Omar Muhammed Abd Elghany

Group-Level Senior Legal Counsel.Full Time

• Job Details:Areas of practice include but are not limited to: Corporate Matters: • Corporate Transactions & Contracts: Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated commercial contracts, including M&A agreements, shareholder agreements, and service contracts, ensuring legal compliance and risk mitigation. • Regulatory Compliance & Government Relations: Advised on corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and risk management while liaising with public authorities such as the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), General Authority for Investment (GAFI), The Egyptian Exchange, and Misr for Central Clearing, Depository and Registry (MCDR). • Dispute Resolution & Legal Advisory: Represented clients in arbitration, mediation, and corporate disputes while providing strategic legal opinions to senior management. • Liquidation & Corporate Restructuring: Managed corporate liquidation, including asset distribution, debt settlement, and dissolution procedures, ensuring compliance with insolvency laws and regulatory requirements. • Tax Controversy, Litigation & Compliance: Represented each company in complex tax disputes, drafting legal arguments, filing appeals, and negotiating favorable resolutions with tax authorities while overseeing accurate tax reporting, identifying compliance risks, and managing audits or investigations to safeguard overall interests. Litigation & Dispute resolution & Contracts Management: • Litigation & Arbitration: Represented the companies in civil, commercial, and corporate disputes before courts and arbitration tribunals, drafting pleadings, legal memoranda, and settlement agreements. • Dispute Resolution & Risk Mitigation: Developed and executed dispute resolution strategies, including negotiation, mediation, and arbitration, while advising on risk assessment and preventive legal measures. • Legal Research & Case Strategy: Conducted comprehensive legal research and case analysis to support litigation proceedings, ensuring well-founded legal arguments and strategic case management. • Contract Drafting & Negotiation: Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated a wide range of commercial agreements, ensuring legal and regulatory compliance while mitigating contractual risks. • Contract Lifecycle Management: Managed the full contract lifecycle, including execution, renewal, and termination, while advising on obligations, risk exposure, and dispute resolution clauses.

Senior Tax AttorneyFull Time

• Job Details:Areas of practice include but are not limited to: • Strategic Tax Advisory: providing comprehensive tax planning and compliance guidance, ensuring optimal tax strategies for individuals and corporate entities. • Tax Controversy & Litigation: representing clients in complex tax disputes, drafting legal arguments, filing appeals, and negotiating favorable resolutions with tax authorities. • Corporate Tax Structuring: designing tax-efficient structures for business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, and cross-border operations, ensuring alignment with regulatory frameworks. • Regulatory Compliance & Risk Mitigation: overseeing accurate tax reporting and filing processes, proactively identifying compliance risks, and managing audits or investigations to safeguard client interests. • Legal Research & Legislative Updates: conducting an in-depth analysis of evolving tax laws and policies, providing actionable insights and maintaining robust client awareness of regulatory changes.

AssociateFull Time

• Job Details:Areas of practice include but are not limited to: Legal Expertise: • Reviewing and drafting all types of contracts including FIDIC contracts, as well as real estate contracts. Keeping updated on changes in laws and regulations about FIDIC contracts. • Conducting extensive research, gathering evidence, and managing discoveries in complex litigation settings. Taking and defending depositions, arguing motions independently, and conducting interviews. Supporting other litigation attorneys in coordination and collaboration efforts also drafting and preparing pleadings, motions, and other litigation documents. Ensuring compliance with laws and regulations related to litigation matters. • Well versed in using the Ministry of Justice website and court websites such as Dubai, Sharjah, and Abu Dhabi court websites, as well as public protection and Land Department websites (Rental Disputes Center). Litigation & Dispute Resolution: • Fully qualified litigator with substantial experience in commercial litigation (including banking and finance cases, civil litigation, construction litigation, IP litigation, Labor & Employment Litigation, and maritime litigation. Familiarity with tax regulations and equivalent litigation, and proficient in dispute resolution and conflict management, adept at resolving issues to client satisfaction before court involvement. Facilitated mediation for parties before Dispute Adjudication Boards (DAB) in FIDIC contracts. • Admitted before local courts in the UAE, including Dubai, Sharjah, and Abu Dhabi.