Labour and Employment
When employment issues arise— contentious or not— our clients across the UAE, DIFC and ADGM turn to us for frank, practical advice. We act for employers and C-suite executives, bringing the same rigour to a boardroom dispute as we do to day-to-day workforce management.
We draft employment contracts, handbooks, policies, secondment arrangements and consultancy agreements that work in practice, not just on paper. We advise on redundancies, disciplinary terminations and restrictive covenant enforcement— from both employer and employee perspectives— across the UAE and its free zones, including the DIFC and ADGM.
We have a strong track record advising manpower and recruitment businesses across the Middle East— on corporate structuring, contractual arrangements and every aspect of the employment relationship, from hire to exit.
• Publicly traded companies— including ChampionX, Hoya Corporation, Allied Telesis, Brunswick Corporation, Brunel Energy, Dynatrace, General Motors and Dover Corporation in respect of employment( contentious and non-contentious) related matters
• Recruitment and manpower service companies— including Brunel Energy, Investigo and SSQ in respect of their Middle East corporate, commercial and employment-related matters
• Employers and senior management employees— advising in respect of employment contracts and employment handbooks, LTIPs, restrictive covenants and confidentiality matters, redundancies, investigations( including whistleblowing), disputes, Emiratisation( and related pension obligations), settlement agreements and all other related matters in the UAE and its freezones including the DIFC and the ADGM
Principal Contact
Christopher R. Williams Managing Partner, Dubai bracewell. com