Omar Khodeir

Omar Khodeir is a Legal Director in Egypt who obtained his LL.M degree from Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indiana University. His primary practice area is Criminal Law.

He advises and represents clients in civil and commercial matters before all levels of UAE civil courts, including the summary, local and federal courts. This includes agency disputes between principals and agents, breach of contract, and claims under loan agreements or for outstanding dues.

He also has significant experience in criminal matters, including cybercrimes committed through the use of technology, fraud, breach of trust, insults and defamation, threats, bribery, bounced cheques, embezzlement of public funds, disclosure of secrets, theft, possessing and being under the influence of alcohol or narcotics, and sexual assaults. He has extensive experience in work related to the UAE Police's Criminal Investigation Department, Crime Scene Investigation Department and forensics related to forgery or identifying the details of offenders; the process of interrogating suspects, questioning witnesses and determining appropriate criminal liability; and conflict of jurisdiction, indictment orders issued by the Public Prosecution Office and the criminal procedures of cases before the Police, Prosecution and Criminal Courts.

He works closely with other Al Tamimi departments on litigation aspects that cross with other specialised departments, including employment, arbitration, real estate, TMT, financial crimes and IP.

His recent criminal litigation experience includes advising and representing clients in cybercrimes matters, including defamation and insults of public officials, private or public companies and individuals, threats and blackmail, disclosure of confidential information, fraud, physical assaults, recording audio and visual materials, and other crimes committed through the use of technology; the takedown of websites and YouTube videos fraudulently created to impersonate or defame the firm's clients; and advising and representing a renowned international company in a case involving public officials and embezzlement of public funds worth AED 113,000,000.

He has also advised and represented clients on State Security criminal cases involving the possession and entry of weapons into the UAE without a permit; advised and represented clients in criminal proceedings involving fraud, theft, breach of trust or commercial fraud, and causing injuries; advised the firm's client on insults committed against a country, its symbols, flag, emblem and national anthem (with a comparative view showing the approach in 10 different eastern and western countries); and advised a leading foreign university in Abu Dhabi on the common offences in the UAE, including a table of 80 conducts penalised under different UAE legislations along with their range of penalties supported by previous judgments.

His corporate litigation experience includes representing the firm's client in four simultaneous claims in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in relation to an agency dispute between the principal and the distributor and five other distributors; advising and representing an investment company in a sensitive shareholders' dispute before Dubai Courts; advising clients on commercial fraud and possible civil avenues to pursue against the party in breach; and advising and representing clients in labour disputes.

He has also advised and represented an investment company in a banking dispute relating to breach of a loan agreement; represented the firm's clients in civil claims for outstanding dues; advised a renowned hospitality private holding company in Dubai on breaches under the Companies Law and Regulations of the SCA; advised on a dispute relating to breach of SPAs in relation to the handover of real estate units; successfully obtained a precautionary attachment before the Dubai Courts in favour of a US company and enforced a DIFC judgment onshore; successfully obtained a payment order decision in favour of the firm's client and executed the same against the debtor; and represented a client before the Dubai Court in a specific performance request against a warehouse in JAFZA.

He has also represented a governmental hospitality company and leading real estate companies in different arbitration proceedings for breach of contract; advised and represented leading UAE governmental companies and hospitality companies before the courts to successfully annul an arbitration award previously issued against them for breach of contract; advised an international company specialised in providing online news and social networking services on a confidential project requiring full review around the clock of news prior to being published to avoid any potential claims; advised a prominent real estate company on an arbitration award worth AED 100,000,000 and drafted a settlement agreement to comply with the award's dispositions relating to breach of contract; and represented a client in a hospitality dispute involving the removal of a well-known trademark from a hotel's façade.

He is part of Al Tamimi's Children of Tomorrow CSR initiative, which provides guidance and practical advice to teachers on the topic of child safety. He was a Regional Representative of LCIA-YIAG in the Middle East for a three-year term and is a member of the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF). He was a moderator and organiser on behalf of LCIA-YIAG for the MENA Young Arbitrators Conference held in Dubai on Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge. He presented a mock trial for a criminal case at the Health, Safety & Security Dubai forum, provided legal trainings to staff members of clients such as Majid Al Futtaim and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, spoke in eight radio shows at Pearl FM – Al Jalila Cultural Center for Children to discuss the new UAE law safeguarding the rights of children, and spoke at New York University in Abu Dhabi to provide an overview of the UAE's legal system.

He holds an LL.M. from Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indiana University (2009) and an LL.B. from Cairo University (2007). He was admitted to the Egyptian Bar Association in 2008 and speaks Arabic and English.