Omar Karem Wakil

A leading lawyer in his field, Omar has deep understanding of competition law and foreign investment matters and extensive experience that spans industries, giving clients creative, tailored advice across business-critical transactions, discrete matters and investigations.

Omar is co-chair of the firm’s Competition and Foreign Investment Review Practice and advises international and domestic clients on all aspects of competition law and foreign investment matters.

In his competition practice, Omar provides strategic advice to firms involved in mergers, cartel and abuse of dominance investigations under the Competition Act .

In his foreign investment review practice, Omar advises clients on net benefit and national security reviews under the Investment Canada Act . He has represented numerous foreign investors, including state-owned enterprises, as well as domestic targets in acquisition transactions.

Omar works with clients active in a wide range of business sectors, including automotive parts, agricultural products, chemicals, consumer products, energy, financial services, grocery retailing, manufacturing, media, metals and mining, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications and transportation.

Omar is the author of the two leading competition law texts, The Annotated Competition Act and The Annotated Investment Canada Act , both published annually by Thomson Carswell. He is a non-practising member of the Law Society of England and Wales.