Omar
Abuid Abusleme

Lawyer - Of Counsel

Lawyer since 2012, founding partner of Abuid Tax & Legal, he specialises in advising local and international clients on business law services and tax strategies in Chile, with extensive experience in international transactions, corporate restructuring and tax trials. In addition, he has experience in successions and transfers of control procedures for family businesses.

Practices

Criminal Law - Administrative Law - Legal Compliance.

Omar Abuid is our counsel in criminal law, administrative sanctions law and legal compliance matters.

Mr. Abuid is an active trial lawyer in economic crime lawsuits (white collar crime cases) before Chilean Courts, representing clients in several cases of national importance, both as defence counsel and as plaintiff in other proceedings.

The legal advice provided by Omar Abuid to our office is based on his knowledge and professional experience as a lawyer involved in prosecutions and trials in tax and customs matters, bankruptcy and economic crimes.

In addition, Mr. Abuid was a Public Criminal Defender for the State of Chile, for more than 5 years, in Santiago, Chile. His understanding of the Chilean criminal procedure system is thorough and up-to-date.

Omar also represents the right of our clients in administrative sanctioning proceedings before Chilean state bodies, municipalities and non-governmental institutions.

Education

  • (2023) Postgraduate in Compliance. Barcelona School of Management, together with Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain.
  • (2022) Master’s degree in Criminal Law. Pompeu Fabra University together with the University of Barcelona, Spain.
  • (2018) Diploma in Criminal Litigation and Adversarial Evidence. Universidad Diego Portales, Chile.
  • (2017) Law Degree, awarded by the Supreme Court of Justice of Chile.
  • (2016) Law Degree. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Work Experience

  • (2020 - Present) Founding Partner in Kehr Abuid Abogados.
  • (2017 - 2022). Tendered Public Criminal Defence Lawyer for the State of Chile, Metropolitan Region.

Languages

• Spanish and English.

Work Experience

  • (2020 - Present) Founding Partner in Kehr Abuid Abogados.
  • (2017 - 2022). Tendered Public Criminal Defence Lawyer for the State of Chile, Metropolitan Region.

Languages

  • Spanish and English.

Publications

  • "The weighting of insurmountable fear in the face of hypotheses of gender violence. Reflections based on a specific case". Revista de Ciencias Penales (2023).
  • "Ley Corta Anti Delincuencia: Receptación y sus implicancias para la empresa" (2017).