Clyde & Co | Middle East & Africa

Price escalation is a widespread concern amongst many contractors in the region. The price of steel has increased globally, shipping costs are five times higher than pre-COVID-19 levels and containers are becoming increasingly harder to source. In this episode, Alexa Hall and Richard Harding QC explore the potential options available to contractors operating in the UAE to recover their additional...

In the third episode of our MEA Employment Law podcast series, our employment partners are joined by Barbara Henzen, Head of Tax and Corporate Services at KPMG, to discuss agile working and returning to the workplace. As employers start asking employees to return to the workplace and as the summer months approach, employers are increasingly being asked by employees whether they can work remotely f...

In the second episode of our MEA Employment Law podcast series employment partners Rebecca Ford, Sara Khoja and Emma Higham discuss the very topical issue of employer restructuring and business reorganisations and how this is applied in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, including the concept of “redundancy”. Rebecca Ford will discuss what this means for the UAE, including in the DIFC and ADGM. Sara...

In the past year as businesses are forced to make headcount reductions, the staff remaining are key – both in terms of business continuity and the knowledge of the business and customers that they hold. An organisation doesn't want to see valuable resource and knowledge walk out the door and as a consequence, there has been an increased focus as employers seem more willing and open to take steps t...