Sally Aljaliely

Sally Aljaliely is a Senior Associate in the Employment & Incentives practice at Al Tamimi & Company, based in Abu Dhabi. She is an Australian-qualified lawyer, and the practice comprises the largest team of specialist employment lawyers in the Middle East. Her practice focuses on Employment Law.

Sally advises a wide range of local and international clients on contentious and non-contentious employment law matters, onshore and within the various free zones, including the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).

She regularly assists clients on all aspects of employment and immigration law in the UAE, ranging from recruitment, employment transfers, drafting and advising on employment contracts, company policies and procedures, company restructures including mergers and acquisitions, disciplinary grievances and terminations.

Sally has a particular interest in, and provides tailored and bespoke advice to, the retail and consumer sector and the sports and event management sector.

Her recent experience includes undertaking an assessment of a leading healthcare provider's UAE operations' HR policies and incentive plan changes and advising on risks and potential sanctions in any areas of non-compliance; assisting a global asset management company on the transfer of employees from their onshore entity to their DIFC free zone entity and advising on the implications of end of service and DEWS entitlements; advising a leading airline company on secondment and dual employment arrangements; and assisting a leading marketing and public relations firm with the drafting of a settlement agreement, negotiating settlement terms and advising on post-termination restrictions and obligations.

She holds a Bachelor of Law and a Bachelor of Communications (Social Inquiry) from the University of Technology Sydney (2016) and was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia in 2016. She speaks English and Arabic.