Omar Rabie

Partner

Omar Rabie

Omar Rabie has recently joined as a Partner in S&P in 2024. He is a lawyer with a firm background in Corporate and Commercial laws and has an extensive experience in supporting social and commercial businesses in Egypt and abroad.

Omar has a wide range of professional experiences in social innovation, employment, and entrepreneurship towards the development and building up the capacities of enterprises and start-ups in the MENA region.

Along with his legal practice and managing Rabie Law Firm, he worked as a Legal Specialist for the United Nations Operation Services (UNOPS) on Innovation, Infrastructure, and Impact Investment, Helsinki, Finland. Prior to joining UNOPS, he worked as an Advisor for the German International Cooperation (GIZ) on establishing job placement structures across Egypt providing technical, legal, and strategic support. He also served as an Incubators & Accelerators Advisor, at USAID’s Strengthening Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (SEED) project.

Omar has worked at Hegazy and Partners Law Firm in Cooperation with Crowell and Moring where he handled various matters for mega corporations on multiple disciplines as; Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Market, Arbitration, and Corporate Commercial.

He also worked for IKM Advocates, DLA Piper Africa, Nairobi, where he handled broad offshore transactions for multinational corporations across different industries, as Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical, and Construction industries.

Practice Areas
Corporate & Commercial, Mergers and Acquisitions, Venture Capital

Recent Experience

  • Providing expert legal advice in corporate and commercial law, overseeing and managing a portfolio of complex cases, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, contract negotiations, and compliance issues.
  • Advising the firm’s clients on risk management strategies and ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
  • Leading major cross-border transactions, resulting in revenue growth for the firm and client satisfaction.

Qualifications

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LL.B, Cairo University, Egypt
AUC
LLM, The American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt
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LLM, University of Oslo (UiO), Norway

Select Publications

“Navigating the Venture Capital Due Diligence Dynamics in Egypt – Expert Focus 2024”
Chambers & Partners Article written by Omar Rabie