Meet the Team

Dadflamingo's legal department consists of a core team of ten lawyers, who are all alumni of top three law schools of Iran and have been practicing as attorneys-at-law in Iran for several years, representing domestic and foreign clients before local courts. Almost all of our lawyers have obtained graduate law degrees from leading European and American law schools. Our Legal and financial departments have on board dedicated teams of professionals who understand business imperatives and work hard to deliver top-class solutions and services to our clients. We are multilingual and we speak Farsi, English, French and Turkish.

Dr Yousef Ghasemi (Youssef Ghassemi)
Founding Partner & Chairman

Dr Yousef Ghasemi (Youssef Ghassemi) is a former litigation manager at several state organisations, and an adjunct professor at Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran. He is highly experienced in contentious matters between state-owned entities and private companies, and has been advising foreign and domestic public and private entities and globally ranked international law firms on a variety of matters including dispute management, tenders, energy, foreign investment, corporate, contract and local content for more than fifteen years. Dr Ghasemi has demonstrable knowledge and expertise in the field of innovation and IP law, and is the Founding Partner of Dadflamingo Legal & Financial, LawMingo (Smart Contract Platform), Emzano (an e-signature & CLM service) and Flamingo College. Dr Yousef Ghasemi has a PhD in Law (with high distinction) from Cerdi Paris (Sorbonne & Paris-Saclay Universities), and an LLM in the Law of Innovation and Communication from Paris-Saclay University, and an LLM in Private Law from Shahid Beheshti University of Iran. He is fluent in Farsi, French, English, and Turkish.

Sanaz Hosseini Kolahi
Legal Managing Partner

Ms Sanaz Hosseini Kolahi, the Legal Managing Partner of Dadflamingo, and recognized as a next generation partner by the Legal 500, is an attorney-at-law and advises domestic and foreign clients on corporate matters, disputes, structuring of investment transactions, commercial activities and contracts. Acting as litigator and legal advisor, she has worked at several reputable local companies, and internationally ranked local law firms including the International Law Office for some eight years before joining Dadflamingo. She has been practicing as the managing partner of the firm since 2019. Ms Hosseini holds a bachelor of laws from the University of Tehran and an LLM in International Business & Commercial law from the University of Manchester, UK. She is fluent in Farsi and English.

Kourosh Majdzadeh (PhD)
Of Counsel

Dr Kourosh Majdzadehis a seasoned attorney-at-law, and advises domestic and foreign clients on disputes, corporate, contract and commercial matters, with a specialty in maritime and transport law. He has previously practiced at a number of local law firms for some eight years including a tier-1 law firm ranked by both Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners in Tehran. Dr Majdzadeh completed an internship at UNCITRAL in Vienna, where he worked on development of a legal toolkit facilitating accession by member states to the Rotterdam Rules. He has also worked with the Judiciary Institute’s Office of Technical Relations and Cooperation as a research associate. He received his bachelor of laws from University of Tehran, and later received an LLM in International Business and Commercial law and a PhD in Maritime law from the University of Manchester, UK. Dr Majdzadeh is fluent in Farsi and English.

Maryam Abaei
Senior Legal Associate

Ms Maryam Abaei, a senior legal associate at Dadflamingo, is an attorney-at-law and advises clients on corporate and investment matters, commercial activities and contracts. With more than ten years of solid experience, Ms Abaei has worked as a senior legal associate at CMS Pars (local branch of CMS international law firm) for three years and also, has experience of managing the legal department of a reputable domestic leading group of accelerator, investment and innovation companies. She holds a bachelor of laws and an LLM from Shahid Beheshti University, and an LLM from the Harvard University. Ms Abaei is fluent in Farsi and English.

Hosna Nooraei
Legal Associate

Ms. Hosna Nouraei, legal associate at Dadflamingo, is an attorney-at-law and advises domestic and foreign clients on contracts and civil and criminal litigation, with a specialty in criminal law. She has more than four years of professional experience in advising reputable international and domestic companies like Center for International Legal Affairs of the I.R.I. Presidency. Ms. Nouraei, always ranked among top students, holds a bachelor of laws, and also an LLM in Criminal Law and Criminology from Shahid Beheshti University of Iran and she is currently studying PhD at the same University. She is fluent in Farsi and English.

Mohammad Hadi Kazemi
Of Counsel

Mr Mohammad Hadi Kazemi is a seasoned attorney-at-law, and advises clients on disputes, projects, corporate matters, and contracts. With more than ten years of experience as a litigator, Mr Kazemi has worked as a senior legal associate at Ferdowsi Legal (affiliated with Fidal) for some two years and also, has extensive experience of working as an in-house counsel at medium to large domestic leading companies. Mr Kazemi holds a bachelor of laws, and also an LLM in International Trade law from Allameh Tabatabaei University. He is fluent in Farsi and English.

Fahimeh Zabihi Feizabadi
Senior Assessment and Due Diligence Associate

Ms Fahime Zabihi holds a bachelors and a masters degree in industrial engineering from top two Iran universities with 8 years of experience in several medium to large-scale organizations. In the last decade, she has been working as an expert in the evaluation of knowledge-based companies, financial consultants, and intangible assets valuation. She is a professional business consultant and a financial analyst. She also has valuable experience in startup, brand, and technology valuation, due diligence, and project management in various industries. She is fluent in Farsi and English.

