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Lisa Merod

律師

Lisa Merod represents clients throughout the full employment lifecycle in the Middle East, covering advisory work, to contentious proceedings, to transactional work. Lisa assists from the recruitment of a company’s first employees in the region (including drafting of the employment documentation) to complex termination processes and litigation procedures. Her experience spans the UAE (including financial free zones Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), and Qatar (including the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC)).

Non-contentious

  • Assisting clients with dual-employment arrangements involving the UAE, KSA, and Qatar
  • Advising a multinational tech company on potential breaches of a confidentiality clause and available remedies
  • Advising an international provider of supply chain solutions in an employment transfer involving 500+ employees

Transactional

  • Assisting with employment aspects in a number of transactions in the UAE and KSA, including:
    • Advising a Saudi listed company on its SAR 1.05 billion acquisition of the entire share capital of another entity
    • Advising a UAE lifestyle company in relation to their joint venture with another UAE company
    • Advising a UAE online shopping platform in its $335.2 million acquisition of another UAE online shopping platform

Contentious

  • Representing a global bank in the defense of a claim containing allegations of whistleblowing and discrimination before the Dubai International Financial Centre Court of First Instance
  • Representing a multinational tech company in the defense of a claim regarding bonus, end-of-service gratuity, and other employment entitlements in the Dubai Court of First Instance and the Dubai Court of Appeal
  • Representing an international education company in a claim brought against them involving bonus and long-term incentive in the Dubai Court of First Instance and the Dubai Court of Appeal
  • Middlesex University Dubai, 2020, LL.M., with distinction; Top Graduating Student Award
  • Trier, Germany, 2018, Second State Exam
  • University of Trier, 2016, First State Exam
  • Dubai Licensed Legal Consultant
  • Germany