Midya Omar

Biography

Midya is a tax lawyer with over 10 years of experience advising private clients, business owners and corporate structures of international tax matters.

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Recent Experience

• Advised a well-known KSA family on international and cross-border tax matters including transparency (e.g. FATCA, CRS) and restructuring asset ownership in order to achieve a tax efficient structure, asset protection and succession planning.
• Provided comprehensive advisory services to a prominent Saudi Arabian family on international and cross-border tax matters, including compliance with global transparency standards (e.g., FATCA, CRS), restructuring asset ownership for tax efficiency, asset protection, and succession planning.
• Delivered international tax advisory services to a Family Office representing a royal family in the UAE, ensuring optimal tax planning and compliance.
• Completed a secondment at a multinational investment bank to assist in reviewing internal policies related to client onboarding, focusing on tax compliance and global tax transparency requirements, including CRS and FATCA.
• Advised a high-net-worth UAE family on structuring their international assets in Europe and the US to achieve tax efficiency and minimize the risk of UAE tax (place of effective management / permanent establishment), inheritance tax exposure, particularly in France, the UK, and the US.
• Provided strategic tax advisory services to a renowned multinational corporation, addressing tax considerations related to the restructuring of its investments across the UK, Africa, and Asia.
• Assisted a prominent UAE family business in restructuring ownership and consolidating assets to facilitate compliance with VAT regulations and manage succession planning for the transition of the business to the next generation.
• Providing tax services to an international oil and gas group from a UAE corporate tax perspective and in preparation for the introduction of BEPS Pillar 2. This includes conducting a pre-exit reorganization, planning for profit repatriation, managing future tax residency considerations, mitigating permanent establishment risks, addressing deemed disposals, and ensuring compliance with all regulatory obligations.
• Successfully advised an international shipping group on its redomiciling to the UAE, including evaluating their UAE tax exposure and providing strategic guidance on establishing a tax-efficient and resilient corporate structure.