Afsha is a Managing Associate in the UAE Employment team.
She has over 14 years’ experience advising employers on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters. She combines extensive employment law expertise with practical insight into the challenges businesses face in managing their people.
She works with clients ranging from SMEs to multinational organisations on complex and sensitive workplace issues, including investigations, discrimination, whistleblowing, disciplinary and grievance matters, and employee exits. Her experience also encompasses large-scale redundancies, restructuring, employment transfers and the employment aspects of corporate transactions, including due diligence and workforce integration.
Afsha has substantial experience in employment litigation, representing employers from early conciliation through to final hearing and conducting advocacy at preliminary and full merits hearings. She advises on dispute resolution and settlement strategy, helping clients assess risk and achieve outcomes aligned with their commercial objectives.
Alongside her advisory and disputes practice, Afsha drafts employment contracts, policies and procedures, advises on restrictive covenants and employment-related data protection matters and delivers training to clients and internal teams. Her approach is clear, pragmatic and commercially focused, with an emphasis on helping clients navigate difficult decisions and manage workplace risk.