Omar Abou Elenain

Practice Areas

Litigation

Career

Omar Abou Elenain, Senior Partner, has accumulated 35 years of experience in the disciplines of Litigation in commercial procedures and penalties, employment, social security, tourism, capital market, construction and real estate. He also specializes in commercial and civil contracts as well as providing consultation and legal advice in the field of banking and financial services.

Having joined ZH in 1999, the most prominent examples of the matters he has recently contributed to include:

* Representing the Arab Bank in the case filed against the Ministers of Justice and Finance as related to bankruptcy of funds. (In Progress)

* Representing Vodafone Egypt Telecommunications in its defense in the case filed by El Shaheed El Refaey Association for Cooperative Housing regarding a signal station. (In Progress)

* Representing one of the world's seven oil and gas "supermajors" with operations in Egypt in the case filed by an individual regarding the appropriation of a land in Behera (In progress)

* Representing First Arabian Hotels & Resorts Company in the case filed against the Minister of Finance regarding disputed taxes. (In progress)

* Representing Nissan Motors Egypt in the case filed by a motor car agency company claiming EGP 20 million related to agency rights. (In Progress)

* Representing Philips Egypt in the case filed against a private hospital and requesting over USD 190,000 for outstanding invoices of a maintenance contract. (In Progress)

* Representing the Arab Bank in refuting the claims of the heirs of a client of the bank regarding the value of the testator’s account. (In progress)

* Representing the Arab Bank in the case filed by an individual requesting imbursements from the Bank in the amount of EUR 10,000 and EGP 500,000. (2021)

* Representing Philips Medical Systems Egypt in the case filed against Nawah Medical Investment Company requesting EGP 12 million for the supply and installation of medical equipment. (2019)

* Representing the Arab Bank in the appeal filed by a claimant against the Bank and other respondents to challenge an earlier judgment requesting LE 630,000,000 as compensation for material and moral damages. The Court obligated the respondents to jointly pay LE 200,000 to the claimant. (2016)

* Representing Hilton International Company – Egypt Branch – in the case filed by a claimant requesting an indemnification of LE 6 million against employment charges claimed to be due from 1984 (according to the Ministerial Decree of 1984) through the date of the Claimant’s resignation in 2011. The Claimant challenged the judgment and it is currently being deliberated in the court of appeal.

* Undertook the reconciliation and settlement negotiations leading to the signing of the Collective labour agreement between Hilton Fayrouz Resort Sharm El Sheikh and its employees over the disputed proceeds of the 12% service charge collected by the Hotel. (2015)

Chambers and Partners ranked Omar as Band 2 Lawyer in Litigation in 2021, 2022, and 2023 and as Band 1 Lawyer in 2020. The LEGAL 500 also ranked him as a “Leading Individual” in the Dispute Resolution (Litigation) practice in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023. He was recommended in the Employment practice in 2018, 2019, and 2021.

He was admitted before the Egyptian Court of Cassation in 2011, has achieved the LL.B. from Ain-Shams University’s Faculty of Law in 1986, and is proficient in Arabic and English.