A structured multidisciplinary network of legal practitioners, technical specialists, and academics — assembled to support legal due diligence, institutional risk assessment, and investment strategy across transitional markets.
Founder & Principal Advisor — Architect of MTRIS™
Specialist in investment law, energy governance, and transitional regulatory risk. Mostapha leads all advisory mandates and is the designer of the MTRIS™ framework — a proprietary system for evaluating investment resilience in environments where institutional continuity cannot be assumed.
His academic and practitioner background spans over a decade of research into the legal architecture of transitional, sanctions-sensitive, and institutionally volatile markets, with peer-reviewed publications and active engagement with international legal and policy communities.
Copper Industry · Technical & Commercial Expert
Over a decade of professional experience in Iran's copper industry as Commercial Manager and Project Manager. Advisor to the Director General of Industry, Mine and Trade of Southern Kerman Province. Provides technical advisory for legal mandates in Iran's critical minerals sector.
Contract Law · Commercial Law · Property & Regulatory Compliance
Attorney at Law and elite member of the Esfahan Bar Association. More than a decade of practice in Esfahan — a major industrial and commercial centre — providing in-field legal advisory for foreign investors seeking to establish ventures in the city.
Contract Law · Commercial Law · Property & Regulatory Compliance
Attorney at Law and elite member of the Kerman Bar Association. More than a decade of legal practice in Kerman — a major industrial centre for mining and manufacturing — providing reliable in-field advisory for investors establishing ventures in Kerman city and province.
Foreign Investment · International Trade & Customs · Digital Law
Ph.D. in Public International Law, University of Tehran. Specialist researcher in digital law and foreign investment. Chairwoman of the Board of Hakim Parsi Sarzamin Salamat, active in pharmaceutical herbs and medical products — providing cross-sector regulatory insight.
Contract Law · Corporate Law · Property Law & Entrepreneurship Legal Affairs
Attorney at Law based in Qazvin, Iran. Experienced practitioner specialising in commercial contracts, corporate structuring, property law, and the legal dimensions of entrepreneurship and business formation. Provides in-field legal advisory for investors and businesses navigating the contractual and regulatory landscape of one of Iran's strategically positioned commercial centres.
Constitutional Law · Administrative & Municipal Law · Public Law
Ph.D. in Public Law, University of Tehran. Extensive experience in governmental organisations including the Administrative Court of Justice. Hands-on background in real property, urban planning, and the economics of public policy. Elite member of the Tehran Bar Association.
Oil & Gas Contract Management · Drilling & EPC Contracts · Contract Negotiation
Ph.D. candidate in Oil and Gas Law, University of Tehran. Head of Contracts at Dana Energy, with nine years of specialist experience across drilling, EPC, EPD, and upstream contract negotiation (IPC) at Drilling Company International (DCI) and Jondi Shapour Petrochemical Co. Deep practical command of land rig and jack-up rig contracts, procurement, tender management, and insurance structuring across the Iranian oil and gas sector — providing rigorous contractual expertise for energy investment mandates in transitional and sanctions-sensitive environments.
Petroleum Law · Tendering & Bidding Processes & Sanctions Expert
Ph.D. candidate in Oil and Gas Law, University of Tehran. Manager of the legal and contractual department at Mapna Oil and Gas, E&P Company, one of Iran's leading oil and gas upstream companies. Specialist in upstream petroleum contracts, tendering and bidding processes, and regulatory compliance in the oil and gas sector. Contributes extensive practical and strategic expertise concerning energy investment mandates in transitional and sanctions-sensitive environments.
Corporate Law · Commercial Contracts · Securities · Transportation & Maritime Law
Elite member of the Tehran Bar Association with over a decade of high-level legal counsel to commercial companies, securities brokerage firms, and transportation enterprises across Iran. Deep expertise in corporate structuring, regulatory compliance, and complex business operations for foreign investors in transitional markets.
Customs · Trade Law & Shipping · Litigation · Property & Criminal Law
Elite Attorney at Law based in Bandar Abbas — Iran's key port city and strategic hub for international trade, customs, and shipping. Provides essential local advisory on navigating Iran's trade and investment landscape from the country's most active commercial maritime gateway.
Business Law · Startups & Labour Law
Mona Mahmoudi advises start-ups and private‑sector businesses on Commercial Law. She has several years of exprience in advising and managing legal aspects of Labor Law and the relationship between businesses and the employees.
