Sara Khoja

Sara joined the Dubai office in January 2008 establishing the employment team. She is experienced in advising multinational clients, government owned entities and, large regional conglomerates on their MEA regional employment issues (particularly in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), advising on multi-jurisdictional projects such as large scale restructures and business transformation, implementation of new employment policies and frameworks as well as large corporate reorganisations and integration projects following a merger or acquisition.

Sara advises extensively on Saudisation and other workforce nationalisation initiatives and, regulatory compliance (HSE), including workplace conduct investigations and conflict resolution. Her practice includes advising on employee mobility and operating corporate hubs in the context of MEA wide operations (including secondments into Africa).

Sara’s publications include UAE and KSA chapters for Kluwer International’s Labour and Employment Compliance Handbook and, Corporate Immigration (UAE Chapter). She provides extensive training for managers and HR personnel directly for clients and also through a number of training organisations such as CIPD and JSB.