- Advise businesses on various tax-related matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, and structuring transactions to optimize tax consequences.
- Working with nonprofit organizations ensure that these entities maintain their tax-exempt status and comply with applicable tax laws and reporting requirements.
- Assist clients identify and take advantage of tax credits, deductions, and incentives available under the tax code.
- Represent clients during tax audits, administrative appeals, and litigation in tax court, advocating for the clients’ interests
- Provide training and guidance to individuals and organizations to assist them understand and fulfill their tax obligations.
- Multiple complex transactions, including restructuring and distressed matters.
- Establishment of management companies and compensation arrangements, regulatory issues, including investment advisory, investment company, and distribution strategy.
- Advises and assists clients in administrative and judicial procedures
- Advise on acquisition finance transactions and hybrid debt and equity products such as pre-IPO financings and other forms of equity-backed financings
- Has experience advising on debt restructuring and has advised private equity funds and investments banks on distressed debt opportunities.
- Companies’ registration for local and international clients which is their capital is more than 100 Million IQD.
- Advise on investment management of firm on its equity investment into other company
- Share sale and transfer for companies starting from drafting contracts to the stage of submission with the Registrar of Companies, General Commission of Taxes and obtain tax clearance letter.
- Review contracts and provide legal advices such as agreements of Lease, Partnership.
- Drafting contracts for employees of energy sector including details about the safety procedures and insurance.
- Advice on oil, gas, energy and constructions contracts.
- Advise on withholding taxes for contractors and released from Taxation authorities.
- Advising on taxes matters such as release the dues, taxes calculations and others.
- We handle wide range of the employment issues including the disputes regarding the employment and the claims for the employment discrimination, illegal layoffs, violations of wages and hours, benefits, publish confidential information and trade’s secrets, Restrictive Covenants, Defamation and damages related to Employment.
- Represent Exchange Money companies as a legal advisor, handle their legal matters with the governmental directorates and Central Bank of Iraq.
- Acting in sale and purchase of Real Estate, drafting the relevant sale contract, negotiate with the governmental directorates regarding the imposed fines considered as breaching to the law.
- Provide legal advice regarding the contracts of FIDIC, Banks, Petroleum and Engineering.
- Advise CMS law firm on advertising online for one of the technology companies.
- Prepare enforceability and capacity opinions for on collateral agreements, FX forwards, and derivative transactions under Central Bank of Iraq regulations.
- Advise banks on mortgage enforcement and bank-guarantee structuring
- Advise on optimal legal and insurance solutions.
- Advise banks on statutory limitation periods affecting deposit claims and produced a comprehensive due-diligence report on client portfolios.
- Review and vet account-opening and employment contracts for banks Iraqi operations, ensuring alignment with local labor and commercial laws.
- Contract reviews and Islamic finance product structuring.
- Issue tailored legal opinions and compliance guidance.
- Provide bank with a due-diligence opinion on other bank’s ownership
- Advise on Anti–Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing compliance for several banks.
- Draft internal policies, risk assessments and KYC procedures.
- Assist with licensing and regulatory approval for digital banking and fintech partnerships, including mobile-wallet platforms, under Central Bank of Iraq guidelines.
- Structure and documented syndicated-loan and letter-of-credit transactions.
- Advise on corporate governance reforms for financial institutions, including drafting board charters, compliance-committee mandates and shareholder-meeting procedures.
- Represent clients in issues related to personal status court such as Guardianship argument.
- The real estate litigation includes wide range of the contractual contracts, starting from financing to the rent disputes.
- Represent the clients in the lawsuits which include explanation of the lease contract clauses, compensation requests and follow up the other financial requests, mortgage attachment, investment contracts, limited liability companies, guarantees and contracts’ breach.
- dedicated Client Service Team that provides regular case updates, including daily email updates on court proceedings
- specialized Clerk Team ensuring court procedures and compliances are handled efficiently and promptly
- Corporate Fraud and Embezzlement
- Corruption and Bribery – local & regional regulations
- Anti-Money Laundering
- Assets Tracing and Recover
- International Judicial Cooperation
- Extradition
- Anti-Terrorism Litigation
- Boycott Regulations
- Global Economic Sanctions
- Extradition
- Anti-Terrorism Litigation
- Boycott Regulations
- Global Economic Sanctions
- Investigations & Arrests
- Court Convictions
- Criminal Record Information
- Due Diligence
- Drafting, filing, and listing of applications in a time-bound manner to ensure efficiency
- dedicated Client Service Team that provides regular case updates, including daily email updates on court proceedings
- specialized Clerk Team ensuring court procedures and compliances are handled efficiently and promptly
- Corporate Fraud and Embezzlement
- Corruption and Bribery – local & regional regulations
- Anti-Money Laundering
- Assets Tracing and Recover
- International Judicial Cooperation