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Employment - United Arab Emirates

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What the Team is Known For

Stephenson Harwood has a substantial team of employment lawyers in Dubai. The department is best known for advising employers on non-contentious contractual mandates such as those arising from day-to-day operational issues, as well as market entry and corporate restructuring. In addition, it has extensive knowledge regarding the implementation of the UAE's recent labour law and the employment implications of the DIFC's data protection laws. The team is also capable of assisting with employment issues arising from M&A and is noted for its in-house Arabic-language capabilities.

Work Highlights

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  • Stephenson Harwood provided a range of strategic employment advice to Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions in relation to its operations in the UAE.

Strengths

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The team at Stephenson Harwood is extremely responsive and highly professional.

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The firm is able to understand exactly what is required, interpret the matter in a commercial manner and provide comprehensive and comprehensible reasoning, logic and rationale.

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The skill set they have is specialised and deep.

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Notable Practitioners

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Kiersten Lucas
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Kiersten Lucas
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Band 2

Kiersten Lucas maintains a wide-ranging employment practice but is especially noteworthy for her in-depth knowledge in the area of restrictive covenants. She also has considerable experience advising on M&A-related employment issues and employee transfers. She has additionally assisted numerous clients with the implementation of the most recent update to the UAE's labour law.

Kiersten Lucas is a highly professional lawyer with many years of experience in both UAE and UK employment law. She is commercially sharp and very well informed.

Kiersten is responsive, proactive, thorough, thinks outside the box and understands what clients want.

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Emily Aryeetey
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Emily Aryeetey
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Up and Coming

Emily Aryeetey has particular experience advising on employment issues resulting from M&A transactions, such as the transfer of employees. She is equally well placed to advise on terminations.

Emily has the ability to understand matters quickly and reframe them by putting them into the relevant legal context so that we can make informed decisions.

Emily is thorough and very well versed in the nuances of local regulations.

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Kiersten Lucas
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Kiersten Lucas
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Emily Aryeetey
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Emily Aryeetey
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