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Samir  Kantaria

Samir Kantaria

Al Tamimi & Company, United Arab Emirates

Work Department

Employment & Incentives

Position

Partner, Head of Employment & Incentives

Career

Samir leads the firm’s Employment & Incentives practice which comprises the largest team of specialist employment lawyers in the Middle East.  He advises on the full range of employment law issues, contentious and non-contentious, and Samir’s experience includes regularly advising major blue chip, multinational and semi-governmental companies in relation to their day-to-day employment queries.  He combines technical expertise with business acumen and project management skills, and is known for giving pragmatic and commercial advice.

Samir is acknowledged as a Band 1 ranked lawyer by Chamber & Partners, as a Leading Individual in Legal 500, and is the only lawyer to be listed in Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leaders – Global Elite 2020 for UAE Labour & Employment.

Languages

English, Gujrati and Hindi

Memberships

1996 – Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales

Education

1993 – Solicitor’ Final Examinations, College of Law

1992 – Bachelor of Law (Hons), University of Warwick

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