Saurbh joined the firm in 2008. He advises both local and international clients on a broad range of corporate and commercial, regulatory and licensing, mergers and acquisitions, and employment matters.

His practice includes:
- Advising on all aspects of the purchase and sale of businesses, including due diligence, structuring of the transaction, negotiation and documentation of the deal;
- preparing a broad range of commercial agreements;
- advising on a wide variety of UAE corporate and commercial legal issues;
- advising on the structuring and establishment of businesses in the UAE; and
- advising on UAE employment matters, including within the UAE's various free zones.

Bar Admissions
Bar Council of Rajasthan, July 2008

Education
- LL.M., University of California, Berkeley, 2018
- B.B.A. LL.B. (Corporate Honors), National Law University, Jodhpur, India, 2008

• Developments in Corporate Tax Compliance

  By Saurbh Kothari |February 2024

• Amendment to the UAE Federal Labour Law

  By Saurbh Kothari, Afridi & Angell |October 2023

• Executive Regulations concerning the UAE Consumer Protection Law

  By Saurbh Kothari, Ayush Sharma |October 2023

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