MENA Associates in association with Amereller Rechtsanwälteis a full-service firm with extensive experience advising global blue-chip companies, government agencies, and NGOs on regulatory compliance across Federal Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. The firm is regularly instructed by multinational corporations, oil and gas clients, and technology companies on complex transactions, distribution, commercial agency and franchise matters, share transfers, financing agreements, entity formations and dissolutions, employment issues, and taxation. It is also experienced in handling civil and criminal litigation and managing IP portfolios. The practice is led by Baghdad-based oil and gas specialist Ahmed Al-Janabi and seasoned litigator Sarmad Akrawi, with Cairo-based Dahlia Zamel serving as a key figure in banking, finance, and M&A.
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- 'Team strengths - local specialized expertise. Local insight to applicable law, excellent, responsive.'
- 'Dahlia Zamel is very responsive and knowledgeable about the issues faced by oil companies in the oil and gas industry in Iraq.'
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Practice head
Ahmed Al-Janabi; Sarmad Akrawi; Dahlia Zamel