Ayah Abdin

Ayah Abdin is an Associate at Al Tamimi & Company in Abu Dhabi, focusing on Employment Law. She is an England and Wales qualified lawyer within the Employment & Incentives practice, with over 10 years of experience in private practice in the United Arab Emirates.

Following her qualification in 2021, Ayah has served a diverse range of clients across contentious and non-contentious matters. She regularly advises on labour and employment laws in the UAE and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In her previous roles, she successfully prepared and submitted legal pleadings and achieved positive outcomes defending businesses before the Abu Dhabi and Dubai courts.

Currently, Ayah focuses on non-litigious employment matters and advises on all aspects of business immigration law, with a particular interest in workplace investigations.

Her recent experience includes engaging in settlement negotiations on behalf of a leading provider of industrial AI and enterprise software with senior executive employees in the UAE and KSA; advising a UAE telecommunications company on dual employment risks and immigration considerations relating to secondments across the MENA region; advising clients incorporated within the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) on the ADGM Employment Regulations 2024 and whistleblower framework; and leading a workplace harassment investigation for a multinational fast food chain.

Ayah is fluent in Arabic, English and French. She holds a Legal Practice Course from The University of Law (2021), a Graduate Degree in Law from BPP University (2019), and an undergraduate degree (Hons.) in Law and Political Sciences from Paris Sorbonne University (2015). She was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 2021.