Middle East - United Arab Emirates

Pinsent Masons LLP

Lauded as ‘experts within the field’, Pinsent Masons LLP boasts a strong roster of academic establishments, infrastructure, and Middle East-based business clients. The ’responsive, commercial, and helpful’ practice has also recently been engaged in an assortment of high-profile employment investigations. The ‘phenomenal’ Luke Tapp leads the team and handles a breadth of non-contentious matters including employee transfers, restructuring, and senior executive terminations and exit strategies. Ruth Stephen and Michael Chattle are knowledgeable of employee regulations in free zones, while Lujain Assaf is experienced in annual leave entitlement, breach of contract, and bonus payment arbitration.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team is very responsive and provides information in a timely manner. We go to the team because they are experts within the field and are known in the market as one of the go-to law firms for employment related advice.’
  • ‘Pinsent Masons' team is very responsive. They are our No.1 firm in relation to employment queries and have accommodated several of our requests over the years. High-quality advice along with practical solutions.’

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Key clients

  • Dubai Multi Commodities Center freezone Authority (“DMCC”)
  • Costa Coffee

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Work highlights

  • Assisted an infrastructure client with a employment dismissal.
  • Advised a construction company on a large-scale team move from their business to a competitor, together with alleged fraud and embezzlement by the business’ former General Manager.

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