About Linden & Dune

Linden & Dune is an HR and relocation firm with offices in Berlin and Dubai. We recruit internationally, organise residence and work permits, and help employees and their families settle in Germany and the UAE.

Our name joins the two places we work. The linden trees line the avenues of German cities, Unter den Linden in Berlin among them. The dunes begin where Dubai ends. Most moves we handle run in one direction or the other, and some run in both.

We are a practical firm. We tell employers what a permit route will take before they make an offer, and we tell employees what to bring to each appointment. Where a question needs a lawyer or a tax adviser, we say so and bring one in.

Morning light through a patterned screen in Dubai

How we work

Check the route first
We confirm the permit route before the offer is signed. It saves candidates from false hope and employers from lost months.
Plan for the family
A move includes partners and children. School places, partner work rights and housing get the same attention as the employee's contract.
Say what we know
Rules change. We cite official sources, say when a point is uncertain and pass legal or tax questions to qualified advisers.
One contact per case
Each employee has a named contact who knows their file. Nobody has to explain their situation twice.
Berlin rooftops at golden hour

Moving should be the easy part of a new job

People move countries for work because the job is worth it. The paperwork, the flat search and the school applications are the price of that decision, and they too often fall on the employee alone. We think employers who recruit internationally owe their hires a properly organised arrival.

Germany and the UAE are both opening their doors to skilled workers, through reforms such as the Skilled Immigration Act in Germany and long-term residence options such as the UAE Golden Visa. We want to be the firm that makes those routes work in practice, for the company and for the person who has just landed with two suitcases.

Offices

Berlin

Germany

European headquarters: talent acquisition, German immigration and onboarding for arrivals in Germany.

Our Berlin team works in the city where many of the people we place will live, among the linden-lined streets the firm is named after. They know the Bürgeramt queues, the rental market and which international schools have waiting lists.

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Gulf office: UAE work permits and residence visas, relocation into the Emirates and support for moves towards Germany.

Our Dubai team sits close to the free zones and business districts where many international employers are based. They handle Emirates ID appointments, Ejari registrations and school applications regulated by the KHDA.

Talk to us

Tell us about the role you need to fill or the move you are planning, and we will reply within two working days. Write to contact@lindendune.com.

contact@lindendune.com