Airut Law Offices
Airut Law Offices is a Lebanese law firm headquartered in Beirut with a presence in several Middle Eastern countries. In Iraq the firm is based in Baghdad.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm is active in financial and corporate work in Iraq with frequent engagements in projects and banking mandates.
Key clients
Key clients for the firm include Bader Nasser Al Kharafi (BNK Holding), IFA Group (Sheikh Talal El-Bahr), HRH Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz, BRH Group (Sheikh Bahaa Rafik Hariri), The Lebanese American University, The Lebanese American University Medical Center – Rizk Hospital, Philip Morris International, IBL Bank and Novartis.
Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
Financial services
“Professional team, extensive market knowledge.”
Al Tamimi & Company
Founded in 1989 Al Tamimi & Co has grown into one of the leading law firms in the Middle East and North Africa with locations across the region. In Iraq the firm has offices in Erbil, Baghdad and Basra.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm is among the leaders in the financial and corporate sphere with lawyers advising on some of the significant projects in the country. Its clients, many of whom have interests outside of the region, rely on the firm’s international expertise.
Key clients
Key clients include Sinosure, China Export Import Bank, CH2m Hill, Silicon Valley Bank SVB, Standard Chartered Bank, Fresenius Medical Care Middle East, Oren Hydrocarbons Middle East, Invest Bank and JP Morgan Chase Bank.
Confluent Law Group
Confluent Law Group is a law firm based in and focused on Iraq.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm is one of the top legal advisers in the financial and corporate space in the country.
Significant transactions in the recent past have included advising on the government and private sector financing and infrastructure development in the power and oil and gas sectors, corporate restructuring and financial regulation, and business set-up in the Kurdistan region in southern Iraq.
Key clients
The firm works with international oil companies operating in Iraq, as well as with international banks that have provided finance to the Iraqi government. It has also served as main local counsel on various financings placed by the Iraqi government.
Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
Project development
“Advice is concise and spot-on. Timely. Considers market factors which they are aware of. Sensible and useful legal advice in a jurisdiction where it is difficult to do business.”
“Confluent have outstanding local knowledge, a deep bench and present work very professionally.”
