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Real Estate & Construction and Hotels & Leisure
Real estate, construction, and hospitality are at the forefront of transformation across the Middle East – reshaping cities, driving investment, and demanding increasingly sophisticated legal frameworks.
In the June edition of Law Update, we take a closer look at the legal shifts influencing the sector – from Dubai’s new Real Estate Investment Funds Law and major reforms in Qatar, to Bahrain’s push toward digitalisation in property and timeshare regulation. We also explore practical issues around strata, zoning, joint ventures, and hotel management agreements that are critical to navigating today’s market.
As the landscape becomes more complex, understanding the legal dynamics behind these developments is key to making informed, strategic decisions.
2025 is set to be a game-changer for the MENA region, with legal and regulatory shifts from 2024 continuing to reshape its economic landscape. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Iraq, Qatar, and Bahrain are all implementing groundbreaking reforms in sustainable financing, investment laws, labor regulations, and dispute resolution. As the region positions itself for deeper global integration, businesses must adapt to a rapidly evolving legal environment.
Our Eyes on 2025 publication provides essential insights and practical guidance on the key legal updates shaping the year ahead—equipping you with the knowledge to stay ahead in this dynamic market.
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Omar Al Bakri
Senior Associate, Corporate Structuring
Biography
Omar Al Bakri has initially joined Al Tamimi & Company’s litigation department in Jordan where he has been exposed to several legal areas, specifically insurance, banking, transport, shipping, employment, and corporate laws, in which he represented the clients before the Jordanian courts. Omar has also partaken during his time as a litigator in advising governmental regulators in amending various laws as income tax laws and laws relating to mutual funds.
Omar has been reallocated to Al Tamimi & Company’s Corporate Structuring department in Dubai due to his primary exposure to commercial areas. During his time as a legal advisor in the Corporate Structuring department, he advised various clients in terms of establishing business presence in the UAE as a whole and had advised on registering, forming and dissolving business entities. Omar had gained an in-depth knowledge of the local regulations theoretically and from a practical perspective.
Omar contributed as well in advising free zone authorities in Dubai from a regulatory perspective. Omar has drafted bylaws, agreements and internal policies for companies to define legal rights and responsibilities of the company’s officers.
Due to Omar’s background in litigation, he has an analytical, problem solving and risk management mindset especially in terms of advising legally and finding solutions to unseen legal complications in a company’s business.
His clients include companies operating in the fields of healthcare, transport, education, technology, manufacturing and production, real estate and construction and charitable organizations.
Recent Experience
- Advised on the restructuring and implementation of a major clinical group in Dubai.
- Advised on the restructuring and implementation of the two of the largest family businesses in the GCC.
- Advising one of the globally leading transport company on establishment of a company in Dubai and on the regulatory approvals.
- Advising and redrafting the laws and regulations of Meydan Free Zone Authority.
- Advising UBER on regulatory approval for transport sector.
- Previously advised on the corporate governance framework of Jordan for a project that linked with the EBRD.
- Advising several communities on establishing non-profit organisations.
- Advising on the required governmental approvals required to conduct healthcare, transport, and real estate activities and assisting in obtaining these approvals.
- Generally advising on insolvency, liquidation and winding up laws, regulations, and their practical procedures.
- Generally Advising companies on Foreign Direct Investment and procedures.
- Generally advising on restructuring, merger and acquisition transactions, including Company registration requirements and suitable of legal forms and practical implementation.
- Advising on specifying the Ultimate Beneficial Owner of a company. As per the UAE laws and practices.
Language(s)
- English & Arabic
Education
- 2019 – LLM in Commercial Law, The University of the West of England
- 2018 – LLB, The University of Coventry
Admission
- 2021 – Jordanian Bar Association
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