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Amr Omran

Amr Omran

Counsel - UAE Head of Middle East Law Practice

Freshfields LLP

Amr Omran is a counsel in our International Arbitration and Global Projects Disputes Practices based in Dubai.

Amr advises clients in construction, commercial and investor-state arbitrations involving contracts governed by major systems of law across a range of economic sectors. He has represented clients in major disputes under the ICC, DIAC, ICSID and UNCITRAL Rules. As a fluent Arabic speaker, he also regularly advises on procedural and substantive issues under the laws of various Middle Eastern countries.

Amr sits regularly as arbitrator and is a judge on the Appeals Panel of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). He is an officer of the IBA Arbitration Committee, a Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, an ICC YAAF Representative for the MENA Chapter, and a member of the Equal Representation for Expert Witnesses Pledge Young Practitioners Subcommittee.

Amr has been recognised as one of Africa's 30 Most Promising Arbitration Practitioners by the Africa Arbitration Academy, as an “Associate to Watch” by Chambers Global 2022 and as a Future Leader in Arbitration by Who's Who Legal 2023.

Before arriving at Freshfields, Amr worked at The World Bank in Washington, DC, and the Public Prosecution Office in Cairo.

He is admitted to practise law in Egypt and New York, and is registered as a Legal Consultant with the Dubai Legal Affairs Department.

Events

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02 February, 2026

Breaking the Deal - Navigating Contract Termination under Saudi Law

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

English
By request
Free
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