Employment

SAAS Labour & Employment Practice comprises practitioners offering corporate clients experienced, sophisticated, and cost-effective representation concerning all aspects of employment-related legal matters including teams moves and restrictive covenants. Our clients benefit from the strength of our multi-disciplinary team, in both employment litigation and traditional labour matters including legal advice and drafting contracts for cross border employment matters.

Examples of our lawyers’ experience include:

• Advising the partners and employees of a major international consulting firm on some legal aspects of team moves on non-compete involving restrictive covenants under the laws of the UAE and DIFC. Task involved review of contracts and drafting of a substantial legal opinion.
• Advising a Swiss company on cross border labour matters related to their employees based in Lebanon.
• Advising a French based group on cross border labour matters related to their employees in the UAE and Lebanon, including the enforcement of non-compete covenants.