18/01/2021
As the economy suffers, even profitable UAE companies leave employees in the lurch | Migrant-Rights.org
SECL’s Linkedin page still refers to being part of the Sobha Group. Some
excerpts from their pro le:
Sobha Group, UAE: Sobha Group started its operations in the UAE in 1991.
interior and trading business was set up in 1992 and Sobha Engineering an
Contracting LLC (SECL) was established in 2003.
SECL has been licensed for the construction of ‘Unlimited’ height projects
Dubai and is accredited with ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 & OHSAS
18001:2007. SECL has completed over 100 projects including residential an
commercial high rise buildings, industrial projects and an extensive range o
villas for reputed clients. This includes Government and Semi-Government
authorities, the Meydan Group, as well as projects for real estate developer
including Al Fattan Group, Emaar, Meydan, Meydan Sobha, Manipal Group,
Gold Vision, Qatar Steel Company, Fatima International, Prescott Investme
and Parmanand Jethanand Group, Wasl Properties. Sobha also had comple
and handed over three projects in Business Bay and one in Jumeirah Village
South for the Groups in-house real estate projects.
Sobha group and SECL: What’s in a name?
SECL was established in 2003 as part of the Sobha Group, owned and managed by Indian-origin Omani billionaire PNC
Menon. (See sidebar for the company's Linkedin pro le accessed on 4 June 2020).
When MR contacted the o ces of PNC Menon, the reply from his o ce stated:
“Please be informed that Mr PNC Menon is not involved in the management of Sobha Engineering & Contracting
LLC (“SECL”) and does not exert any management control over that company. Kindly note that aside from the
common name “Sobha”, SECL is a distinct legal entity which is managed and operated independently of Sobha
LLC, [since 2017] and is not part of the SOBHA Group. [The management of SECL has been directed to remove the
name “Sobha” from its company name to avoid causing confusion in the minds of the general public]. We would
request you to kindly contact Mr. Ajay Rajendran for further clari cation in this regard.
Hence, we would advise you to exercise caution and also request that any reference to Mr. PNC Menon, Sobha LLC
or SOBHA Group is excluded from any publication/report that you may intend to make.”
Ajay Rajendran, chairman of SECL, reiterated this claim in a call with MR.
"Some clients would rather receive assets a er this crisis. All this has made it more di cult. This is primarily
a business issue, everything that is possible to be done, we are doing."
Yet, the two companies seem to be still linked. Details of one of the projects awarded in July 2017 are as follows:
https://www.migrant-rights.org/2020/06/as-the-economy-suffers-even-profitable-uae-companies-leave-employees-in-the-lurch/
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