SERVICES
LITIGATION
In today’s legal and regulatory environment, litigation can threaten a company’s existence. Ghalib law office have extensive experience and are widely recognized for our ability to handle our clients’ most critical litigation issues. The Law office can rapidly assemble a focused, integrated and efficient team to address all important aspects of a client’s problem and to handle numerous cases in multiple jurisdictions and forums.
We represent clients in all stages of litigation. Indeed, the office is recognized as having a leading trial practice. Our trial lawyers often inherit cases from other firms when trial is imminent, and we offer the capabilities to quickly pull together crisis teams to confront challenges wherever our clients face them. Moreover, our founder is no stranger to appellate state and federal courts throughout the country.The office also handle litigation matters related to commercial, structing, employment, intellectual property, bankruptcy, real estate, advertising and media and others.
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We regularly lead complex internal investigations, based on company initiative and in response to whistleblower claims and shareholder demands, and guide companies through sensitive government investigations. Known as trial-ready attorneys, we also defend our clients in parallel or related regulatory or civil proceedings that can arise from investigations. Boards of directors and their executives turn to us for advice on corporate governance, corporate transaction risks, potential areas of exposure and preventive measures to help deter regulatory intervention and lawsuits
EMPLOYMENT
Given the depth and breadth of our civil litigation and regulatory experience, Ghalib Law office unique advantages to clients in employment-related litigation and investigations matters.
We are particularly adept at managing the serious reputational risks that frequently accompany employment-related allegations, and understand how to handle matters in crisis situations, where employers may be exposed to damaging public scrutiny. We also offer preventative and creative counsel to companies, boards and management, including training and the review of employment policies and compensation arrangements. Our primary goal is to enable senior management and boards to take informed, proactive and effective action, thereby reducing future liability.
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We advise local clients on both individual and collective employment law issues and assist them with their social security and HR privacy issues. We also offer training (both online and in-person) on all aspects of Iraq. We are experienced litigators and assist and defend our clients in all matters concerning employment-related litigation. We served in different ares such as telecoms, pharmaceutical and biotech sectors, but we also serve clients from the airlines, retail, and consultancy services industries.
COMMERICAL - Corporate
Our business law practice has been described as excellent. We have facts, statistics and accolades to prove it. But there is more to our strength than pie charts, percentages and pats on the back. Our success is the result of a close working relationship with our clients to find creative and innovative solutions to their business needs and issues.
We offer a full-service corporate and M&A practice counseling clients on all aspects of transactional matters, business formation, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder rights, distribution systems, obligations and exit strategies, corporate governance, executive compensation, financing, litigation, etc.
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We regularly assist clients with the establishment of new branches and subsidiaries for international businesses expanding into Iraq and provide further assistance after incorporation throughout their corporate life. This includes day-to-day corporate advice, company secretarial, restructuring and refinancing, commercial contracts, labor and employment law, privacy, products and services compliance, litigation, etc. In doing so, we assist and closely work with the client’s legal department or, where necessary, perform all the work that a legal department would do.
We are familiar with the tax considerations relevant to c-corporations, s-corporations, partnerships, real estate investment trusts (REITs), trust and sovereign entities. Our tax team also provides advice on private investment funds, distressed situations/bankruptcies, corporate transactions and international transactions.
We regularly handle tax issues arising in transactions across the energy value chain, oil field services, power generation and transmission. Our understanding of the energy industry, including its unique tax issues and practices, makes us the go-to firm for the clients.
BANKING
We frequently provides legal advice and assistance to banks in structuring the sale and delivery of retail products and services to their customers, and in preparing the contractual documents necessary to effect the transactions. In this respect, we are knowledgeable of the privacy, licensing and consumer protection laws and regulations governing these services and products. We assist financial institutions in the development of their treasury management products and services, including positive pay agreements, remote deposit capture agreements and ACH agreements. We also have drafted and advised banking clients on information sharing and joint marketing agreements with other financial institutions and on networking agreements with securities broker-dealers.
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Banking and financial disputes frequently involve investigations by the Iraq regulatory and law enforcement authorities. Our banking litigation lawyer have extensive experience in assisting financial institutions navigate the complex issues arising from parallel investigations by the authorities and legal proceedings by investors.
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Banking and Finance Services
Acquisition Finance
Anti-Money Laundering
Banking Litigation
Banking Regulation
Consumer Finance
Financing for Borrowers
Project Finance
Trade Finance
CONSTRUCTIONS
Construction is a dynamic process fraught with complex relationships, sophisticated contracts, financing, design, engineering, procurement, and supply. It’s a world of unavoidable risk, and no matter how civil the beginning, exposure to such risk all but ensures the need for compromise and the potential for dispute. To effectively avoid claims and resolve disputes, construction lawyers must be skilled negotiators, draftsmen, communicators, administrators and advocates.
