Chambers Review
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Employment - Saudi Arabia
What the Team is Known For
Al Tamimi & Company offers a substantial employment group composed of lawyers based in Riyadh, Jeddah and Al Khobar. This Saudi-based team is also able to draw upon the market-leading regional expertise of the firm's UAE employment lawyers. It advises on an array of matters arising from Saudi Arabia's nationalisation programme, while other key areas of work include handling unlawful termination disputes and workplace investigations.
Strengths
Al Tamimi are always supportive, responsive and able to articulate the full picture, and ensure we have a holistic view of the risks involved in any decision.
Al Tamimi are knowledgeable and practical in their advice.
Their advice and guidance, from the beginning, is detailed, considered and on point with our objectives.
Work Highlights
Al Tamimi & Company advised Opentext on its acquisition of Microfocus, including with regard to the harmonisation of compensation packages and the termination agreements for exiting employees.
Notable practitioners
Jeddah-based Mohsin Khan is Al Tamimi's senior employment lawyer in Saudi Arabia. He is a regular adviser to big-name technology and financial services clients, often working alongside lawyers based in Al Tamimi's office in Dubai.
Mohsin Khan is intelligent, professional, articulate, engaged, insightful and driven.
Mohsin Khan is exceptional on all levels. He displays great anticipation of potential risks and always gives good insight on the law.
He's very approachable, his advice is easy to understand and he's got a good team. He does well guiding us through a tricky regulatory environment. He's very responsive and quick to sort things out.