Omar Morsy is an English qualified associate in the Dubai office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions and Capital Markets group and is a native Arabic and Spanish speaker.
Omar advises on a broad range of corporate transactional and advisory matters. He has experience representing public and private companies, private equity funds, banks and other financial institutions on a variety of corporate transactions including public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, IPOs, corporate restructurings and other general corporate advisory matters.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Omar was an associate in the mergers and acquisitions and capital markets practice groups in the Dubai office of a US law firm.
Omar received his LL.M. degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.
Representative Experience*
M&A
- Talaat Moustafa Group (TMG) on the investment in TMG’s hospitality arm, ICON Hotel Investment Ltd (ICON Group), by a consortium comprised of investment and holding company, Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company PJSC (ADQ) and ADNEC Group.
- ADNOC Distribution on its acquisition of 50% of TotalEnergies Marketing Egypt.
- ADNOC in relation to investment agreements between Abu Dhabi Chemicals Derivatives Company RSC Ltd (TA’ZIZ) and eight United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based investors, marking the first domestic Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Abu Dhabi’s downstream and petrochemicals sector.
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Sovereign-owned Gulf entity on its $740 million acquisition of Amoun Pharmaceutical Company, one of the largest and most recognized pharmaceutical companies in Egypt, from Bausch Health, a Canadian multinational pharmaceutical company.
- ADNOC on a new strategic partnership with OCI N.V. to create the largest export-focused nitrogen fertilizer platform globally and the largest producer in the MENA region.
- Beaufort Investments S.À R.L., an investment vehicle owned by the EFG Hermes Private Equity division, on its sale of its entire stake in Vortex Energy Investments S.À R.L. and Vortex II Holdings S.À R.L. to IIF International Beta Renewables Midco S.À R.L., an investment vehicle owned by JP Morgan’s infrastructure Investments Fund, covering c.1 GW of operational capacity in the European wind power sector.
- Mubadala Development Company PJSC, on its sale of the entire share capital of Eight Star Properties LLC, a UAE limited liability company and holder of a 24% stake in Al Maqsed Development Company PJSC, to Nonghyup Bank, a Korean company, in its capacity as trustee for and on behalf of the KIAMCO Abu Dhabi Campus Special Asset Private Investment Trust II, for $128,000,000.
- Neptune Utilities & Energy Investment LLC, a subsidiary of Mubadala Infrastructure Partners Limited, on its sale of its entire stake in STP Infrastructure Holdings Limited, to AWS Holdings IV, a subsidiary of Almar Water Servicios España S.L.
- Mubadala Investment Company on a $107 million investment (comprising a 40% stake) in Andromeda Group (a Mediterranean aquaculture group of companies) controlled by AMERRA Capital Management LLC.
- Masdar on its acquisition of a 49% stake in Krnovo Green Energy wind farm.
- EFG-Hermes on a $56 million joint venture with UAE-based GEMS Education to acquire, operate and invest in K-12 schools in Egypt.
- EFG Hermes UAE Limited (EFG Hermes), a wholly owned subsidiary of EFG Hermes Holding S.A.E, on its acquisition of a 50 percent stake in Frontier Investment Management.
- GB Capital (an automotive and non-bank financial services company in Egypt) on the sale of a minority interest to an African private equity firm for $83 million (comprising a 25% stake).
Capital Markets
- Delivery Hero and talabat in connection with the $2 billion initial public offering (IPO) and listing of talabat on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM), marking the largest technology sector IPO globally and the largest IPO in the GCC in 2024.
- ADNOC on an accelerated book build offering of shares in ADNOC Drilling.
- ADNOC Gas on its initial public offering and listing on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), the largest ever ADX IPO.
- BofA Securities, Goldman Sachs, ENBD, Citigroup, HSBC and EFG-Hermes as joint bookrunners in connection with the AED 3.7 billion ($1 billion) initial public offering and listing on Dubai Financial Market (DFM) of Salik Company PJSC, the exclusive toll gate operator in Dubai.
- Borouge on its initial public offering and listing on the ADX.
- ADNOC on the initial public offering and listing of Fertiglobe on the ADX, the first ever IPO of an ADGM company.
- ADNOC and ADNOC Drilling on the initial public offering and listing of ADNOC Drilling on the ADX.
- ADNOC Distribution on its initial public offering and listing on the ADX, one of the first listings to be done under the Emirates Securities & Commodities Authority’s new listing regulations.
*Includes experience prior to joining Gibson Dunn.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- University of California - Berkeley - 2016 Master of Laws (LL.M.)
- American University in Cairo - 2014 Bachelor of Arts
- Cairo University - 2014 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Admissions:
- Egypt - Egypt Bar
- England & Wales - Solicitor