When your company has questions about the legal and regulatory requirements of Somali law concerning your expatriate employees or employee relations severally, our immigration lawyers provide the answers, as well as creative, practical and cost-effective solutions.

The legal framework governing labor and immigration issues is typically one of the topics that entrants, who are new to the region seek advice on. Equally, established businesses require ongoing practical legal guidance on labor-related issues to avoid expensive and sometimes complicated litigation with former employees.

“We provide answers – and creative, practical solutions – to client’s employment questions.”

Our expertise

Our strong and well-resourced team is well known for providing solution-based legal counsel to both local and foreign clients. From recruitment to retirement, our team ensures that clients are well covered to avoid the usual pitfalls arising from misinformed decisions and actions against employees which may end up in costly litigation. We regularly provide practical and commercially viable legal solutions to our clients with respect to their employee related issues including dispute resolution, health, safety and the environment (HSE), unlawful termination of employment, employees’ compensation and immigration. We have advised a wide range of clients, both local and multinational, on contracts of employment, employee handbooks, collective bargaining agreements and trade disputes with particular emphasis on compliance with the Labor Act and other labor related statutes. We have represented a broad range of clients’ at the Industrial Court in employee related disputes.

We provide sound and innovative labor law advice, including high-level management and workforce terminations, negotiation and review of employment contracts and consultancy arrangements, employee share schemes, secondment arrangements, wages, outsourcing, pensions, tax liabilities, independent contractors, and health and safety compliance. We also advise on the immigration and tax status of foreign workers in Somalia.