United Arab Emirates Employment Law Alliance Representative

Our Representative

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Office Address

City Tower II Suite 301
Sheikh Zayed Road
PO Box 7001
Dubai
United Arab Emirates

Phone Number

+971 4 331 1102

Fax Number

+971 4 331 9920

Firm

Clyde & Co

Main Office Address

City Tower II
Suite 301
Sheikh Zayed Road
PO Box 7001

Office Locations

Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Baghdad

Firm Phone Number

+971 4 331 1102

Firm Fax Number

+971 4 331 9920

Firm Website

Personal Background

Alec Emmerson moved into the shipping and insurance legal sector on joining Clyde & Co in 1977, having previously spent five years with another City law firm handling corporate insolvencies. Both these specialties were put to good use when he managed the Hong Kong office from 1984 onwards. This heralded an era of major shipping insolvencies, the Carrian fraud and insolvency (on which Alec worked for nine years) as well as a host of major marine casualties and the infamous "phantom ship" frauds.

Before returning to London in 1996, Alec also handled numerous arbitrations (including sitting occasionally as an Arbitrator), investment dispute, disaster, commercial contract and employment litigation, and was well-known in most areas of insurance dispute resolution including CAR, jewellers block, Bankers Blanket Bond, credit and political risk, property and business interruption, e&o, marine and aviation.

He moved to the Dubai office in 1999 where he continues to practice in the same area of commercial dispute resolution.

He has spoken widely and written numerous articles, mainly for trade publications, on international trade, shipping, transportation law, insurance and dispute resolution topics.

In recent independent legal directories Alec is highly recommended by PLC: Which Lawyer? 2006 and is described as “practical, worldly-wise, tenacious and efficient” and as “excellent, hands on and knowledgeable lawyer” in Chambers Global 2006.

Firm Background

Clyde & Co's first office in the Middle East was established in 1989, following many years of regional client involvement. Today Clyde & Co is the largest international law firm in the GCC with over 150 specialist lawyers and paralegals, operating as one unit across offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the UAE, Doha in Qatar and via an associated office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Our Middle Eastern offices provide advice to corporate clients from all over the world, as well as to regional corporates and governments, on their operations throughout the Middle East and Indian subcontinent. Our approach in the region is based on a successful formula which combines in-depth local expertise and know-how with international law firm standards. Consequently, through independent research and assessment, industry analysts have endorsed Clyde & Co as the pre-eminent law firm in the region:

  • Ranked in 2008 as the top law firm in the UAE for the fourth successive year by the international legal directory 'Legal 500'.
  • Selected in 2008 as the 'Most Innovative Firm in Dubai' by the members of the Dubai Corporate Counsel Group (DCCG) for the IFLR Middle East Awards
  • The 2008 edition of the respected Chambers Global legal directory names more Clyde & Co lawyers as leaders in their areas of expertise across the GCC than any other firm in the region.

Firm Practice Areas

Our regional areas of expertise include:

  • Aviation
  • Banking & Finance / Financial Services
  • Capital Markets
  • Construction, Projects & Infrastructure
  • Corporate/Commercial
  • Debt Recovery
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Energy
  • Employment & Labour Law
  • Establishment, Agency & Franchising
  • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
  • Hotels & Hospitality
  • Insolvency & Restructuring
  • Insurance/Reinsurance
  • Intellectual Property (IP)
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Real Estate & Property
  • Regulatory
  • Shipping & Transportation
  • Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT)

These services are underpinned by outstanding in-house translation and government liaison teams.