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About
Provided by Yasser Omar
Practice Areas
Capital Markets: Equity (United Arab Emirates),
Corporate/M&A: Abu Dhabi-based (United Arab Emirates)
Commercial Contracts
Experience
Yasser is the Executive Partner and Head of Corporate and Commercial in our Abu Dhabi office. Over the years, Yasser has acquired an in depth knowledge of UAE law and has extensive experience advising clients on a wide spectrum of fields of the corporate and commercial laws including, distribution and agency agreements, supply contracts, manufacturing and licensing, joint ventures, media buying, and distribution of pharmaceutical products.
Yasser is very well known and respected in the UAE as a leading figure in Capital Markets work and is referred to, and sought out by many advisors as a go-to professional in this practice area.
Yasser has led the Hadef Capital Markets team in the IPO of six companies in the 15 months alongside the listing of several companies on the ADX Growth Market. This is in addition to acting as lead counsel on the first ever merger in the UAE insurance sector, advising National Takaful Co (Watania) PJSC on its merger with Dar Al Takaful PJSC.
Yasser Omar is a well-known and front of mind name to the key regulators in the UAE such as the Central Bank of the UAE, Securities and Commodities Authority and the ADX.
Chambers Review
Global
Yasser Omar heads the corporate and commercial team and is based in Abu Dhabi. He has extensive experience advising on IPOs, with further know-how concerning regulatory securities issues in the UAE.
Yasser Omar heads the corporate team at Hadef from the firm's Abu Dhabi office. He has extensive experience advising on cross-border M&A and corporate restructurings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Yasser is very practical and commercially minded."
"Yasser is well informed and very knowledgeable."
"He has a very good knowledge of legal processes and the requirements for UAE-based companies."
"Yasser is a safe pair of hands on UAE law matters. We value him for his responsiveness and his dedication to ensure that optimal resources are allocated to our matters. The final advice is always prompt, useful and valuable."
"He is always available to support on any matter that falls within his areas of expertise and goes above and beyond by providing practical and workable solutions to the issues at hand."
"Yasser is very practical and commercially minded."
"Yasser is well informed and very knowledgeable."
"He has a very good knowledge of legal processes and the requirements for UAE-based companies."
"Yasser is a safe pair of hands on UAE law matters. We value him for his responsiveness and his dedication to ensure that optimal resources are allocated to our matters. The final advice is always prompt, useful and valuable."
"He is always available to support on any matter that falls within his areas of expertise and goes above and beyond by providing practical and workable solutions to the issues at hand."
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