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 	<li>Advising <strong>HSBC</strong> and <strong>Morgan Stanley</strong> as lead arrangers on the first IPO of Asiacell, a major telecommunications company in the post-Saddam era, including leading the due diligence transaction, and advising on the structuring and implementation of the deal.</li>
 	<li>Advising a <strong>major oil and gas company</strong> on permits required for execution of West Qurna Phase II Project, including construction of a gas turbine power plant as well as the drilling, completion and testing of exploratory, appraisal and development water supply and other wells.</li>
 	<li>Comprehensive legal due diligence on both banks, in relation to the first merger of two <strong>public listed banks in Iraq</strong>, as well as advising on the structuring and implementation of the merger.</li>
 	<li>Handling the registration of a number of high profile companies in Iraq including, <strong>inter alia, Halliburton, MB Petroleum, Willbros</strong> and <strong>Tenaris.</strong></li>
 	<li>Reviewing franchise and distribution agreements for a <strong>well-known US restaurant chain</strong>, a well-known mobile telephone producer, a German technical and optical equipment firm and a Japanese electrical devices firm.</li>
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