Hadeel A. Hasan

• Building good relationships at all levels
• Diplomacy
• A savvy negotiator with expertise mediating disputes as well as providing winning solutions that accommodate all parties involved
• Excellent business acumen with the ability to provide oversight and manage complex projects
• Extreme attention to detail, legal documents, and correspondence are drafted to perfection with all aspects of the situation, and possible outcomes are taken into consideration
• Fine-tuned interpersonal skills, which enable her to promote business development, staff motivation, and a positive working environment
• IT Skills: Impressive skills dealing with standard operational programs and operators such as the Microsoft Suite, accounting S/W’s, and other programs due to work
• Languages: Arabic /native speaker (Reading, writing, and speaking), English /fluency (Reading, writing, and speaking).

Founder and Managing Partner, Al HADEEL Al HASAN Law Firm LLC (HHL) – 2016 – Current

Five years later, expansion needs arose due to successful representations, tremendous performance. The legal office has transformed into an LLC with four offices located in Bagdad, Basra Erbil, and Amman. Hadeel has successfully managed to provide her clients with a local network of representation lawyers covering every province in Iraq.

Founder and Managing Director, Hadeel Abdulameer Hasan Law Office – 2011 – 2016

With extensive hard work in the first year, Hadeel has managed to be the local lawyer for large well-known international law firms and companies within Iraq; managed to achieve many titles and created one of the most successful law offices quickly.

Manager, Al Tamimi Law Firm/ Baghdad Branch 2008 – 2011

• Re-opened Al- Tamimi Baghdad
• Appointed as Al-Tamimi/Iraq Office manager in less than a month after joining the firm
• Providing legal consultancies and services to the largest and the most well-known international companies in Iraq
• She gained extensive experience concerning local and international laws covering taxes, customs, employment, insurance, contracts,
• Representing clients with Iraqi Ministries and Institutions
• Drafting and reviewing contracts totalling several billion USD, bidding, establishing a legal presence in Iraq,
• litigating on behalf of clients and all other legal services
• Fostered business relationships with key decision-makers at Iraqi ministries and governmental bodies

Manager, Meyer-Reumann for legal consultancies

• Managing Meyer-Reumann Law Firm/ Iraq – Vice President, Al-Mazd Group
• Associate Lawyer, Auss Younis law office
• Trainee, Dr Abdulameer Al- Junaih Law Office
• Administrative Manager, Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission

Ms. Hadeel Hasan

Ms. Hadeel Hasan holds a degree in Statics from Al-Mustansiriya University and received a law degree from Baghdad University; and a Postgraduate diploma in Law from Coventry University in London, she is also an Accredited Mediator – London School of Mediation – CIArb.  Her practice has included being a legal advisor for many multinational, large, and well-known companies on many issues.  She is very familiar with international rules related to contracting, business principles, and practices. Through her long experience, she has gained an extensive background in civil and corporate law and ranked as one of the top Iraqi leading attorneys, with superb success records of favorable verdicts and settlements in legal consultancy and both civil and commercial litigations in Iraq.

Oil & Gas: deep familiarity with the Iraqi legal system concerning oil & gas operations, contracting, licensing, permits, registration requirements, international practices of subcontracting, dispute settlement locally and internationally, in addition to the experience of the current oil and gas sector environment and challenges.

• Reviewing a Petroleum Distribution Agreement (major IOC – Iraq) to ensure compliance with Iraqi legislation.
• Researching and analyzing Iraqi legislation for the provision of legal advice to IOCs concerning oil and gas law, company law, environment law, insurance law, labour law, and procurement law.
• Working on several contractual documents about super-giant fields in Iraq (Producing Field Technical Service Contracts, Crude Oil Transfer Agreement, the establishment of a Field Operating Division, transfer of operatorship matters, etc.).
• Advising concerning the major terms of the Iraqi Producing Field Technical Service Contracts (PFTSC) and the Development and Production Service Contracts (PDSC).
• Advising an IOC operating in Iraq on the implications and actions to be undertaken regarding a possible oil spill, including notifications to be made and remedial measures and timelines.
• Advising a major IOC operating in Iraq in respect of applicable environmental legislation relevant to the Hammar Marshlands

Construction: advising on issues related to construction fields investment projects.

Telecommunication: corporate matters and issues related to tendering with the Iraqi government and advisory on Iraq’s regulatory procedures.

Insurance: advising on several aspects of the Iraqi Insurance Law and its application in practice, including required licensing by the Insurance Diwan and rights of the Iraqi National Insurance Company.

Banking: undertaking litigation on various matters against including bank guarantees and all forms needed for banks’ setup.

Expert Witness: Ms. Hadeel acted as the Expert Witness and made an in-person attendance in the DIAC arbitration Case No. 183/2016 seated in the Hague. The Law of the Contract is English Law. Still, she advised from a procedural Iraqi Law perspective concerning the effect of those procedures on the Contract implementation and identifying the cause of dispute between the litigants.

As a conclusion to the attendance of Ms. Hadeel, an award was issued by the tribunal adopting the testimony of Ms. Hadeel against the other testimony presented by another Iraqi attorney.