Exhibit 5.1

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August 5, 2010

Omnicom Group Inc.
437 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022

Re:	Registration Statement No. 333-______;
	11,499,624 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.15 per share

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as special counsel to Omnicom Group Inc., a New York corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance of 11,499,624 shares of common stock, $0.15 par value per share (the “Shares”). The Shares are included in a registration statement on Form S–8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 5, 2010 (Registration No. 333– ____) (the “Registration Statement”). The Shares are issuable pursuant to the Omnicom Group Inc. Amended and Restated 2007 Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”). This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or related Prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of the Shares.

     As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York, and we express no opinion with respect to any other laws.

     Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, when the Shares shall have been duly registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar therefor in the name or on behalf of the purchasers, and have been issued by the Company against payment therefor (not less than par value) in the circumstances contemplated by the Plan, the issue and sale of the Shares will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have assumed that the Company will comply with all applicable notice requirements regarding uncertificated shares provided in the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York.

August 5, 2010
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LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

     This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Latham & Watkins LLP