EXPERTISE
Gorvinder Pannu is a Partner in our Middle East employment practice, based in Muscat. She is an experienced employment lawyer, practising since 1997, and practising since 1997, and in the Middle East since 2006. She was awarded the Employment Lawyer of the Year Award by LexisNexis Women In Law Awards 2023. Gorvinder is a member of the global Employment Lawyers Alliance.
Quoted in Chambers Global 2025 and ranked as a Band 3 lawyer: She consistently goes above and beyond. Her advice is clear, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of employment law, and her prompt communication fosters a productive working relationship."
Gorvinder specialises in contentious and non-contentious employment matters in Oman, the UAE, KSA and Qatar. She has also advised on employment issues throughout the broader Middle East including Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt.
Gorvinder regularly advises multinational companies, blue chip companies and local companies across all sectors, in particular the energy, power and water, transportation, telecoms, education, and financial sectors . She also delivers training sessions and workshops to clients and wider audiences on various employment topics. Gorvinder has particular expertise on union legislation and industrial action.
- Experience
Gorvinder's recent experience includes:
- advised employers on legislative changes, including the new Oman Labour, Personal Data Privacy Law and Social Protection Law and drafting variations to contract terms and updating HR policies and staff handbooks for compliance.
- advised a US company on steps following a data security breach to employees' data in Oman.
- conducted an independent investigation into sexual harassment allegations filed against a senior executive of an international petrochemicals company and subsequently advising on disciplinary action under Oman Labour Law.
- assisted with the investigation of a sexual harassment complaint in KSA, made by a Saudi female employee against a male expatriate manager, through the disciplinary proceedings which led to the departure of the manager from the business.
- advised a national telecoms company on the employee aspects of a potential acquisition of a mobile telecoms company, including undertaking employment due diligence.
- advised a power company on the statutory transfer of employees following termination of an O&M contract, including statutory notifications to the Ministry of Labour.
- Testimonials
"... She consistently goes above and beyond. Her advice is clear, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of employment law, and her prompt communication fosters a productive working relationship." Global Guide 2025
"... Gorvinder is great to work with. She is clear, commercially minded and extremely client-focused." Global Guide 2025
"…highly regarded in the employment arena." Chambers Global 2024
"…excellent at helping us navigate complex employment issues and finding creative solutions." Legal 500 2024
"Gorvinder understands our business and therefore applies a level of commercial awareness to our issues which is greatly appreciated. Furthermore, she is able to offer various solutions, allowing us to choose the best possible one." Chambers Global 2024
- Professional Memberships
- Law Society of England and Wales
- Employment Law Alliance – Oman representative
You can contact Gorvinder in our GCC offices:
- +971 4350 6437 (Dubai)
- +968 2495 0705 (Oman)
- +974 4019 0300 (Qatar)
