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Al Tamimi & Company Offices
AL DHOW TOWER, 16TH FLOOR
KHALED BIN AL WALEED ST, SHARQ, PO BOX 29551
SAFAT 13156
Kuwait
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Mr Omar Handoush
Work Department
Banking & Finance
Position
Partner, Head of Office Kuwait
Career
Omar is a Partner in Al Tamimi & Company’s Kuwait office. In January 2023, he was appointed Head of Office, after serving as Head of Banking and Finance for 7 years. Prior to joining Al Tamimi & Company, Omar was an Associate at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, where he focused his practice on advising private equity firms and privately held companies on a broad range of corporate transactions, including, without limitation, corporate formation, mergers and acquisitions, early-stage venture financing, fund formation and corporate governance.
Omar’s experience includes representing both lenders and companies in a variety of conventional and Islamic finance transactions. Omar has extensive experience in structuring, negotiating and advising clients on a wide variety of finance and acquisition transactions. His clients include regional, European and US banks, government entities and corporate borrowers. Most recently, Omar has served as counsel on both the financier and borrower side of a number of Shari’a compliant transactions.
Languages
English, Arabic
Memberships
State Bar of California
District Court for the Northern District of California
District Court for the Central District of California
Education
Juris Doctor, University of California, Hastings College of the Law
BS in Business Administration, University of California Berkeley
Lawyer Rankings
Kuwait > Banking and finance
(Leading partners)Al Tamimi & Company‘s banking and finance team carries broad expertise in Islamic and conventional finance matters, working closely with local Kuwaiti clients in project financing, Shari’a securitisations, and syndicated and bilateral loans, and is a key port of call for cross-border facility transactions. The department is headed by Omar Handoush, a go-to for high-value transactions in the Kuwaiti market. He is supported by the debt capital market, derivatives, and Islamic finance experience of Madhurima Basu. Associates Yomna El Shibawy and Amna Khan are also both key members of the team, especially in transactional matters.