ALSAIF Law Firm

About the Firm

ALSAIF Law Firm holds the distinction of being the oldest operational law firm in the country, supporting its clients since 1979 with all of their legal needs. Operating from its headquarters in Baghdad, the firm provides comprehensive legal services across Iraq, including Northern Iraq (Erbil, Duhok and Sulaymaniyah), Southern Iraq (Basra), and central Iraq (Najaf and Karbala) while also maintaining a strong global presence via our strong partnerships network in Germany, Belgium and the UAE.

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Work

ALSAIF Law Firm offers comprehensive legal services and has the expertise to help you address and deal with the diverse and complex legal issues associated with registering companies, arranging employment contracts, and supervising your business in Iraq. Our legal team creates solutions that are tailored to your specific needs and will help you achieve your objectives. Our mission is to solve your most difficult business problems and enable your success. To achieve such goals, we structure, draft, negotiate, and review all necessary business documentation and assist you in resolving related disputes, whether through negotiation skills, mediation, conciliation and adjudication, arbitration, or litigation.

We are specialists in:

• • Foreign Branches Registration.
  • Local Companies Formation.
  • Obtaining Oil Field Security Clearance (OFP) .
  • Obtaining Foreign Workers Visa’s (annual multi entry Iraqi visa).
  • Arrangement and Settlement of Worker’s Social Security Subscriptions.
  • Arrangement and Settlement of Direct Deduction Tax and Corporation Income Tax.
  • Obtaining of a Communication and Media Commission (CMC) License.
  • Assistance in Drafting Audit Reports as per Iraqi Tax Law.
  • Obtaining Import and Export Licenses.
  • Debt Collection and Insurance Collection.
  • Dispute Resolution with both Iraqi Government Institutions and Private Entities Inside Iraq via Litigation or Alternative Dispute Resolution.
  • Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in front of Iraqi Courts as per the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards [1959].