Dr. Mohammed Saleh Al‑Muhanna is recognised as a leading foreign-investment lawyer in Iraq, with a career spanning institutional leadership, litigation, and transactional advisory for local and international investors. He is the founding partner and managing director of Al‑Qadha Al‑Waqif, a Baghdad‑based firm serving corporate and public‑sector clients across civil, administrative, and commercial matters. His profile blends academic credentials with extensive practice, establishing him as a principal adviser on investment licensing, investor protection, and cross‑border capital projects in Iraq. This combination underpins his reputation as a trusted adviser to investors navigating foreign-investment in Iraq.
Dr. Al‑Muhanna holds a Ph.D. in Private Law (civil law), a master’s degree from the Institute of El‑Alamein, and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Babylon. He brings more than two decades of practical legal experience to his practice. His CV and firm profile record leadership in professional legal organisations and the management of legal consultancies focused on advocacy and human‑rights promotion. These academic and organisational qualifications underpin his regulatory interpretation and litigation strategy in foreign-investment contexts.
Al‑Muhanna’s practice concentrates on foreign‑investment law, corporate formation, regulatory compliance, project contracting, and commercial litigation. He advises on investment licences, joint‑venture agreements, local partner structures, public‑private partnerships, and contractual risk allocation for projects in energy, infrastructure, real estate, and banking. In contentious matters, he represents clients at first instance, appellate, and cassation levels, combining courtroom experience with transactional acumen to manage regulatory disputes and enforcement risks. This integrated approach strengthens client resilience in complex regulatory environments.
Dr. Al‑Muhanna is an active legal author and commentator on investment and environmental liability. His publications include a study on civil liability for environmental pollution and a comparative monograph on the transfer of ownership and associated risks. He also contributes articles on investor protection under Iraq’s Investment Law and related regulatory topics. These writings reflect a dual focus on substantive private‑law doctrine and practical safeguards for investors in Iraq.
Throughout his career, Dr. Al‑Muhanna has been active in bar governance and professional development initiatives. His leadership spans legal associations and the founding of legal consultancies and advocacy centres dedicated to human‑rights promotion and professional training. He has contributed to national efforts to improve access to legal education and services, demonstrating a practice that extends beyond private advisory work to institutional reform. Public records reflect his election to bar office and related judicial review processes.
Clients value Al‑Muhanna for blending litigation‑grade advocacy with transactional foresight. His practice emphasizes proactive regulatory analysis, bespoke structuring to satisfy Iraqi ownership and licensing constraints, and the drafting of dispute‑ready contracts aligned with local enforcement realities. The firm’s integrated approach delivering litigation, corporate, banking, and administrative law services under one roof enables investors to coordinate regulatory approvals, corporate registration, and dispute resolution seamlessly. This holistic service model supports foreign-investment strategies across Iraq.
Foreign investment in Iraq is governed primarily by Investment Law No. 13 of 2006 (as amended), which established the National Investment Commission and a one‑stop mechanism for licensing while offering guarantees and incentives to attract foreign capital. Practically, investors and advisers must navigate amendments, governorate variances, sectoral restrictions, and evolving procedures. These complexities underscore the importance of specialised local counsel in securing timely approvals, tax planning under exemptions, and mitigating regulatory and sovereign‑risk exposures. Al‑Muhanna provides guidance to align project timelines with regulatory expectations.
Dr. Al‑Muhanna regularly advises clients across energy and infrastructure projects, banking and finance, real estate, and telecommunications, including environmental liability matters from industrial activity. His work spans advising on investment licences and joint ventures to negotiating EPC contracts and representing investors in administrative and commercial disputes. The practice’s cross‑disciplinary capacity supports both large capital projects and smaller greenfield investments. This breadth reflects his ability to coordinate across regulatory, financial and technical dimensions.
Foreign investment in Iraq requires counsel who can align international expectations with local statutory realities. A specialist foreign‑investment lawyer like Dr. Al‑Muhanna helps clients secure investment licences, structure compliant local entities, navigate NIC one‑stop procedures, and manage interactions with ministries and governorate commissions. He also drafts dispute‑management clauses that perform under Iraqi procedural law and protects investor rights through statutory guarantees and contractual remedies. Clients benefit from a proactive, risk‑aware approach.
Dr. Mohammed Saleh Al‑Muhanna combines academic depth, thought leadership, and hands‑on litigation and advisory experience to serve as a strategic foreign‑investment lawyer in Iraq. His practice at Al‑Qadha Al‑Waqif is designed to support international investors through licensing, contract negotiations, and dispute resolution, addressing the regulatory and administrative challenges of the Iraqi market. For businesses seeking in‑country counsel on investment projects, his profile reflects a blend of local knowledge, institutional engagement, and practical legal solutions. This profile underscores his capability to deliver integrated, locally anchored foreign‑investment solutions in Iraq.
Dr. Mohammed Saleh Al-Muhanna is the founding partner and managing director of Al-Qadha Al-Waqif in Baghdad, recognised as a leading foreign-investment lawyer in Iraq who advises and represents local and international investors. He holds a Ph.D. in Private Law, a master’s degree from the Institute of El-Alamein and an LL.B. from the University of Babylon, with more than two decades of practical legal experience and leadership roles in bar governance and advocacy organisations.
His practice concentrates on foreign-investment advisory, corporate formation, regulatory compliance, project contracting, public-private partnerships, investor protection and commercial litigation at first instance, appellate and cassation levels.
The firm provides integrated services including investment licence procurement, corporate registration and structuring, drafting and negotiating contracts (JV, EPC, PPP), regulatory advising, tax planning under available exemptions and litigation/administrative representation.
Specialist local counsel aligns international expectations with Iraqi statutory realities, secures NIC one-stop licences, structures compliant local entities, manages interactions with ministries and governorates, drafts dispute-ready contracts and mitigates regulatory and sovereign risks.
Investors must navigate Investment Law No. 13 of 2006 (and amendments), governorate-level variances, sectoral restrictions and evolving procedures, which makes specialised local advice essential for timely approvals, tax treatment and risk mitigation.
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