“Thenji Moyo is a trusted adviser for businesses navigating employment and immigration law across the Middle East. Clients value her deep regional experience, cross-border insight and clear, commercially focused advice, particularly when managing complex workforce issues in fast-moving and highly regulated environments.”

Fantastic Lawyers® Editorial, 2026

Thenji Moyo, Partner and Head of Employment – Middle East

Thenji Moyo is a Partner and Head of the Employment practice at Gateley Middle East, based in Dubai. She is a UK-qualified employment solicitor with more than twelve years’ experience advising clients on complex employment and immigration matters across the Middle East.

What Thenji Does

Thenji advises on both contentious and non-contentious employment law matters for multinational, regional and local businesses across all industry sectors. Her work includes recruitment and termination issues, employment disputes, workplace investigations, corporate reorganisations, mergers and acquisitions, and the drafting and implementation of employment contracts, policies and procedures.

She has particular expertise in cross-jurisdictional employment issues, including global mobility, secondments, temporary assignments and cross-border engagements. She regularly works with local litigation counsel to bring employment claims before the Dubai Courts via the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation and is also a registered legal practitioner with the DIFC Courts.

International and Regulatory Experience

Thenji has extensive experience advising multinational organisations on immigration and employment law aspects of global workforce movement. She has supported clients on large-scale mobility projects, including the relocation and secondment of employees from Europe to the Middle East.

Her clients include blue-chip companies and in-house HR and legal teams seeking practical, commercially focused advice in fast-moving and regulated environments.

Recognition and Professional Standing

Thenji is ranked by Chambers and Partners and has been based in the UAE for over a decade. She is a visiting employment law lecturer at Middlesex University Dubai and is actively involved in pro bono work, including the DIFC Pro Bono Clinic and the DMCC Free Zone Mediation Centre Clinic.

She is also an appointed board member of the DIFC Employee Workplace Savings Scheme Supervisory Board.

Awards

Thenji was part of the team shortlisted for Employment Team of the Year at The Middle East Legal Awards 2025, recognising the strength and impact of her employment practice.

Why Clients Trust Her

Clients value Thenji’s deep regional knowledge, clear advice and ability to manage complex cross-border employment issues with confidence and precision. Her approach combines technical expertise with an understanding of commercial realities in the Middle East.

Contact Thenji Moyo

Tel: +971 55 909 4754
Office: Dubai