List of lawyers and Translators in Iraq

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1 List of lawyers and Translators in Iraq Prepared by British Embassy Baghdad and British Consulate-General Erbil The following list of lawyers has been prepared by the British Embassy Baghdad and the British Consulate-General Erbil for the convenience of British Nationals who may require legal advice and assistance in Iraq. It is provided on the understanding that we the British Embassy do not assume or undertake any legal responsibility, to you, or those affected, if you choose to take it into account when instructing a local lawyer. Further and alternatively, we cannot accept any liability to any person or company for any financial loss or damage arising from the use of this information or from any failure to give information. Our aim is to provide our customers with as much relevant information to enable them to make better informed decisions but our lists are not recommendations and should not be treated as such. 1

2 List of lawyers in Iraq Updated: September 2015 This list is in alphabetical order (following Honorary Legal Advisor s details). Ammar Naji (British Embassy Honorary Legal Advisor) Mobile: +964 (0) [email protected] they have experience of representing British nationals staff speak Arabic and English they cover whole country Ahmed Mohmed Mobile: +964 (0) [email protected] specialisations are in Civil, Business and Family law they have experience of representing British nationals staff speak Arabic and English they cover whole country 2

3 Akhtar Raja or they have experience of representing British nationals staff speak English and Arabic they cover whole country Blund Farirdoon Arif Mobile: +964 (0) specialisations are in Civil, Land Registry, Estate Property Claims, Commercial and Criminal Courts they have experience of representing British nationals staff speak Arabic and English they cover whole country DSLM Legal Services / Sermid D. Al-Sarraf Attorney: Sermid D. Al-Sarraf, Esq, JD (licensed in US and Iraq) (with affiliates in Basra and Kurdistan) Arasat, Baghdad, Iraq and mid-wilshire, Los Angeles, California Telephone: +964 (0) / +964 (0) [email protected] Website: 3

4 specialisations are in civil, corporate, property, litigation and tax they have experience of representing British nationals staff speak Arabic and English they cover whole country and are affiliated to Basra and Kurdistan they have international offices in USA Eversheds (Iraq Wide) John Kembers Tel: specialisations are in Corporate, Commercial and Employment law, Foreign Investment and Dispute Management/dispute Avoidance they have experience of representing British nationals staff speak Arabic and English they cover whole country Khawla Rasheed AL-Abyadh Telephone:+964 (0) / +964 (0) [email protected] or [email protected] specialisations are in Commercial Law; Civil Law (real estate property, commercial transactions, contracts, taxes, companies, family law, and inheritance) they have experience of representing British nationals staff speak English and Arabic they cover whole country 4

5 Raaed Ahmed Hassen Al-Nuaimay Tel: +964 (0) , +964 (0) Mobile: +964 (0) specialisations are in Criminal and Civil law they have experience of representing British nationals staff speak Arabic and English they cover whole country Sahar Aldory Mobile: +964 (0) specialisations are in Civil Law and Business Law they have experience of representing British nationals staff speak Arabic and English they cover whole country 5

6 Salim Abdullah Mobile: +964 (0) specialisations are in Civil and Criminal Law they have experience of representing British nationals staff speak English and Arabic they cover whole country Tahseen Hassan Mobile: +964 (0) , +964 (0) specialisations are in Criminal and Business Law they have experience of representing British nationals staff speak Arabic and English they cover whole country Thomas W. Donavan Mobile: +964 (0) , (US): , (UAE): VOIP Telephone (Iraq): VOIP Fax (Iraq): Website: 6

7 they have English speaking staff specialisations are in Iraqi Law Alliance PLLC, Corporate, Civil, Criminal and Tax Issues they have experience of representing British nationals they cover whole country have international offices in UAE Walid Al-Shabibi specialisations are in Civil Law, Family Law and Business Law they have experience of representing British nationals staff speak Arabic and English they cover whole country Zainab Al Qurnawi /Qurnawi Legal Consultancy and Advocates Mobile: +964 (0) , +964 (0) (Dubai): +971 (0) [email protected] Skype: zainab.alqirnawi, Website: specialisations are: Energy & infrastructure projects, Commercial law, litigation/arbitration, shipping, agencies, joint ventures, corporate, employment and regulatory. they are affiliated to QC law firm, Registered with the Iraqi Bar Association they have experience of representing British nationals staff speak Arabic and English they cover whole country 7

8 Zyad Abid Allateef Saaed Al Quraishey / Iraq law firm Mobile: +964 (0) , +964 (0) [email protected], Website: they are an independent law firm specialisations are in civil, criminal, family and commercial cases, registration of companies, legal advice and legal training they have experience of representing British nationals staff speak Arabic and English they cover whole country they have cooperation agreements with various law offices in Lebanon, Jordan, Dubai, United States and France List of Lawyers in Kurdistan Region Dler Law Office Erbil, Mobile: Office: , and website [email protected] 8

