DLA Piper is restructuring its Middle East practice amid claims that the firm has been in talks with a major client to resolve payment issues in the region.
The law firm said last week it had laid off eight associates in Dubai, equating to around 8 percent of the office’s fee earners, but it has also emerged that it has placed almost 20 percent of the remaining lawyers on either a six-month sabbatical or secondment. Those taking the sabbatical are not guaranteed a job when it is over.
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