arab nationalism in the 19th century and translating original material held in the Library of Congress from Arabic to English.
Rana Feghali is a graduate of the American University of Beirut, Lebanon and the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.
Rana is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. The institute focuses on political and military conflict and examines the political, economic and social factors that cause instability worldwide, including in the Middle East.