IRAQ
• Our lawyers specialize in representing local and foreign clients conducting business in Iraq assisting clients with the myriad of legal issues that may arise from conducting business in Iraq.
• Acting as preferred external counsel for a major US based group of companies for Lebanon, Qatar, Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Our duties involve advising on transactions, drafting of contracts, conducting litigation and advising on issues of commercial and corporate law, labour and employment law, contract law, FCPA related issues, Agencies and Distribution Agreements, financial and banking law in all of these jurisdictions.
• Advising a Swiss contractor in connection with a FIDIC Silver Book for a turnkey project in Iraq, involving issues of liabilities, contract law and international taxation.
• Advising a US oil company in connection with a FIDIC contract in Iraq, involving issues of liabilities, contract law and international arbitration.
• Advised German confectionery company on changes to Law No 21 of 1997 (the “Companies Law”), including dealing with penalties for failure to comply with the provisions of the Companies Law.