9 they have English speaking staff Specialisations are in Attorney at Law and Founding Partner and Director. they have experience of representing British nationals they can t provide legal aid staff speak English, Kurdish and Arabic they cover Kurdistan Region Rejna Alaaldin Erbi, Iraq: +964 (0) UK: +44 (0) and website [email protected] they have English speaking staff they have experience of representing British nationals they can t provide legal aid staff speak English, Kurdish and Arabic they cover Kurdistan Region Legal Adviser. Karzan Tariq Jambaz Erbil, Office: , Mob: and website [email protected] 9

10 they have English speaking staff Specialisations at Law and Founding Partner and Director. they have experience of representing British nationals they can t provide legal aid staff speak English, Kurdish and Arabic they cover Kurdistan Region David A. Lockhart Insert address, Iraq +964(0) Washington, DC and website [email protected] skype: lockhartda, twitter: davidalockhart they have English speaking staff Iraq and Kurdistan Region energy, commercial/corporate and projects/contracts lawyer they have experience of representing British nationals they can t provide legal aid staff speak English they cover Kurdistan Region Have international offices in UK. Kadhim Lami Erbil, Tel: , Mobile: , Mobile: , and website kadhim.lami2@googl .com [email protected] they have English speaking staff Specialisations at Law and Founding Partner and Director. they have experience of representing British nationals they can t provide legal aid staff speak English, Kurdish and Arabic 10

11 they cover Kurdistan Region Farhang Taha Rasool Erbil, Mob: , and website they have English speaking staff Specialisations at Law and Founding Partner and Director. they have experience of representing British nationals they can t provide legal aid staff speak English, Kurdish and Arabic they cover Kurdistan Region Saman Burhan Sadik Erbil, Office: , Mob: , and website saman @yahoo.com, [email protected] they have English speaking staff Specialisations at Law. they have experience of representing British nationals they can t provide legal aid staff speak English, Kurdish and Arabic they cover Kurdistan Region 11

12 Bangeen Nuri Yaba Erbil, Office: , Mob: , they have English speaking staff Specialisations are in Attorney at Law. they have experience of representing British nationals staff speak English, Kurdish and Arabic they cover Kurdistan Region Abdul-Latif Aziz Salman Erbil, Mob: , , Office based in Baghdad (Do not speak English but good for dual nationals) they don t have English speaking staff Specialisations are in Attorney at Law. they have experience of representing British nationals they can t provide legal aid staff speak Arabic they cover Kurdistan Region and Baghdad, they don t have international offices in other countries. 12

13 List of Translators AL -Hikma Bureau for Certified Legal Translation Palestine St., close to the back door of Al-Mustansryah University, Baghdad - Iraq Tel: [email protected] they are an independent bureau. Specialised in leagal translation and interpreting. staff speak Arabic and English they have cooperation agreements with several Iraqi and international universities Nadir Bureau for Certified Legal Translation Masbah Road, Hay Al Karrada Sec 903/St 34 Building 25,Baghdad Iraq. Tel: [email protected] Contact: Wathiq A Hindo they are an independent bureau Specialise in legal translation and interpreting staff speak Arabic and English they have cooperation agreements with several foreign Embassies in Iraq and with some Iraqi and international universities 13

14 List of Translators in Kurdistan Akademia Office Erbil, / , [email protected] specialisations are in Translating and interpreting. they do not have experience of representing British nationals staff speak {English and Kurdish} they cover Erbil Vforms Erbil, / , [email protected] specialisations are in Translating, interpreting, filling Passport and Visa Application forms they have experience of representing British nationals staff speak {English, Kurdish and Arabic} they cover the whole Kurdistan Region. 14

15 Taj Office: {Erbil, T: , specialisations are in Translating and interpreting. they do not have experience of representing British nationals staff speak {English and Kurdish} they cover Erbil Naseem Translation Bureau {Erbil, T: specialisations are in Translating and interpreting. they do not have experience of representing British nationals staff speak {English and Kurdish} they cover Erbil 15

16 Saya Translation Bureau: UNCLASSIFIED {Erbil, T: / , [email protected] specialisations are in Translating and interpreting. they do not have experience of representing British nationals staff speak {English and Kurdish} they cover Erbil Feedback Form for Customers If you do decide to use any of the lawyers on this list, we would like to hear from you. While there is no obligation on your part to provide feedback on the services you receive, any feedback you can give us is helpful. Once completed, please return the form to the British Embassy by post to British Embassy, International Zone, Baghdad, Iraq or by to [email protected] An electronic version of the form is available at Thank you for your help. 1. Name of firm: Name of lawyer: 2. Date of contact: Are any of the details on our list regarding this provider wrong? (e.g. address, telephone number, etc.) 3. What service did you need? 4. Why did you need this service? 16

17 Please circle the appropriate boxes below: (a) If the service provided English speaking services, how would you rate the standard of English? Excellent Good Average Poor Very Poor (b) How would you rate the professionalism of the staff? Excellent Good Average Poor Very Poor (c) How would you rate the overall service received? Excellent Good Average Poor Very Poor (d) How would you rate the value for money? Excellent Good Average Poor Very Poor 5. Do you have any other comments? We would like to share this information with other customers but if you would prefer it not to be seen by others please tick the box Feedback provider s name: Tel. No.: Date: 17