Services
What we can take off your desk
Legal, financial, tax and governance work for companies, banks, NGOs and government bodies in Afghanistan.
Service lines
Twelve services you can combine
Any of these can run on its own. In practice they usually run together.
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Legal Advisory & Representation
Legal opinions, regulatory analysis, dispute strategy and representation before the authorities, within the limits of our licence.
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Corporate & Commercial Law
Support across the life of a business, from setting up to transactions, partnerships and ongoing compliance.
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Contract Management
Drafting, review, negotiation and administration of commercial and institutional agreements.
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Banking & Financial Law
Legal and governance support for banks, microfinance institutions and other regulated financial providers.
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Financial & Tax Advisory
Financial management and tax compliance that holds up to a donor review or a tax inspection.
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Investment & Foreign Business Advisory
Guidance for domestic and foreign investors entering, structuring or expanding operations in Afghanistan.
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Procurement Advisory
Procurement systems, controls and records that hold up when someone audits them.
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Corporate Governance & Compliance
Frameworks that make clear who decides what, who answers for it and where the risk sits.
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Institutional Strengthening & Policy Development
Policies, procedures and accountability systems written so your own team can run them.
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Human Resources & Organisational Development
Recruitment, performance, discipline and staff development, set up to work in practice.
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Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
Systems for measuring results, reporting to donors and acting on what the data shows.
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Legal & Professional Training
Workshops and practical training for managers and professional teams, built around your sector.
Where we work
Sectors we know
Every sector has its own regulator and its own paperwork. These are the ones we have worked in.
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Banks & Financial Institutions
Credit and security documents, collateral, recovery, governance and regulatory compliance.
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NGOs, INGOs & Development Partners
Policies and manuals, safeguarding, finance and procurement systems, HR compliance and monitoring.
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Government & Public Institutions
Regulatory analysis, policy drafting, SOPs, administrative systems and capacity building.
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Private Sector & Investors
Company setup, licensing, commercial contracts, labour compliance, tax and due diligence.
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Healthcare & Education
Regulatory compliance, contracts, HR, governance and institutional systems.
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IT & Telecommunications
Commercial agreements, licensing, procurement, employment, data compliance and vendor terms.
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Construction & Infrastructure
Contracts, procurement, claims, risk allocation and project documentation.
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Trade, Manufacturing, Mining & Energy
Commercial structuring, contracts, licensing, procurement, investment and property.
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Individuals & Private Clients
Civil, commercial, property, family, inheritance and permitted criminal-defence matters.
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Professional & Institutional Training
Legal drafting, contracts, compliance, litigation documents and governance.
Work with us
Ways to engage us
Start with whichever fits. You can change later.
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Project work
Fixed scope, deliverables and timeline, with support through implementation.
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Retainer
We stay available for legal, compliance and governance questions, with periodic risk reviews.
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Single task
One contract, one legal opinion, one due diligence exercise or one set of court documents.
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Individual representation
Confidential advice and court representation through licensed defence attorneys.
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Training
Workshops on drafting, contracts, compliance, litigation skills, labour law and governance.
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Implementation support
Orientation, templates and coaching, so a new policy gets used rather than filed.
Questions
Questions we get asked
How can we engage the firm?
You can hire us for a fixed-scope project, keep us on retainer, send us a single task such as one contract review, instruct us to represent you in court, or book training for your staff. Implementation support can be added to any of these.
Do you represent clients in court?
Yes. Two of our lawyers hold defence attorney licences and handle the court work themselves, from first assessment through pleadings and evidence to appeal and enforcement. Some matters fall outside the licence, and we will tell you when that is the case.
Which languages can I use?
Dari, Pashto or English, in meetings, in writing and in the documents we prepare for you. We read and research in Arabic where a matter calls for it.
Do you act for foreign organisations and investors?
Yes, and a good share of our work is exactly that: setting up a business, licensing, due diligence, structuring an investment and drafting the contracts. International organisations, development partners and INGOs are regular clients.
How is confidentiality handled?
What you tell us stays with us from the first conversation, whether or not you go on to instruct us. We check for conflicts before taking anything on, and where one client is a company and another is the person running it, the files are kept apart.
What quality control applies to deliverables?
We agree at the start what you will get and to what standard. The work is done by someone with the right expertise and read by a second person here before it goes out, with legal references and calculations checked.
Do you use AI tools in your work?
For research and first drafts, sometimes. Nothing leaves this office until a qualified person has gone through it.
Not sure which one you need?
Describe the situation and we will tell you where it fits. No charge for that.