Omar H. Zaky Email & Phone Number

Completed a six month secondment to the Novartis legal team.

Cairo, Egypt

• Collaborated with the firm’s partners on the legal development of a client’s $176 million public real estate partnership with the Egyptian government.• Assisted in the completion of a due diligence report for a $112 million acquisition of an industrial project in Abu Dhabi. • Reviewed, edited and drafted contractual documents in relation to a $25 million private equity investment.• Drafted a renter's contract for a major industrial project in New Cairo, with the purpose of it being used as a model for other potential renters.• Carried out a research visit to the Egyptian Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Combating Unit in order to satisfy a client's query regarding Egypt's compliance with international money laundering standards.

United States

Intern at Congressman Mike Thompson's Vallejo District Office.• Collaborated with the District Veterans Liaison & Field Representative on her constituent casework.• Preformed research on the effectiveness of the U.S. government’s foreign programs and policies.• Assisted the Senior District Representative in coordinating with the State of California’s entire congressional delegation regarding a multimillion-dollar manufacturing project.• Drafted summaries and conducted a legal analysis of legislature appearing before the United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Represented The American University in Cairo as Respondent in the Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition.• Formulated and presented a comprehensive legal argument in the field of public international law, with a specific focus on: environmental law, law of state responsibility, patent law and human rights law pertaining to businesses.

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

• Established partnerships with the World Health Organization, UN-Women, UNDP and the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.• Responsible for interviewing, assessing and training forty-four students to represent The American University in Cairo at the National Model United Nations Conference (NMUN) in New York City, USA.• Headhunted, interviewed and trained twenty-four staff members to run the program’s respective academic committees.• Oversaw and edited a total of six publications, covering topics ranging from LGBTQ-based discrimination to human rights responsibilities of businesses.• Succeeded in surpassing the University’s record of awards at an international competition, with a total of nine awards: two outstanding delegation awards, one best delegation award and seven position paper awards.

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

• Planned and executed six large-scale conferences and events: featuring Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Sameh Shoukry, President of AUC Francis J. Riccardone and several other notable guests.• Initiated and oversaw sponsorship deals with Coca-Cola and the Commercial International Bank (CIB).• Trained and utilized a team of 80 students & managed a budget of over 100,000 USD.

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

• Assisted Dr. Nora Salem in all classwork related material – preparing presentations, correcting quizzes and assignments – for both her classes: POLS 5130 ‘Sanctions within the UN System’ and POLS 4371 ‘Intro to Public International Law’.

Cairo, Egypt

• Monitored and assessed the progress of Member States in achieving UN health standards by generating reports and briefings.• Assisted in developing a unique country-based framework for twenty-two countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, in order to achieve good health and wellbeing as the third Sustainable Development Goal (SDG3).• Coordinated with governments, local authorities and WHO HQ, in order to gather information on regional work being performed in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Egypt

• Analyzed, summarized and provided reports on several cases and legal documents.• Drafted several legal documents such as due diligence reports, power of attorney and investigation notices.• Developed a legal brief on six cases regarding the Agreement on Safeguards and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

Master Of Arts - Ma, International Human Rights Law

Activities and Societies: - Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition - Fellowship Recipient Thesis: Artificial Intelligence and Legal.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Major: Political Science (Specialization In International Relations)

Awards: Nadia Younes Endowed Award for Public and Humanitarian Service HUSS Honorary Award: Outstanding Contribution to the School.

Bachelor Of Laws - Llb

American High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Model United Nations, Model Arab League, Head of Activities, Student Life Coordinator and a Student Ambassador.