IRAQ Law and Practice Contributed by: Ahmed Al-Janabi and Sarmad Akrawi, MENA Associates in association with AMERELLER
MENA Associates in association with AMERELLER is a leading international law firm largely located in the Middle East. It has more than 60 lawyers working in fully integrated of - fices in Basra, Baghdad, Berlin, Cairo, Dubai, Erbil, Munich, Ras Al Khaimah and Tripoli. The offices are legally separate entities, as required by applicable laws, but managed and operated as a single law firm. Its Baghdad office was es - tablished in 2003 and is a full-service office, ad - vising local and international corporate clients, government authorities and NGOs in all areas of commercial and corporate law, including
general corporate governance issues, director duties and obligations, and corporate house - keeping. The offices in Baghdad and Erbil are each staffed with teams of seven locally admit - ted lawyers. The firm has advised major inter - national companies and organisations on their entry strategy to Iraq, and continues to provide legal and strategic advice on major investments including infrastructure projects, project financ - ing, direct investments, real estate, M&A, gen - eral commercial transactions and day-to-day legal matters. Sarmad Akrawi is the managing partner in the Erbil office of AMERELLER. He has long- standing experience advising international investors in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Mainland Iraq. He is an expert in corporate and land law and regularly interfaces with the public authorities. He is also an experienced litigator and regularly acts in important litigation and arbitration cases in Kurdistan. He is admitted to the Kurdistan Bar.
Authors
Ahmed Al-Janabi is the managing partner in the
Baghdad office of AMERELLER and head of the Iraq practice. He has been consistently recognised for his expertise in oil and gas. Over the past 15 years, he has advised numerous international clients on high- profile matters in Iraq. He advises primarily on corporate and commercial law, labour law, dispute resolution, M&A and project finance. Ahmed joined the firm in 2007 and became a partner in 2012. He was admitted to the Iraqi Bar in 2007. He is also a member of the Iraqi Jurists Association and the Iraqi Translators Association.
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