About

Firas Oggar has immense experience of senior in-house roles in the Middle East, having had four roles in the position of either head of legal or general counsel since moving on from his six-and-a-half year private practice career in March 2007. He first took on a job as legal counsel for Kipco North Africa Holding Company based in Kuwait, where he eventually became general counsel, before switching sectors to work for Wataniya Telecom in 2010 as head of legal. From here, Oggar moved on to Foulath Holding Company, the investment arm for Gulf Investment Corporation sovereign wealth fund, which was heavily invested in the steel industry across the MENA region. His tenure with diversified conglomerate Al Ghurair Investment, began in December 2015 as Oggar looks to add real value to this 57-year-old company as well as providing concise and easily digestible legal advice to his commercial counterparts. Firas has been instrumental in contributing to the company’s bottom line through a cost saving plan and a collection strategy of various claims. He integrated the legal department into each respective industry such that it is viewed as a business partner. Firas has expanded the legal function and restricted the outsourcing of work to litigation and specialist areas. Al Ghurair’s investments span a number of sectors, including real estate, energy and foods, which provides Oggar ample opportunity to display his top-level attributes and financial nous.