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Tawfiq Tabbaa

Managing Partner
Managing Partner - Middle East

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Languages: Arabic, English

Tawfiq is the Managing Partner for the Middle East offices. He is the founder of the Iraq office and co-founder of the Jordan office.

Tawfiq’s experience focuses on corporate and commercial law as well as regulatory reform and litigation. Tawfiq has advised on a wide range of corporate transactions, including corporate structures and joint ventures investments including assisting clients with selecting the most suitable corporate entities for their operations, as well as advising on issues relating to foreign investment, investment promotion, intellectual property, labour law, contract law, competition law, and microfinance regulation.

Tawfiq set up the office in Baghdad and Erbil and he has advised on a steady stream of instructions for international clients in the field of oil and gas, transportation, supply management, real estate, telecommunications, media, agency, banking and contracting in Iraq.

In the area of litigation, Tawfiq has managed and supervised the litigation team in Baghdad on various high value and complex litigations on behalf of foreign clients, often litigating against the Government of Iraq or publicly owned companies.

  • ranked as a Leading Individual in the Iraq Leading Firms 2022 Legal Rankings, in the Legal 500
  • ranked in the Corporate/Commercial (Foreign Expertise) for Jordan Legal Rankings in Chambers & Partners 2022
  • ranked as an Eminent Practitioner (the most prestigious ranking in Chambers & Partners) in the Corporate/Commercial – Jordan legal rankings in Chambers & Partners 2022
  • ranked as an Expertise Based Abroad for the Iraq General Business Law Legal Rankings in Chambers & Partners 2022
  • Top Ranked Chambers Global 2019, 2021

Some of our clients has described Tawfiq as:

Tawfiq has many years of local, on-the-ground experience of working in Iraq." "He's very efficient and responsive." – Chambers & Partners 2021

  • member of the Jordan Bar Association
  • LL.M. (Hons) Law, Fordham University School of Law, USA
  • LL.B. (Hons) Law, University of London, UK

 

Tawfiq Tabbaa

Managing Partner

Managing Partner - Middle East

Tawfiq Tabbaa

Managing Partner

Managing Partner - Middle East

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