Omar has over 25 years of experience, acquired at several global law firms (including over 18 years as a partner at Latham & Watkins and Morgan Lewis & Bockius) and at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition, representing clients in complex global cartel investigations and civil proceedings for damages for breach of antitrust laws, as well in merger control procedures, antitrust and on FDI matters, particularly those involving life sciences/healthcare, technology and the intersection of competition law with  media/communications and environmental regulation.

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His practice involves representing major global corporations such as WE Soda, TDK, Takeda, Zoetis, Kemira, UBS O’Connor, Public Investment Fund of Saudia Arabia, Singapore Airlines and The London Metal Exchange before UK, EU, and other competition authorities, courts, and tribunals and in commercial and regulatory litigation proceedings, including judicial reviews. 

 

Omar has been consistently ranked in the Chambers and Legal 500 directories for UK and EU competition law since 2013:  Chambers UK describes him as a “smart and outstanding lawyer who is a true global player" and a "charming and effective partner who instantly wins the client's confidence and respect."  

 

Omar is Past Chair of the Law Society Competition Section Committee, was educated at Oxford and Brussels Universities and is admitted in England & Wales, Belgium and Ireland.