Bird & Bird LLP

Corporate and Employment

Surabhi is a partner in our Corporate Group (including Employment), based in the UAE, where she works as a lead counsel in M&A transactions. She also specialises in provision of employment law solutions to our clients.

Having qualified as a lawyer in 2009, Surabhi has worked with clients in sectors including aviation, retail and consumer, energy, infrastructure, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications and technology. She advises on regional and cross-border M&As, joint ventures, spin-offs, restructurings, IPOs, business establishment, as well as regulatory matters.

She also has experience in dealing with the day-to-day HR and employment issues that companies face, including in relation to employment visas and permits and termination of employment in the UAE. She works closely with our preferred network coordinating advice on a multi-jurisdictional basis for companies with multinational operations in the Middle Eastern region.

Clients that she acts for include governmental organisations, institutional investors and global and regional corporates based in the US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. She has managed multiple high-profile transactions.

English, Hindi

Bar Council of India and the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Bar Association, India

National Law University, India, Bachelor's Degree, Law and Management