Senior Associate, Gateley Middle East

Dilini is a UK-qualified lawyer with over ten years’ experience in providing employment and pensions law advice to a diverse range of businesses from start-ups to multi-national companies.

Dilini has expertise in guiding businesses with restructures, reorganisations, redundancies, transfer of employees, global mobility solutions, senior executive appointments, and terminations.

Dilini is well versed in all aspects of non-contentious employment law and as well advising on day-to-day HR issues and strategic employee risk management, she regularly advises on and drafts employment contracts, director service agreements, consultancy agreements, business protection agreements, non-disclosure agreements, employment policies and procedures. She is also instructed on employee benefit design matters with particular focus on employee share option schemes. Dilini has advised on the employment aspects of a number of high-profile mergers and acquisitions in the UAE.

Dilini’s practice also encompasses contentious matters for both employers and employees before the local labour courts, the DIFC courts and the ADGM courts in relation to bonus disputes, whistleblowing, and discrimination.

Dilini regularly delivers bespoke employment law training to HR professionals on labour law and updates, terminations, diversity, equality and inclusion, and business protection. She has also written articles and thought leadership pieces, including a practice note for lawyers in relation to employee share option schemes in the UAE.

Dilini has been named a ‘Rising Star’ in UAE Employment Law by the Legal 500 rankings in 2022 and 2023.