As part of our HR and legal advisory role, we have been at the forefront of the legislative changes introduced in the UAE Labour Law, ADGM Employment Regulations and the DIFC Employment Law.

What do we do?

Our team has advised on the recent amendments to the legislative landscape and have been aligning HR suites of documents to the new legislative amendments.

We have also taken steps to provide training on the legislative changes as well as the HR functions in organisations. Our team provides HR advisory support and training services and has successfully delivered training on:

  • UAE Labour Law
  • DIFC and ADGM Employment Law
  • Managing performance – disciplinary actions and performance improvement plans
  • Managing health-related absences
  • Transforming HR under the new UAE Labour Law
  • Managing and resolving workplace conflict
  • Crisis management and the impact of remote working

Our team help businesses with every aspect of the management of their workforce, adding value to their in-house HR function and helping them achieve consistently better outcomes. We advise on a full spectrum of standard HR issues which include recruitment, termination, disciplinary issues, compensation and provide pragmatic solutions, not just legal opinions. Our team also provide guidance on complex employment issues which include global mobility of employees, workplace investigations, cross-jurisdictional matters including temporary assignment, secondment, cross border engagements.

Who do we help?

In the Middle East, our seasoned employment team works with a wide variety of clients. Our team sets itself apart from the rest as it is one of the few teams of employment lawyers working in international firms which represent private clients whilst maintaining a varied client base of large multinational corporates, national companies and SMEs.