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We work with many of our clients at an early stage, preventing problems on site escalating into formal proceedings. We provide practical advice, fight hard when necessary and maintain pressure on the opponents, whilst always looking to achieve the earliest possible resolution, often through proactive use of mediation and other forms of ADR.
DATA & TECHNOLOGY
The rapid advancement in technology impacts traditional business models and growth strategies and brings both operational opportunities and legal risks. Our integrated, cross-disciplinary office of technology transaction and outsourcing, mergers and acquisition, capital markets, data privacy and cyber security, intellectual property, digital media, advertising and marketing, regulatory compliance, and litigation lawyers provide strategic technology law advice and data management strategies to help you navigate both the now and the next.
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Our legal acumen and deep industry knowledge of the multi-faceted technology sector coupled with our experience as deal-makers and trusted advisors enables you to see the bigger picture and swiftly react.
TRANSPORT & SHIPPING
Ghalib law office has considerable experience advising road hauliers, freight forwarders, logistics providers, ports and stevedores, charterers, ship and cargo owners in relation to national and international transport by road, sea or air.
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We also keep a close eye on future challenges, particularly as technological advances increasingly disrupt established business models and advising industry suppliers focused on new technology and services.
We offer legal advice for maritime such as:
Cargo claims
Collisions
Arrest
All carriage contracts
Logistics solutions for all means of transport in general
Purchase, sale and financing of ships
Shipbuilding and other shipyard matters
Marine insurance and reinsurance
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
To make sure your company’s intellectual property is protected in the Iraq and abroad, you need a law firm that has extensive experience in all areas of intellectual property law and a full range of capabilities to handle any issue that may arise. From patent, trademark, and copyright assets to trade secret, data privacy, and domain name issues, our lawyers are versed in all nuances of intellectual property law today.
Ghalib law office practice is recognized as a leader in providing exceptional client value and client service. In today’s market, you need a full-service intellectual property firm that can effectively bring every resource to bear for you anywhere in the world.
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We are trial lawyers who draw on deep technical knowledge, industry insight, and experience litigating across venues to protect our clients’ intellectual property, preserve value, and win precedent-setting victories in every type of dispute. We can also address any combination of IP and related antitrust, contract, and unfair business practices claims.
We regularly take over high-stakes cross-border IP cases from other firms on the eve of trial and secure trial victories for clients who previously faced long odds. And we bring an innovative and winning approach to fast-moving proceedings, drawing on our experience securing patent victories at trial and through appeals. Our appearance on the docket signals to opposing counsel that our client intends to win the fight.
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INVESTMENT
Ghalib Office have a unique experience in this area as they mainly advise foreign investors in Iraq. A deep knowledge of the legal framework of each country and a vast experience in representing foreign investors´ interests before the governments and local Authorities, are part of our track record. We advise on Investment contracts, local tax planning, acquisitions, corporate and finance structures and International Joint Ventures
OIL & GAS
Whether disputes, operations, regulations, or corporate or finance transactions, we are experienced, knowledgeable, and creative problem solvers who get results. And just like the highly developed skills necessary to drill the right holes in the right places, Ghalib law strategically engineers legal solutions so you can do what you do best care for your business.
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We regularly advise clients regarding interstate oil pipeline access, rate, and tariff issues. As your trusted advisers, we’ll help facilitate an early dispute resolution or persuade the court to a favorable verdict. We strategically partner with our clients throughout the entire litigation process as counselors and advocates from pre-litigation risk assessment all the way through appellate proceedings.
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We also represent commercial banks, investment banks, trading houses, private equity funds and other investors in the oil and gas space.
We have one of the experienced dedicated energy teams in the world with extensive experience in oil and gas projects; a finance lawyer that is a market leader in oil and gas finance; a tax team with deep experience across the energy value chain; a capital markets lawyer that works extensively with issuers and underwriters in energy company offerings; a large litigation lawyer with a broad range of experience resolving complex disputes; an antitrust team immersed in the competitive issued faced by our oil and gas clients; and an intellectual property group experienced in defending the IP rights of energy companies across the globe.
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
We always invest time in our clients, endeavouring to understand the special requirements and interests of their businesses, including the issues of their specific sector, when we provide advice on the purchase and sale of companies. Our M&A office have extensive experience in negotiating and drafting documents regarding mergers and acquisitions. Based on our qualifications, knowledge and experience, we offer effective and ‘outside-the-box’ advice enabling us to assist with mergers and acquisitions of any kind.
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Ghalib law office have many years of experience in all aspects of mergers and acquisitions. To assist our clients in the best possible way, we select a team of specialists to ensure that the necessary expertise and experience are available to handle your mergers and acquisitions.
Our mergers and acquisitions office represents buyers, sellers, public and private operating companies, private equity firms and other financial sponsors, boards of directors, special committees, and management buyout groups in transactions in the United States and internationally. Our M&A lawyer deliver solutions throughout the transaction life cycle, from strategic evaluation and due diligence through closing and integration.