Clyde & Co advises Zurich on its acquisition of AIG’s global personal travel business
18 December 2024
Susan is a senior associate in Clyde & Co’s employment group and is based in the Riyadh office. She advises a diverse client base on local labour law compliance across the Middle East, with extensive experience in the employment aspect of corporate transactions and restructuring.
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Susan advises on employment and immigration matters, such as contractual documentation, disciplinary processes and grievances, HR policies and guidance on redundancies, and end of service benefits. In addition, she supports clients with managing employee transfers within the context of multijurisdictional corporate transactions, business carve-outs and spinoffs.
Susan advises clients operating in a wide range of sectors, particularly the healthcare, hospitality, retail and consumer sectors.
Susan is a qualified lawyer in Egypt. She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) from Cairo University, Egypt in 2014.
Prior to joining Clyde & Co, Susan worked at PwC Middle East in Saudi Arabia and leading law firms in Egypt.
Susan is fluent in Arabic and English.
Experience
- Advising Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) on its successful acquisition of American International Group’s (AIG) global personal travel insurance and assistance business, including Travel Guard. The transaction involved over 40 jurisdictions across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. This global transaction was led out of the firm’s Dubai office.
- Advising on the employment workstream of the GBP 1.9 billion divestment of Informa’s Pharma Intelligence to WarburgPincus.*
- Advising on the employment workstream of the USD 525 million sale of DXC Technology’s healthcare provider software business to Dedalus Group.*
- Advising multinational clients with all aspects of employment matters on entering new markets in the Middle East.*
- Advising AD Ports Group on the employment workstream of its USD 140 million acquisition of a 70 per cent equity stake in International Associated Cargo Carrier.*
- Advising a major petrochemical company with multiple employee investigations and the subsequent disciplinary process.*
- Successfully undertaking the complete redundancy and settlement process of over 300 employees for a leading ridesharing company following the closure of a line of business.*
*Experience gained prior to joining Clyde & Co