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Omar Fahmy
Partner — Employment & Labour
Half my week is spent with HR directors and half with people who have just been dismissed. Both conversations are better when the person understands the rules, and most of the anger on both sides comes from not knowing them. I try to make the first meeting the one where that stops.
- Practices
- Languages
- Arabic · English
- Bar admissions
- Egyptian Bar Association — Court of Cassation · 2018
- Egyptian Bar Association — Court of Appeal · 2010
- Education
- Alexandria University · LL.B. · 2004
- Cairo University · Diploma, Private Law · 2007
- Office
- Cairo
- Contact
- o.fahmy@hujja.law
Representative experience
- Advised a multinational manufacturer on a collective redundancy programme affecting more than 200 roles, acting for the employer. Jurisdiction: Egypt.
- Represented a senior employee in an unfair dismissal claim before the labour court, value band under EGP 5m, acting as claimant.
- Advised a technology company on contractor classification and social insurance exposure across 60 engagements.
Publications and speaking
- The 2025 labour law: what actually changed for employers (2025)
- Non-competes after termination — the limits (2024)