12 May 2026
Clyde & Co appoints Omar Khattab as partner in Dubai
"Clyde & Co appoints Omar Khattab as partner in Dubai to its white-collar crime & sanctions team; he will bolster regulatory & investigations and financial crime work across the MENA region."
Omar Khattab is a financial crime specialist whose practice spans regulatory investigations and compliance, risk management, and asset recovery. He has worked extensively across the MENA region, with particular focus on the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and has experience in Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Iraq and Libya. His asset recovery work covers international financial centres including the US, UK, Singapore, Hong Kong and Canada. He joins Clyde & Co from Norton Rose Fulbright and will expand the firm’s regulatory & investigations services across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt.
Jeff Cottle joins Clyde & Co from Eversheds and has been appointed head of regulatory & investigations, white-collar crime and sanctions for the Americas, as well as co-head of white-collar crime and sanctions for EMEA.
Sam Tate, partner and global head of regulatory & investigations at Clyde & Co, noted that expanding the firm’s regulatory & investigations offering is a strategic priority as clients face increasingly complex cross-border risks.