Stephenson Harwood

Employment

Partner

Emily is a partner within our highly regarded Middle East employment, pensions and incentives team, which forms an integral part of the firm's global team.

She advises international, regional and local employers across the entire lifecycle of the employment relationship. Drawing upon her vast international experience, she provides tailored advice for each of her clients while applying her knowledge of the local business and cultural environment of the Middle East.

Emily has over 14 years’ experience advising clients, operating in various sectors, on employment-related legal issues ranging from recruitment to termination, including employee monitoring, data protection and privacy in the workplace, as well as the employment aspects of corporate transactions (mergers, acquisitions, outsourcings and IPOs). Emily is also an experienced employment litigator, both in relation to matters under the UAE federal Labour Law and in the Dubai International Financial Centre ("DIFC") courts.

She routinely advises companies with onshore operations in the UAE, in the various commercial free zone areas such as in Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, Dubai Airport Free Zone, Dubai South/Dubai Aviation City Corporation, TwoFour54, and Sharjah Airport Free Zone, and in the financial free zones, DIFC and Abu Dhabi Global Market.

Whilst she is based in our Dubai office, Emily regularly advises on, and manages, multi-jurisdictional employment matters throughout the Middle East and Africa and beyond. For example, in recent years she has advised on matters in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Iraq, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Cote D’Ivoire, Algeria.