Healthcare
Omar is a senior associate in Barakat, Maher & Partners in association with Clyde & Co and is based in Cairo. He advises regional and multinational corporations, investors, and institutional clients on all aspects of disputes arising out of commercial transactions, employment matters, and financing arrangements. He represents clients in litigation before courts of all instances, as well as in arbitration proceedings.
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+20 2 48800934 +201 00 267 7504 omar.alaidy@clydeco.comMain Office
Cairo
+201 55 457 6562Regional experience
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Omar has extensive experience advising on a broad range of complex and high-value disputes, acting for multinational corporations, financial institutions, and major local entities across a variety of sectors, including pharmaceuticals and healthcare, telecommunications, chemical industries, oil and gas, international trade, and diversified corporate groups.
Omar is an admitted Attorney before the High Court of Appeal and the State Council of the Arab Republic of Egypt. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Ain Shams University, Cairo, obtained in 2008.
Prior to joining Clyde & Co, Omar held a number of senior positions in both private practice and in-house legal teams, including leadership roles in litigation and legal advisory functions. His experience spans leading law firms, financial institutions and corporate legal departments, where he advised on a broad range of contentious and commercial matters.
Omar is fluent in Arabic and English.
Experience
Arbitration
- Representing an oil and gas company before the Egyptian courts and arbitral tribunals in a dispute exceeding USD 40 million.
- Representing a major real estate developer, as claimant, in ad hoc arbitration proceedings against the purchaser of a plot of land.
Commercial, Civil and Regulatory Litigation
- Representing a multinational automotive company in successfully challenging customs charges and securing a refund exceeding EGP 750 million through parallel proceedings before the Egyptian courts and a Ministerial Committee.
- Representing an international oil and gas company in civil litigation for the recovery of real estate assets valued at more than USD 20.8 million.
- Representing a leading multinational pharmaceutical company in successful patent litigation against major local pharmaceutical companies in Egypt.
Employment Disputes
- Representing a global telecommunications and IT services provider in various labour disputes valued at over USD 2 million.
- Representing a multinational pharmaceutical company in labour disputes and claims exceeding USD 1.04 million.
- Representing a multinational automotive wiring systems manufacturer in various labour disputes exceeding USD 1 million.
- Advising a global pharmaceutical company on a corporate restructuring and managing the employment disputes arising from it.
- Successfully defending a multinational pharmaceutical company before the Criminal Court in proceedings concerning occupational health and safety violations, resulting in a full acquittal.
Complementary Corporate and Transactional Experience
- Advising on a USD 55 million capital increase for a pharmaceutical group, including governance restructuring and regulatory approvals.
- Advising on the sale of assets of a large pharmaceutical company to a multinational nutrition company in Egypt, as part of a USD 11 billion global transaction.
- Advising a private medical group in connection with an acquisition valued at over USD 20.8 million.
- Advising a real estate brokerage in Dubai on construction contracts within the Dubai Land Department valued at over AED 100 million.