Omar Hassan Ali Momany

Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Omar worked on a number of high-profile corporate and commercial matters, including:

• A major live stock and food manufacturing business based in Jordan and AD on an M&A-driven restructuring and reorganization of the group's assets and subsidiaries in 20 different jurisdictions around the world.
• Oman Investment Fund on the public acquisition of a minority stake in RAK Ceramics PJSC listed on ADX.
• A leading US investment bank acting on the USD 11.3 billion merger of Emirates Bank and National Bank of Dubai, the largest banking merger in the GCC.
• An international bank acting on the acquisition of the onshore retails and commercial banking business of another bank in the UAE.
• A major investment house in the UAE in a joint venture with a leading European confectionary brand for the setup of a series of branded cafes and restaurants in the UAE.
• A Dubai government corporation on the IPO of 20% of its share capital.
• A major UAE public company on the successful settlement and recovery of more than AED 1 billion insurance claim (confidential).
• A major UAE family business on the exit of a major construction joint venture in the UAE.
• A leading UAE-based property developer acting on a USD 1.2 billion joint venture arbitration dispute in the Middle East.
• A regional government agency advising on the preparation and drafting of the legal and regulatory framework to establish economic zones in the Middle East, including conducting a legal benchmarking comparative study of regional and international economic zones.