About
Provided by RIAA Barker Gillette
Investing in local expertise, the firm has gained a deep understanding of Afghanistan’s business culture and maintains a close relationship with local business and development and government agencies. The firm has a strong team of dedicated, qualified and experienced lawyers who provide a broad spectrum of services to domestic and international clients in both the private and public sectors.
The firm has developed a niche in the areas of banking and finance, construction, corporate registration, corporate restructuring, customs, employment and labour law matters, infrastructure projects, intellectual property, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, mining, non-profit and social sector development, oil and gas projects, pharmaceuticals, power projects, privatisations, project finance, regulatory affairs, taxation and telecommunications.
With a talented and qualified team of legal professionals, an office in the busiest commercial district of the city and access to RIAA Barker Gillette Alliance’s global resources, the firm has become an important part of the Afghan reconstruction efforts.
Chambers Review
International law firm RIAA Barker Gillette maintains its Afghanistan legal practice, including leveraging considerable expertise from its team of lawyers in Pakistan. The team advises local and international banks on complex regulatory issues, while it also offers services relating to tax, telecommunications and labour law. The practice often works in conjunction with international law firms to advise clients.
Strengths
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"RIAA Barker Gillette are very engaging, forward-looking and will tell us how things are. They are very cooperative and always available."
"RIAA Barker Gillette are very engaging, forward-looking and will tell us how things are. They are very cooperative and always available."
Notable Practitioners
Zahid Safi is well recognised for his handling of local law matters, including in relation to banking, labour, telecommunications and tax.
"His execution of work is very good."
Mazhar Bangash is based in Pakistan and has longstanding expertise in Afghanistan's legal market. He has particular expertise in trade law, while also advising on a wide array of financing, employment, telecommunications and tax matters.
"Mazhar is well aware of ground realities in Afghanistan and knows a lot of people there."
Ranked Lawyers at
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Afghanistan
Clients
Provided by RIAA Barker Gillette
AAL USA, Inc.
APRO International Inc.
Alaska Structures Inc.
Allen and Overy LLP
Baker and McKenzie LLP
CACI International Inc.
CNPC International Limited
Chartis Insurance Limited
Deloitte LLP
Economic Consulting Associates Ltd
Etisalat Afghanistan
Eversheds LLP
Ghazanfar Group LLC
Grant Thornton Afghanistan
Hogan Lovells International LLP
International Finance Corporation
M. Yousuf Adil Saleem and Audit Company
Médecins Sans Frontières
National Geographic Society
News Corporation (Asia) Limited
Nordic Camp Supply ApS
Oshkosh Corporation
PD Systems Inc.
Pearl Aircraft Corporation, Ltd.
Quick Services LLC
Rigid Security Group Inc.
Royal Bank of Scotland
Samsung EC Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd
Speedcast Limited
Standard Chartered Bank
System Studies & Simulation Inc.
TAPI Gas Pipeline Limited
TRACE International Inc.
The Tolliver Group, Inc.
Turkish Airlines Inc.
Valorous Inc.
Wiser Imagery Services LLC
World Bank
World Fuel Services Corporation
ZTE Afghanistan LTD. Co.
Industries
Provided by RIAA Barker Gillette
Banking
Construction
Energy
Infrastructure
Oil & Gas
Telecommunications