List of lawyers and Translators in Iraq Prepared by British Embassy Baghdad and British Consulate-General Erbil www.gov.uk 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
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)79 0139 3698 Email: ammar.naji75@gmail.com they have experience of representing British nationals staff speak Arabic and English they cover whole country Ahmed Mohmed Mobile: +964 (0) 77 0961 3517 Email: ahmed_mo1972@yahoo.com 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
Akhtar Raja Email: AkhtarRaja@quistlaw.com or akhtar.r.raja@googlemail.com they have experience of representing British nationals staff speak English and Arabic they cover whole country Blund Farirdoon Arif Mobile: +964 (0)77 0229 6006 Email: bland34@hotmail.com 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)77 0897 7400 / +964 (0)79 0614 6750 Email: legal@dslm-law.com Website: www.dslm-law.com 3
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: +44 0845 497 9797 Email: john.kembers@eversheds.com http://www.eversheds.com/global/en/where/middle-east/iraq/index.page, 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)79 0144 2989 / +964 (0)79 0194 5009 E-mail: alabyath@yahoo.com or alabyath@hotmail.co.uk 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
Raaed Ahmed Hassen Al-Nuaimay Tel: +964 (0)1 521 6349, +964 (0)1 882 4872 Mobile: +964 (0)79 0138 2491 Email: raaed_ahmed@yahoo.com 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)77 0390 5780 Email: saharaldory@yahoo.com 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
Salim Abdullah Mobile: +964 (0) 77 0427 3656 Email: salimabdullah42@yahoo.com 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)79 0177 5265, +964 (0)77 0984 3314 Email: tahsin_20042000@yahoo.com 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)77 1191 8725, (US):+1 253 988 8873, (UAE): 0971 554 741 521 VOIP Telephone (Iraq): 253 238 9013 VOIP Fax (Iraq): 253 238 6128 Email: info@iqilaw.com Website: www.iqilaw.com 6
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 Email: shabibi_lawyer@yahoo.com 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)77 1 640 1096, +964 (0)78 0927 9099 (Dubai): +971 (0)50 923 4341 Email: zainab@qc-law.com Skype: zainab.alqirnawi, Website: www.qc-law.com 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
Zyad Abid Allateef Saaed Al Quraishey / Iraq law firm Mobile: +964 (0)78 0912 4084, +964 (0)77 0172 1062 Email: zyad@iraqilawfirm.com, Website: www.iraqilawfirm.com 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: 00964 750 454 1212 00964 750 198 8685 Office: 00964 66 451 2308, email and website Email:dler@dlerlawoffice.com www.dlerlawoffice.com 8
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) 7700474705 UK: +44 (0) 7908718984 email and website Email: rejna.alaaldin@kurdistanlegalservices.com www.kurdistanlegalservices.com 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: +964 66 222 9639, Mob: +964 750 446 6822 email and website Email: jambaz3@yahoo.com 9
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)771.072 8958 Washington, DC +1 202.734 9794 email and website Email: david@lockhartda.com 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: 00 964 7710545318, Mobile: 00 964 7507614567, Mobile: 00 964 7507211165, email and website Email: kadhim.lami2@googlemail.com k.lami@talktalk.net 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
they cover Kurdistan Region Farhang Taha Rasool Erbil, Mob: +964 750 451 3544, email and website Email: farhang_taha@yahoo.com 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: +964 66 252 8698, Mob: +964 750 448 6050, email and website Email: saman2528698@yahoo.com, saman_burhon@hotmail.com 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
Bangeen Nuri Yaba Erbil, Office: +964 66 223 4849, Mob: +964 750 456 4657, Email: bangeen@nuriyabalaw.com 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: 009647705384601, 009647901525971, 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
List of Translators AL -Hikma Bureau for Certified Legal Translation Palestine St., close to the back door of Al-Mustansryah University, Baghdad - Iraq Tel: 39735010970 e-mail: alhikma.institute2011@gmail.com 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: 07709880952 e-mail: naderbureau@gmail.com 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
List of Translators in Kurdistan Akademia Office Erbil, 07504627402 / 07503446030, email akadenidt@gmail.com 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, 07501986882 / 07501986883, email vforms@hotmail.com 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
Taj Office: {Erbil, T: 07504536205, email sirwan6565@gmail.com 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: 07504566028 specialisations are in Translating and interpreting. they do not have experience of representing British nationals staff speak {English and Kurdish} they cover Erbil 15
Saya Translation Bureau: UNCLASSIFIED {Erbil, T: 07507596052 / 07702164014, email hamid.samin@yahoo.com 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 email to Baghdad.consularenquiries@fco.gov.uk An electronic version of the form is available at www.gov.uk/world/iraq. 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
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