Our People
Our People
Partners
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Ali Akbar Atai
Senior Partner
Bio
Education: BA English Literature, Tabriz University 1966; LLB Law, Tehran University 1970; LLM, Melli University
Professional Membership: Iranian Bar Association
Language: Farsi and English
Practice Area: loan contracts, financial guarantees, government project contracts, oil and gas law, corporate law, commercial litigation, labor law and administrative law, tenders and state procurement, international financial agreements
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Ardeshir Atai
Partner
Bio
Education: LLB Law, LGU 2001; LPC, The College of Law 2002; LLM Commercial and Maritime Law, University of Hertfordshire 2003; PhD in International Investment Law, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), London University 2011
Professional Membership: Arbitrators at ADR Center, AmCham
Publication: list of publication on arbitration and foreign investment
Language: Farsi and English
Practice Area: foreign investment, international business law, international arbitration, renewable energy, bilateral investment treaties (BITs), double taxation treaties (DTTs), group re-organization and offshore investments
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Kourosh Atai
Partner
Bio
Education: LLB Law, University of Hertfordshire 2007; LLM Corporate Finance Law, University of Westminster 2008
Language: Farsi and English
Practice Area: corporate finance, oil and gas, e-commerce, intellectual property (IP) and information technology (IT), company formation, commercial law, corporate governance
Associates
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Yousef Samii
Associate Member
Bio
Education: LLB Law, University of Shahid Beheshty University 2004; LLM Shahid Beheshty University 2008
Professional Membership: Tehran Bar Association
Language: Farsi and English
Practice Area: company law, contract law, trade and finance, intellectual property law
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Babak Ghafari
Associate Member
Bio
Education: LLB Law; IAU 2009
Professional Membership: Tehran Bar Association
Language: Farsi and English
Practice Area: Commercial litigation, contract law, corporate law, criminal law
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Mohammad Hossein Ghafari
Associate Member
Bio
Education: LLB Law; Tehran University
Professional Membership: Tehran Bar Association
Language: Farsi and English
Practice Area: litigation, dispute resolution, contracts law, labour law, taxation, commercial law
Consultants
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Mansour Shams Ahmadi
Tax Advisor
Bio
Education: BA Accounting, Tehran University; MBA Center for Management Studies
Professional Membership: The Association of Iranian Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Language: Farsi and English
Practice Area: taxation and accounting
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Reza Dehghani
Consultant
Bio
Education: BSC Solent University
Language: Farsi and English
Practice Area: commercial transactions, finance and banking, insurance and reinsurance, customs and excise, clean and renewable energies, project finance
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