Omar’s advice is practical and grounded in how businesses operate. He spent more than a decade in private practice at Linklaters before serving as Head of Legal and subsequently General Counsel at an FCA-authorised FinTech. His in-house experience gives him first-hand insight into the pressures facing management teams in fast-growing businesses and the trade-offs they face.

Passionate about technology and its potential, Omar is an active member of the FinTech ecosystem and engages regularly with founders, investors and trade associations in the sector. He particularly enjoys working with businesses using technology to rethink how financial services are delivered. His aim is to help clients meet their legal and regulatory obligations while supporting them to innovate and deliver for their customers.

Omar advises banks, FinTech firms, trading platforms, payment firms, digital asset businesses, insurers and InsurTech providers, asset managers, regulated lenders and venture capital firms. His practice spans UK financial services regulation, commercial contracts, outsourcing, data protection and GDPR, as well as AI regulation and governance, giving clients a single adviser across key areas of their business. He also offers fractional General Counsel services to companies that need senior legal leadership without the overhead of a full-time hire.

Omar has in-depth knowledge of FCA and PRA regulatory requirements, including the scope of regulated activities and the working of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, as well as product-specific regulation such as MiFID II, the Payment Services Regulations, AIFMD and the Consumer Credit Act 1974. He advises clients on engaging effectively with regulators, government and policymakers, including preparing for meetings and supervisory discussions, responding to consultations, and helping firms present their position clearly and credibly.

Omar has advised leading private equity firms on regulatory due diligence and change in control matters in M&A transactions. He also advises on regulatory enforcement matters and investigations, and has experience advising in this area on payment protection insurance, ‘mortgage prisoners’, conflicts of interest and foreign-exchange trading.

Omar is a member of the Regulatory Law Committee of the City of London Law Society and a member of the City of London Solicitors’ Company. He writes regularly on legal and regulatory issues for City AM and has also written for iNews, the Oxford Business Law Blog and the Journal of International Banking Law & Regulation, amongst others.