Thirty percent office capacity poses challenges for law firms

Thirty percent office capacity poses challenges for law firms

By Ben Garcia

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti professionals are interviewed by Kuwait Times to learn more about the nature of their jobs, and changes and challenges they have faced during the pandemic. The following are excerpts from Kuwait Times’ interview with Attorney Abdullah Al-Otaibi:

Kuwait Times: How is the law firm business in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Abdullah Al-Otaibi: While some law offices decided to close down due to slow business, other law offices continue to operate and are doing great. From March 12, 2020 till the end of August 2020, we were all closed. But we tried to carry on, since I have people working for me. I paid them salaries because I know they have families to feed.

We thought things will be okay when we reopened in September, but everything has been in disarray due to the recent curfews and lockdowns. Business is very slow and people are tired and broke. We needed to restart and pick up the pieces of what is left and continue. Our law office must continue to help others and those who are in need of our services, so we started receiving clients again. I would say business has increased, but the problem now is the