ESG LAW · HUMAN RIGHTS & SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT
Member of the Tehran Bar Association. Advises on the intersection of ESG compliance, business and human rights, and responsible investment. Focused on helping investors navigate evolving sustainability expectations, human rights due diligence, and non-financial risk across cross-border transactions. Contributes to strategic legal advisory on projects where ESG performance increasingly shapes investment decisions, regulatory compliance, and long-term commercial resilience.
Infrastructure & Transportation Planning · Technical Expert
Transportation & Highway Engineering expert (M.Sc., Amirkabir University of Technology). Chairman of the Board, Arman Sharyan Alborz Consulting Engineers. Led technical advisory on numerous transportation and infrastructure projects across Iran — providing engineering analysis, feasibility assessments, and technical risk evaluation for infrastructure investment.
Public Policy & Geopolitics & SMEs Advisor
Highly experienced investment advisor, Associate Professor of Public Policy at Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Doctorate in Public Policy from the University of Tehran. Entrepreneurship lecturer and advisor to Small & Medium Industries. Contributes strategic expertise in our geopolitical and public policy analysis.
Petroleum Law · Renewable Energy · Infrastructure & Construction Law
Ph.D. candidate in Oil and Gas Law, University of Tehran. Lecturer at the University of Kurdistan. Legal expert at Kayson INC, a leading EPC contractor in Iran. Attorney at Law and member of the Tehran Bar Association — providing deep sector expertise in energy project law and petroleum governance.
Competition Law · Licensing & Regulatory Compliance · FinTech & Tech Law
Elite member of the Tehran Bar Association. Currently Legal Counsel to Snapp Group, one of the largest start-up ecosystems in the Middle East. Former Head of the Competition Law & Property Rights Department at Iran's National Competition Center. Sector expertise in automotive and telecommunications.
Petroleum Law & Oil & Gas EPC Contracting & Upstream Operations & Legal Affairs
Ph.D. in Oil and Gas Law, University of Tehran. Member of the Central Bar Association of Iran. Concurrently serves as Chairman of the Board at Payandan Co., a leading contractor in pipeline construction in Iran, and Tadbir Drilling Development Company. Former head of Legal and Contractual Affairs at Persia Oil and Gas Industry Development Company, with direct practical exprience negotiating Iran Petroleum Contracts (IPC) across multiple oilfields in Iran.
Public Law · Mining Law · Institutional Governance · Afghanistan Expert
Attorney at Law in Kabul. Former advisor to Afghanistan's Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and Cultural Advisor at the Consulate General in Mashhad. Provides legal and structural risk assessments for foreign investors in critical minerals, working across government institutions, international organisations, and civil society.
Intellectual Property Law · Commercial Law · Contract Law
Elite Attorney at Law based in Kerman, Iran. More than a decade of legal experience in Kerman Province — a key hub for mineral mining, copper industry, and automotive manufacturing. Provides valuable in-field advisory for investors focused on this strategically significant region.
Intellectual Property Law · FinTech Law · Technology Law · AI Law
Member of the Fars Bar Association. Studied Intellectual Property Law at the University of Tehran. Specialist in the emerging intersection of technology and law, with focused expertise in FinTech Regulation, Technology Law, and the developing legal frameworks governing artificial intelligence. Contributes forward-looking advisory to mandates involving digital business models, technology investment, and IP protection in transitional and innovation-adjacent environments.
The expert network operates on a project and needs-oriented basis. Team composition varies by legal sector, investment profile, regulatory environment, and the institutional complexity of each engagement — ensuring relevant expertise is engaged rather than retained unnecessarily.
This model ensures access to specialised knowledge while maintaining the flexibility, confidentiality, and tailored strategic support that complex mandates in transitional markets require. All network engagements are coordinated directly by the Principal Advisor.
No. Members of the expert network are independent practitioners and specialists — attorneys, engineers, and academics with their own separate practices — who are engaged on a project basis when a specific mandate calls for their expertise. They are not employees of the firm.
All advisory mandates are led by, and remain the responsibility of, Mostapha Maddahinasab, Ph.D., Founder and Principal Advisor. Expert network members contribute specialist input to specific matters at his direction; overall responsibility for the engagement rests with the firm.
Team composition is determined on a case-by-case basis according to the legal sector, jurisdiction, and technical complexity of the mandate. Relevant specialists are engaged only where their expertise is needed for that specific matter, coordinated directly by the Principal Advisor.
The firm welcomes collaboration with legal practitioners, academics, policy experts, economists, regional specialists, and technical consultants whose expertise complements its advisory and research work. Inquiries can be submitted through the contact page.
We welcome collaboration with legal practitioners, academics, policy experts, economists, regional specialists, and technical consultants whose expertise complements our advisory and research work in transitional markets.