Senior partners,
named accountability
Eleven partners, eight sector verticals, one shared standard. The partner you meet runs your file from kick-off to close.
11 partners · 8 sector verticals · one standard
Partners
Dr. Reza Tehrani
Managing Partner & Founder
Strategy, FIPPA structuring, Capital markets
Former senior advisor at the Tehran Stock Exchange. 22 years across Iranian capital markets, M&A, and cross-border structuring. PhD Finance, Sharif University.
Sahar Kazemi
Partner — Energy & Petrochemicals
Upstream / downstream petrochemicals, LNG
Ex-NIOC project director. Led seven petrochemical joint-venture closings totaling USD 4.2B. MSc Chemical Engineering, Tehran Polytechnic.
Markus Lindqvist
Partner — International Investor Relations
EU & Nordic LPs, ECA financing
Former Nordea EM desk. Stationed in Tehran since 2017. Manages relationships with 40+ European institutional allocators investing into Iran via DIFC structures.
Amir Hosseini
Partner — Mining & Metals
Copper, iron ore, rare-earth processing
18 years at IMIDRO and major Iranian holding groups. Closed three large-cap mining transactions across Yazd and Kerman provinces.
Layla Mansour
Partner — Legal & Regulatory
Company registration, FIPPA, contracts
Dual-qualified (Iran & DIFC). Heads our retained legal practice covering corporate formation, free-zone licensing, and dispute resolution. LL.M, University of Geneva.
Daniel Park
Partner — Technology & Digital
ICT, fintech, e-commerce
Ex-Coupang head of corporate development. Advises Asian strategics entering Iran's digital sector. Helped scale three Iranian SaaS exits.
Niloofar Ardalan
Partner — Research & Insights
Sector reports, due diligence
Heads our 14-person research desk. Former Economist Intelligence Unit MENA lead. Author of three published books on Iran macro and capital flows.
Advisory Board
Prof. Hassan Rouhani-Far
Macroeconomic Advisory Board
University of Tehran, School of Economics
Catherine Whitman
Compliance & Sanctions Counsel
Whitman & Partners, London
Yusuke Tanaka
Asia-Pacific Capital Introducer
Former Mitsui senior counsellor
Dr. Fariba Ebtekar
ESG & Sustainability Advisory
Former UNDP Iran
Offices, coverage, and on-the-ground reach
Tehran
All partners, in-house legal, research desk.
Dubai (DIFC)
Investor relations, banking corridors, DIFC structuring.
Zurich
European institutional LPs & compliance counsel.
Singapore
Asia-Pacific family offices & sovereign funds.
A small, senior team — built for institutional accountability
We are deliberately compact: 47 professionals total, with 11 partners owning 100% of the firm. No analysts hand off your file to other analysts. The partner you meet runs your engagement.
Partner ownership
100% of the firm is owned by active partners. No outside shareholders, no parent group pushing in-house product.
Sector specialists
Each partner owns a sector vertical: energy, petrochemicals, mining, ICT, legal, manufacturing, research, and IR. No generalist hand-offs.
Senior-led delivery
Every engagement has a named lead partner and a named backup partner. Your file is never delegated below partner level for strategy decisions.
Frequently asked questions
How many partners will I work with?+
A primary partner (your sector specialist) and a backup partner. For complex multi-sector mandates we may add a third partner. You always know who to call.
What languages does the team cover?+
Across the team we work in Farsi, English, Arabic, German, French, Italian, Swedish, Korean, Russian, and Mandarin. Sworn translators available for additional languages.
Where are you physically based?+
Headquarters in Tehran, with permanent presence in Dubai (DIFC) and visiting offices in Zurich and Singapore for client meetings.
Can I meet the team before signing an engagement letter?+
Yes. Every prospective client gets a 60-minute call with the proposed lead partner at no cost and no commitment, before any paperwork.
How an engagement team is assembled and who does the work
Every mandate is staffed with a named engagement lead who stays with you from scoping to completion, an in-country specialist who deals with registries, regulators and counterparties in Persian, and external counsel or auditors retained for the specific technical questions your file raises. You always know which named person owns each deliverable.
Roles on a standard market-entry engagement
| Role | Responsibility | Client contact |
|---|---|---|
| Engagement lead | Scope, plan, quality, commercial recommendation | Weekly |
| In-country specialist | Registry filings, regulator liaison, site visits, interpretation | As required |
| Legal counsel (retained) | Corporate form, contracts, licence conditions | At milestones |
| Financial specialist | Modelling, quality-of-earnings review, tax structuring input | At milestones |
| Compliance reviewer | Sanctions screening, KYC and beneficial-ownership checks | Continuous |
Indicative planning benchmarks based on our engagement experience; actual timelines vary by sector and file.
What you receive regardless of mandate size
- A written engagement letter setting scope, deliverables, fees and exclusions before work begins
- A dated project plan with milestone owners
- Documents delivered in English, with certified Persian translations where a filing requires them
- Escalation to a second partner if you are not satisfied with the engagement lead
- A closing handover pack so your internal team can operate the entity without us
Frequently asked questions
Who will actually be working on my file?
A named engagement lead plus an in-country specialist, supported by retained counsel and financial specialists brought in for specific questions. The engagement letter names the lead before work starts.
Do you work in languages other than English?
Yes. Client-facing work is delivered in English, Spanish and French, and all in-country filings, regulator meetings and counterparty negotiations are handled in Persian by our in-country team.
Can you work alongside our existing lawyers or auditors?
Routinely. We often act as the in-country arm for an investor’s existing international counsel, handling registry work, regulator engagement and local diligence while your advisers retain the lead role.