Fox Williams
Omar Salem is a distinguished financial regulation and FinTech partner at Fox Williams, with extensive legal experience in both private practice and in-house roles. Prior to joining Fox Williams in July 2024, Omar served as General Counsel and Head of Legal & Regulatory Affairs at Algbra from August 2022 to June 2024. From March 2013 to August 2022, Omar was a Managing Associate at Linklaters, specializing in financial regulation, where advice was provided on complex regulatory matters across various financial institutions. Additional experience includes a secondment to Citi's Legal Regulatory Group, co-founding the UpRising Leadership Programme, research roles at The Young Foundation, and serving as a Senior Researcher for Emily Thornberry MP. Omar holds a BA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, a Bachelor of Laws from The University of Law, and an Executive LLM in Financial Law and Financial Regulation from LSE.
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Fox Williams
Fox Williams is a leading City law firm recognised for its great culture, ambition and good sense. Fox Williams undertakes complex legal and regulatory work. It is often first choice for referrals from other law firms when city expertise is required. The firm is instructed by clients looking for quality advice, with a high level of partner involvement and an astute commercial focus. Fox Williams enjoys a friendly working environment that actively encourages entrepreneurial thinking and teamwork. The firm’s activities are underpinned by its core values of great client service, integrity and professionalism, its people, friendly strong relationships and open communication. Fox Williams is particularly active in eight key sectors — fashion, financial services, fintech, natural resources, professional services, publishing & digital media, technology and travel. The firm provides a wide range of legal services, including corporate advisory, mergers and acquisitions, dispute resolution, regulatory and white collar defence, employment, financial services regulatory including insurance, business immigration, intellectual property, international trade, partnership, real estate, tax and incentives, technology and travel regulation. Client quotes from legal directories from 2022 include: "Fox Williams' lawyers are smart, commercial and responsive, they understand the client's business and the firm is able to offer a wide range of services for any transaction." "The team at Fox Williams are practical and pragmatic. They understand our firm and adjust their advice to reflect the nature of our business." "They are diligent, responsive and highly focused with an ability to perform quickly." "They understand that the relationship, communications and expectations are equally important as the specific matters at hand." "They are very strong communicators. They respond promptly, can explain the legal position in plain English and in a way which considers commercial realities."