Omar Al-Qahtani

Recent Experience

• Successfully represented a foreign bank with operations in Kuwait in a KD36 million litigation dispute.
• Successfully represented a luxury hotel operator in Kuwait in a KD 2 million insolvency dispute.
• Successfully represented a media and telecommunications company in Kuwait against a newspaper over a Trademark case.
• Successfully represented plaintiffs in inheritance (both Islamic and non-Islamic) cases, advising on the local and international distribution of a deceased’s estate to its heirs.
• Successfully represented plaintiffs in Family Law (both Islamic and non-Islamic) cases related to alimony, visitation, and child custody.
• Successfully represented both plaintiffs and defendants in disputes related to an agent’s rights under the Kuwait Law of Agency No. 13 of 2016, including the right to ‘fair compensation’.
• Successfully represented commercial agents in debt collection claims.
• Successfully represented and advised employers in relation to employee disputes and regulatory requirements related to Kuwait Labor Law.
• Successfully represented multi-national brands with bringing and enforcing infringement actions against local infringers.