Omar Al-Qahtani

Biography

Omar Al Qahtani is a Kuwaiti national and bilingual lawyer, with over 15 years of experience representing clients in Kuwait law related matters across a variety of industry sectors and practice areas. In 2007, after receiving his bachelors in law at Philadelphia University, Omar qualified in Kuwait. He joined Al Tamimi & Company in 2013 and continued scoring victories for the Kuwait office’s litigation practice while successfully advocating for his clients. In 2019 he was named the Kuwait Office’s Head of Litigation.

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Recent Experience

• Successfully represented a foreign bank with operations in Kuwait in a KD36 million litigation dispute.
• Successfully represented a luxury hotel operator in Kuwait in a KD 2 million insolvency dispute.
• Successfully represented a media and telecommunications company in Kuwait against a newspaper over a Trademark case.
• Successfully represented plaintiffs in inheritance (both Islamic and non-Islamic) cases, advising on the local and international distribution of a deceased’s estate to its heirs.
• Successfully represented plaintiffs in Family Law (both Islamic and non-Islamic) cases related to alimony, visitation, and child custody.
• Successfully represented both plaintiffs and defendants in disputes related to an agent’s rights under the Kuwait Law of Agency No. 13 of 2016, including the right to ‘fair compensation’.
• Successfully represented commercial agents in debt collection claims.
• Successfully represented and advised employers in relation to employee disputes and regulatory requirements related to Kuwait Labor Law.
• Successfully represented multi-national brands with bringing and enforcing infringement actions against local infringers.