Middle East - United Arab Emirates
Addleshaw Goddard
The team at Addleshaw Goddard is a key port of call for financial and professional services clients on employment disputes. ‘Exceptional lawyer’ Ben Brown co-leads the team, and he is ’extremely knowledgeable, responsive, and receives great support from David True'. Also co-lead of the practice, Gorvinder Pannu specialises in union legislation and industrial action.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Extremely hardworking, outstanding, diligent, and cautious of the deadlines.’
- ‘The practice delivers great value advice and support to our institution across the entire spectrum of employment matters. A deep engagement/commitment to each matter.’
- ‘An incredibly strong global practice, with commercial nous.’
- ‘David True and Gorvinder Pannu are extremely responsive and knowledgeable. They can assess complex employment situations, identify potential legal issues, and develop effective strategies to address them.’
- ‘David True and Gorvinder Pannu have been excellent at helping us navigate complex employment issues and finding creative solutions.’
- ‘Ben Brown is extremely knowledgeable, super responsive, and receives great support also from David True.’
- ‘Ben Brown is excellent, very responsive, and commercial in his approach. He balances delivering legal analysis with the overlay of a regional perspective which adds significant value in all instructions.’
- ‘Ben Brown stands out as an exceptional lawyer. We greatly value his broad knowledge and trusted advice across all of our employment requirements, with his technical, analytical and commercial acumen.’
Key clients
- Standard Chartered Bank
- The Industrial Group
- Grohe
- Oracle
- Kuiper Group
- Natixis
- AVEVA
- Motorola
- BBC
- Estee Lauder
Work highlights
- Defending Standard Chartered Bank against claims for victimisation, harassment, and discrimination brought against it in the DIFC Courts by an ex-compliance officer.
- Acting for The Industrial Group in the DIFC Court of Appeal against claims for malicious prosecution and outstanding entitlements.
- Advising Grohe on claims brought against it for moral damages as well as outstanding contractual and statutory entitlements.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ben Brown, Gorvinder Pannu