Investment Manager · ABFA (DIFC; active LEI) · ABFA · LFJM Phase II JV (Morgan Lewis)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Record centers on investment execution and governance: current Investment Manager at ABFA (independently corroborated by Preqin) and prior CFO/Head of Strategy handling project finance to close. Earlier VTB structured finance and Peak State real estate underwriting further support private credit and project finance roles.
Career trajectory
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operator (structured finance)
Unconfirmed
head of acquisitions
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CFO / Head of Strategy
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investment manager (private credit)
director / company secretary
Unconfirmed
Trajectory rises from analyst‑level structured finance into investment management and governance/board‑level responsibilities, with sector breadth across real estate, energy, and education infrastructure.
AscendingThe LFJM South directorship/secretary step is self‑reported without a public registry page; confirm jurisdiction and filings.
Investing from Dubai as an Investment Manager at ABFA while overseeing governance as sole director & company secretary of LFJM South Property Holding Ltd.
I help close the gap between mandate and money: underwriting and executing private credit and project finance deals, and setting up the governance that keeps capital moving. I’ve taken assets from model to money—standing up SPVs, running diligence, and driving documentation to closing across real estate, energy, and education infrastructure.
If you’re building a pipeline or structuring a JV in the region, I can help you stress‑test terms, align incentives, and get to executable paper.
›Structuring a Dubai musataha JV step‑by‑step
›Standing up a private‑credit deal pipeline and IC flow
›Taking a sub‑50 MW solar project to financial close
ABFA Investments’ JV for the Phase II development of Lycée Français Jean Mermoz’s Dubai campus is confirmed by Morgan Lewis, with the subject self-reporting directorship/secretary responsibilities at the project holdco. ABFA’s own footprint is independently verifiable via multiple LEI sources showing an active status and a DIFC Central Park Offices address. His name appears on Preqin as a 2025 webinar speaker on Middle East private capital, adding a third‑party signal to his ABFA role. Prior experience spans structured finance at VTB Capital, real estate acquisitions at Peak State Properties, and project finance to financial close for a sub‑50 MW Serbian solar project at New Energy Group (self-reported). Public footprint remains light: no public registry page located yet for the LFJM South holdco, and ABFA’s site lists no team bios naming him.
An outside read, based on the evidence found.
This reads as a Dubai-based investment professional with a verifiable employer footprint (ABFA’s active LEI in DIFC) and credible deal platform context (law-firm announcement of the ABFA–LFJM campus JV). His name appears on a Preqin speaker list, but many specifics — the LFJM South holdco directorship, the size and throughput of ABFA’s private credit vertical — are self-reported. The public trail is growing but still light, so a few targeted confirmations would firm up the profile.
ABFA’s active LEI and Morgan Lewis’s JV announcement provide hard external anchors; Preqin adds a third‑party tie to his ABFA role.
Entity verification via LEI
Multiple LEI sources show ABFA active at DIFC Central Park Offices.
Deal platform evidence
Morgan Lewis confirms the ABFA–LFJM Phase II JV in Dubai’s education infrastructure.
Public role touchpoint
Preqin lists him as an ABFA Investment Manager speaker in 2025.
Key career claims — LFJM South directorship/secretary role and >$200m private credit throughput — rest on LinkedIn; no registry page or deal list surfaced.
Name variants across languages Appears as ‘Daniil’ and ‘Danil’, with a Russian‑localized LinkedIn view — relevant for searches.
LFJM South campus context Vendor and regulator pages show a new South campus in 2024/25, aligning with the Phase II build.
ABFA aviation footprint (context) Press notes ABFA’s advised acquisition of five ATR 72‑600 aircraft (ex‑NAM Air).
DIFC address corroborated LEI records align on ABFA’s address at DIFC Central Park Offices.
Web sources + resume claims · 5 roles need confirmation
LFJM South Property Holding Ltd — Sole Director & Company Secretary (Contract)
Self-reported0 of 1 · AskDec 2025 — Present
Self-reports board and company secretarial authority for LFJM South’s holdco linked to the Phase II LFJM campus JV in Dubai.
ABFA Investments — Investment Manager
Verified · 3 sourcesMay 2024 — Present
Leads ABFA’s direct private credit vertical (self-reported) within a DIFC‑based investment platform verified by LEI records.
May 2024 — Sep 2024
Advised on strategy and M&A after financial close (self-reported).
May 2023 — May 2024
Ran Belgrade office and led project finance for a sub‑50 MW Serbian solar project to financial close (self-reported).
Oct 2021 — May 2023
Underwrote >USD 1bn of US real estate and led asset management for ~$100–150m (self-reported).
Sep 2019 — Oct 2021
Structured finance and derivatives; LMA‑based syndicated real estate (self-reported).
Development of LFJM’s second campus in Dubai (Al Barsha/Hessa Street area); JV between ABFA and LFJM with musataha context; subject self‑reports governance of the holdco.
Built and leads ABFA’s private credit vertical, deploying and recycling capital across private credit deals and building AI tooling for the team (self‑reported).
Project finance and M&A/JV execution culminating in financial close for a sub‑50 MW Serbian solar project (self‑reported).
Morgan Lewis announced advising ABFA on a JV with LFJM for Phase II development of the Dubai campus (confirms the project context).
Listed as a speaker for Preqin’s 2025 webinar “The Rise of Private Capital in the Middle East.”
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Preqin webinar: The Rise of Private Capital in the Middle East (speaker listing)
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
BSc · Banking & Finance · 2013–2017
Université Grenoble Alpes
Bachelor’s degree · Business/Managerial Economics · 2016–2017
Government filings (1)
Press & interviews (5)
Corporate & product (3)
Verification checks — ran clean (4)
Social & directories (3)
Daniil Polikarpov works as Sole Director & Company Secretary (Contract) at LFJM South Property Holding Ltd, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Daniil Polikarpov is an investment manager known for ABFA Investments and ABFA–LFJM’s Dubai campus JV.
Investing from Dubai as an Investment Manager at ABFA while overseeing governance as sole director & company secretary of LFJM South Property Holding Ltd.
Daniil Polikarpov has worked at 5 companies on record:
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Skills listed on Daniil Polikarpov's profile: investment manager. I help close the gap between mandate and money: underwriting and executing private credit and project finance deals, and setting up the governance that keeps capital moving. Can teach: Structuring a Dubai musataha JV step‑by‑step; Standing up a private‑credit deal pipeline and IC flow; Taking a sub‑50 MW solar project to financial close.
Daniil Polikarpov is open to private credit deals, JV structuring, board/secretary mandates and education infrastructure.
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