Al Hadeel Al Hasan Law Firm

Managing Partner

Founder and Managing Partner | Al Hadeel Al Hasan Law Firm LLC (HHL) | 2016 – Present Transformed the practice into an LLC with four offices across Iraq (Baghdad, Basra, Erbil) and Jordan (Amman). Leads a team of 40+ attorneys providing comprehensive legal services to Fortune 500 companies, international oil companies (IOCs), embassies, international non-governmental organisations (INGOs), and financial institutions.

Founder and Managing Director | Hadeel Abdulameer Hasan Law Office | 2011 – 2016

Established the practice as the go-to local counsel for major international law firms and multinational corporations entering the Iraqi market.

Manager, Baghdad Branch | Al Tamimi Law Firm | 2008 – 2011 Re-opened and managed the Baghdad office of the largest law firm in the Middle East. Appointed office manager within one month. Drafted and reviewed contracts totalling several billion USD. Built relationships with key decision-makers at Iraqi ministries and government bodies.

Managing Partner | Meyer-Reumann Law Firm, Iraq Branch | 2005 – 2008

Vice President | Al-Mazd Group | 2004 – 2005

Associate Lawyer | Auss M. Younis Law Office | 2003 – 2004

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Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Iraqi Bar Association Iraqi Jurists Union International Bar Association IBBC Executive Committee Member (former) Former Chair, US-Iraq Dialogue Committee for the Development of the Private Sector Steering Committee, Private Sector Development Centre (World Bank) Steering Committee, Ministry of Industry and Minerals - Iraq Industrial Strategy International Business Council of Iraq

Postgraduate Diploma in International Arbitration - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) / University of Oxford High Diploma in Law - Coventry University, London BSc. in Law Studies - University of Baghdad BSc. in Statistics Studies - Al-Mustansiriya University Accredited Mediator - London School of Mediation / CIArb

Ms. Hasan is recognised as the first and only Iraqi national to achieve Fellow status (FCIArb) with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She was named Woman of the Year 2019 for the MENA Region by EY (Ernst & Young) and received the Rasmi Al Jabri Award of Excellence in London in 2024. She is individually ranked by Chambers and Partners as a Band 3 lawyer for Iraq (2019–2024). She is a National Expert Author for Lexology, contributing the Iraq chapters on Arbitration (2024), Gas Regulation (2021–2023), and Construction (2022–2024). She served as Expert Author for the World Bank’s Doing Business in Iraq report (to 2022) and contributed to Islamic Finance News (2023). She has served as expert witness before the Lausanne Tribunal, the Paris Tribunal, DIAC (The Hague, Case No. 183/2016), and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC, Case No. ARB/135/19). She has spoken at the ICC Italia Arbitration Forum (2025), the Iraqi Industry Advisory Board First Conference (2023), Iraq Open to the World (2023), and the Iraq Energy Forum (2022).