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Omar is an associate in the corporate group at Barakat, Maher & Partners in association with Clyde & Co and is based in the Cairo office. He advises local and international companies on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capital markets and general corporate advisory matters in Egypt.
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Omar has advised on a number of corporate transactions, working with clients operating in the healthcare, insurance, financial leasing, investment funds and finance sectors.
Omar is a member of the Egyptian Bar Association. He graduated with a Master of Laws degree (LLM) from the University of Ain Shams in 2023 and a Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) from Cairo University in 2019.
Omar is fluent in Arabic and English.
Experience
- Advising Capital for Securitization on the EGP 1,780,500,000 securitization bonds issuance for the mortgage portfolio of Bedaya Mortgage Finance Co. (Bedaya), the third tranche in the programme with an expected total value of EGP 10 billion.
- Advising Gulf Insurance Group K.S.C.P. (GIG), a leading insurance provider in the Middle East and North Africa, on its merger with AIG Egypt, marking the first merger in Egypt’s private-sector insurance industry.
- Advising Capital for Securitization on the EGP 1,415,500,000 securitization bonds issuance for the mortgage portfolio of Bedaya Mortgage Finance Co, the second of its kind within a programme of an aggregate value of EGP 3 billion.
- Advising Capital for Securitization and Bedaya Mortgage Finance Co. (Bedaya) on the EGP 843 million securitization issuance for Bedaya, the first tranche of what is expected to be a total of a four-tranche programme with a value of EGP 3 billion.
- Advising a development company on sale of financial leased units.
- Advising a leading company in the food industry on its acquisition of 50% stakes in two entities operating within the non-banking financial sector.
- Advising a holding company on its de-merge.
- Advising Gig-Egypt on the transaction to acquire 100 per cent of AIG Egypt through a mandatory tender offer.
- Advising investment funds with respect to restructuring, the appointment of management, Capital increase, preparing a comprehensive information memorandum, and the formulation of agreements aimed at the recovery of their revenue.
- Advising clients operating in the non-banking financial sector.
- Advising clients on various corporate issues: drafting and negotiating all documents relating to corporate restructure, inter-company lending matters, establishment of various types of legal entities, increasing or reducing companies’ capital, drafting, and attending shareholders’ general meetings.
- Advising clients regarding cross-border finance.
- Drafting demerger, financial leasing, sell and lease agreements.