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Kiersten Lucas

Kiersten Lucas

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Stephenson Harwood Middle East LLP

Stephenson Harwood Middle East LLP

United Arab Emirates

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Employment

Stephenson Harwood Middle East LLP’s broad caseload encompasses employment litigation, contracts, and pay structures. Kiersten Lucas and Emily Aryeetey jointly lead the team, with Lucas highly proficient in employee incentives and team moves. Aryeetey is vastly experienced before the DIFC Courts and is a key port of call for domestic and international employers, while Emily Daly is well-regarded in the retail and technology sectors.
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+971 4 407 3993
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Employment
Position

Partner

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'Quite simply I find that Kiersten Lucas, Emily Aryeetey, and the Stephenson Harwood DIFC Team go over and above for their clients. They have displayed genuine support, delivering outstanding professional outcomes for our growing business. They have applied pragmatic billing practices.'

    ‘Kiersten Lucas and Emily Aryeetey are wonderful authentic and trustworthy human beings. The entire Stephenson Harwood team make my colleagues, and I feel genuinely welcome and the events they lay on for the benefit of the wider community are great.’

    ‘Our experience of work with Stephenson Harwood Middle East LLP has been extremely positive. The team are very knowledgeable in local labour law and provide prompt advice when required. ’

    ‘Kiersten Lucas is highly collaborative in her approach, combining commercial astuteness with a clear understanding of the challenges her clients face. She consistently provides creative, practical solutions, and working with her gives you complete confidence that you are in very capable legal hands. Her extensive knowledge of labour laws in Dubai is particularly impressive.’

Key clients

  • J Awan & Partners Ltd VEOLIA Water Technologies and Solutions Simcorp Limited Wellbred Trading DMCC Trident Trust Limited Interoperability Middle East Technology LLC KFin Technologies Limited Accord Healthcare MENA Adenza Group Inc Aliph Capital Limited Belgravia Home Health Care Big Group Holdings Cognigy CE Energy DMCC Fendi Middle East Hanover Communications Middle East FZ-LLC High Ridge Aviation Limited Loro Piana M&C Saatchi Motivate Media Group Profision Shipping Capital Management Safe STS Teneo

Work highlights

Conducting the appeal stage of a high-stakes employment dispute before the DIFC Court of First Instance (CFI) for J Awan & Partners Ltd involving a former employee’s claim for wrongful termination, non-payment of salary and compensation for emotional distress.