Comparative Guide
Banking & Finance
United Arab Emirates
Rahat Dar & Anshuman Jaruhar
Primarily focused on employer-side representation but also handling some work for senior executives, Afridi & Angell handles compliance, immigration, and whistleblowing matters. Charles Laubach leads the team and is knowledgeable of the employment aspects of M&A as well as corporate restructuring. Stuart Walker is experienced in restrictive covenant disputes, while Sulakshana Senanayake and Nazim Hashim are other key team members.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
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- ‘Incredibly approachable, responsible, and pragmatic.’
‘Stuart Walker is highly responsive, pragmatic, commercial and knowledgeable of matters of UK and UAE law.’
Key clients
- Dubai Electricity & Water Authority
- Etihad ESCO
- Mai Dubai
- ExxonMobil Corporation
- Textron
- Citibank
- American School of Dubai
- Amideast
- Beamex Oy Ab
- Bonas Group
Work highlights
Represented a top-level executive in the DIFC Courts on the termination of his employment and a long-term incentive payout.
Advised a US cleaning equipment company on workforce restructuring following the client’s acquisition of the UAE subsidiary of its global long-time distributor (the target company).
Advised one of the world's largest telecommunications, media, and technology strategy consulting firms on how to hire employees in the UAE who are subject to restrictive covenants with their existing employers.
Practice head
Charles Laubach
Other key lawyers
Stuart Walker; Sulakshana Senanayake; Nazim Hashim