About Us

Melak is an independent financial services firm that provides investment banking and merchant banking solutions to Iraqi companies and foreign firms with strategic interests in Iraq.

Melak is managed by a small core team of professionals with Strategy Consulting, Investment Banking, Asset Management and Operations backgrounds.

The Company's principals are Iraqi nationals and have vested interest in rebuilding the country in the long term.

Melak has four offices currently, in Baghdad, Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, and Istanbul and will be serving the whole of Iraq from these locations initially.

Rabee Securities

Our sister company, Rabee Securities, is a premier brokerage house
on the Iraq Stock Exchange.

Our Services

The Company plays a bridging role providing disciplined guidance, sound advice, and access to foreign capital for Iraqi firms, while at the same time creating a platform through which foreign investors can capitalize on opportunities in the country.

For Iraqi firms

Offer disciplined strategic and financial advice to local firms and entrepreneurs to assist them in assessing opportunities as they look to streamline, expand, or diversify their businesses and capitalize on value creation opportunities.

We assist in a range of assignments including:

  • business valuations
  • identification of merger and acquisition targets
  • identification of potential regional and international partners
  • sourcing equity capital or debt finance
  • transaction and investment structuring and advice
  • listing and support on the Stock Exchange (with support from our sister company Rabee Securities)
  • general corporate advise

 

For strategic and financial investors

Offer insight and local knowledge to ensure a tangible route to successfully access and capitalize on credible opportunities in the Iraq market.

We assist in a range of assignments including:

  • identification of potential Iraqi partners
  • identification of local merger and acquisition targets
  • structuring of JVs and investment vehicles facilitating market entry (legal, regulatory, tax, and local financing)
  • support in establishment of local presence
  • support in navigating through local legal and regulatory matters
  • general ongoing corporate advise

Contact info

Baghdad
903/14/19
Karada
Baghdad, Iraq
Tel: +964 727 002 0407

Erbil
Italian Village Offices
Office no: 32
Erbil, Iraq
Tel: +964 770 6507 007

Sulaymaniyah
Rand Gallery
Office no: 9 - Floor:3
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Tel: +964 (0) 770 651 9944
Tel: +964 (0) 53 330 1808

Istanbul
Halaskargazi Cad. No.103/7A
Osmanbey
Istanbul, Turkey
Tel: +90 212 219 2524

 

For more information please contact us.