Sarah Malik is an award-winning lawyer who founded SOL International Ltd, a boutique legal consultancy registered at the ADGM in 2018. Sarah achieved ‘Litigator of the Year’ (2022) at the first GCC Women in Law Awards and received an honourable mention as ‘Law Firm Leader of the Year’ category at the same awards.

Prior to founding SOL she practiced as a Barrister at a leading set of Commercial Chambers in London for fifteen years, was employed Counsel at a leading UK law firm for two years and headed the Advocacy and Investigations team of an international law firm in Dubai for three and a half years.

Sarah undertakes all aspects of employment work and has a busy employment law practice within the UAE and internationally dealing with contentious and non-contentious matters. She advocates at the DIFC and the ADGM Courts and regularly undertakes cross border employment matters. In addition, she runs high-level disputes and negotiates senior level severance packages.

Sarah was instructed as Counsel on the first race discrimination claim against a multi-national bank before the DIFC Courts in 2023.

She has carried out investigations and disciplinary meetings on behalf of Clients in the UAE and internationally with a track record of high-profile investigations including with premiership football clubs and leading commercial organisations. She has authored various articles on employment law for the LexisNexis Middle East Law and HR Alert. Within the DIFC, she is well recognised for her ability to settle lawyer disputes between lawyers and law firms.

Sarah co-devised a UAE and DIFC Employment Law module for the LLM at Middlesex University Dubai for both postgraduate students and industry. Sarah is regularly invited to speak at conferences within the UAE, GCC and internationally in respect of workplace issues, investigations, and liability for health and safety, which includes conferences for the ICC and at the annual IBA.

She regularly conducts training for students, legal professionals, corporates and government organisations on Unconscious Bias in the workplace, Gender and Equal Pay and various other aspects of employment.

In March 2025, Sarah co-authored an article entitled ‘Navigating the ADGM Employment Regulations 2024: What’s Changed?’.

In October 2023, Sarah spoke on ‘Prosecuting and Defending Complaints For Employer Violations of Workplace Health and Safety and Psychological Duties.’ at the IBA Conference in Paris.

In May 2022, she spoke at the Women in Law Forum, organised by the UK Ministry of Justice on ‘Bias, Behaviour and Belonging’.

In addition to employment law, Sarah has a busy litigation and dispute resolution practice and teaches at university level in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, and Milan. She is often used as external counsel and advocate by law firms and in-house clients and acts as personal advisor to Ultra High Net Worth private clients. She is known as a straight-talking, no-nonsense lawyer and her approach and commitment has resulted in a loyal client following.

Sarah also co-authors published Practice Notes for employment practitioners on the LexisNexis platform.