Thamer Shomar
Associate
Languages spoken
English | Arabic
About Thamer
Thamer Shomar is an associate in the Corporate Practice based in our Dubai office.
His practice covers all aspects of corporate work, including domestic and cross-border restructuring and reorganisation, incorporation and company maintenance, cross-border projects, public-private partnerships, and regulatory and general corporate advice.
Thamer advises a multitude of international clients, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and individuals across a range of sectors in the local, national and international market.
Thamer also has experience across various jurisdictions in the Middle East, including Jordan and KSA.
Experience
- Part of the team preparing the local prospectus for the initial public offering of Salik (Dubai’s exclusive toll gate operator) for its listing on the Dubai Financial Market.
- Represented Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital as local counsel regarding their business combination with regional urban mobility platform SWVL, which listed with an equity value of US$1.5 billion.
- Drafting the legal memorandum on multijurisdictional restructuring of RADIC Real Estate between KSA, Jordan and UAE.
- Assisted on the DIT project with the UK government on drafting the gap analysis report for investment restrictions for foreign entities in KSA in various sectors.
- Part of the local counsel team, along with Linklaters as offshore counsel, managing the public-private partnership project between the International Financial Corporation and the Ministry of Education in Jordan for the establishment of 15 schools across Jordan.
Credentials
Education
- The University of Law, LL.M. and L.P.C., 2019
- University of Hull, LL.B., 2018
Admissions
- England and Wales, 2023
- Jordanian Bar Association, 2022
Expertise
Services
- Corporate
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