Ali Shaida
Of Counsel

Mr Ali Shaida is a highly experienced attorney-at-law with more than 20 years of successful career acting as counsel to foreign and domestic clients, representing them in courts and arbitration proceedings. Mr Shaida has been involved in many local and cross-border significant civil and criminal cases, especially known for his successful record of recognition and enforcement of foreign awards. and has expertise in litigation strategy and disputes management. He is a trusted litigator who can be relied upon to support the clients in all stages of proceedings from collection of documents and evidence till obtaining and enforcement of awards. Mr Shaida holds a bachelor of laws degree, and also an LLM in Private Law from the University of Tehran. He is fluent in Farsi and English.

Amirhossein Javan
Senior Legal Associate - Startups & Technology Law Team Lead

Mr Amirhossein Javan is a senior legal associate and the Start-ups & Technology Law Team Lead at Dadflamingo with more than three years of professional experience in Flamingo International Group and reputable domestic companies. He advises clients on corporate, contract and commercial matters, and has expertise in corporate investment transactions. Mr Javan, always ranked among top students, holds a bachelor of laws, and also an LLM in International Trade law from Shahid Beheshti University of Iran. He is fluent in Farsi and English.

Zahra Ghassemi
Financial Supervisor & Board Member

Ms Zahra Ghassemi is a distinguished master graduate in Engineering and acts as a board member of Dadflamingo. She is responsible for supervising the financial affairs of Dadflamingo's domestic and foreign offices.

Alireza Ansari
Of Counsel

Mr. Alireza Ansari is a distinguished attorney-at-law with over twenty-four years of expertise in litigation and legal counsel. With a proven track record in handling disputes, Mr. Ansari has served as a legal manager for numerous prestigious companies in Iran. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree and has furthered his education with an LLM in Criminal Law and Criminology. He is fluent in both Farsi and English.

Nasim Alipour
Tax and Finance Managing Partner

Ms. Nasim Alipour acts as the manager and financial consultant at Dadflamingo. She received an MA in banking and finance from the University of Tehran, Iran. She has a wealth of experience in various sectors such as production, contracting, services, commerce, and start-ups. She has also cooperated with over 20 companies, economic enterprises, and individual businesses on accounting, tax matters, and insurance laws so as to provide effective services. She is fluent in Farsi, English and German.

Negar Afshari
Assessment and Due Diligence Associate

Ms Negar Afshari is an Assessment and Due Diligence Associate with two years of professional experience in Flamingo International Group. She has a background in feasibility study, business plan, market data analysis and extensive experience in value analysis of startups and intangible assets valuation. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering and received a master’s degree in Financial Engineering. She is fluent in Farsi, German and English..

Mohammad Hossein Forootan
Commercialisation Managing Partner & Board Member

Mr Mohammad Hossein Forootan is a distinguished graduate of the Middle East Technical University of Turkey and has more than fifteen years of experience in management of multinational brands. Mr Forootan has an extensive experience in designing and implementing the process of internationalizing businesses, registering branches, and structuring industrial and technological joint ventures. In addition to being a member at Dadflamingo’s board of directors, he is in charge of management of Dadflamingo's office in Istanbul, Turkey. Mr Forooton is fluent in Persian, English and Turkish.

Paniz Mesdagh
Tax and Finance Associate

Ms Paniz Mesdagh works as a Tax and Finance Associate at Hooshmand Flamingo (Emzano) Company. She has two years of experience at Flamingo International Group, where she specialized in feasibility studies, market research, financial modeling, and valuation. Paniz holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Pars University and is fluent in Farsi and English.

Hossein Falahi
Assessment and Due Diligence Managing Partner

Mr Hossein Falahi, the Assessment and Due Diligence Managing Partner at Dadflamingo, holds a bachelors degree in engineering and a masters degree in entrepreneurship from two top Iran universities. For more than a decade, he has had an effective and diverse practice in the field of evaluating investment opportunities and valuation of startups and new technology-based firms (NTBF). He also has an outstanding record of study and experience in value analysis of technology transfer transactions in various industries. His specialized activities include venture capital deal origination, due diligence, valuation of intangible assets, brand valuation, technology valuation and startup valuation. He is fluent in Farsi and English.

Keyvan Haghighi Naeini
Assessment and Due Diligence Associate

Mr Keyvan Haghigi Naini is an Assessment and Due Diligence Associate. He holds a bachelors degree in industrial engineering from Isfahan University of Technology, and he is currently a masters student in financial engineering at Tarbiat Modares University of Tehran. His specialized field of activity is economic analysis of business plans and stock valuation of early-stage companies, including start-ups. He is fluent in Farsi and English .

Maral Shayeghi Far
Tax and Finance Associate

Ms Maral Shayghi Far works as an accounting associate at Dadflamingo Company, she has a bachelor's degree in accounting. her role is mainly on financial and accounting issues of the company.

Alireza Koohi
Tax and Finance Associate

Mr Alireza Koohi works as an accounting associate at Dadflamingo for more than three years. He mainly focuses on financial, accounting and commercial affairs of the firm. Mr Koohi holds a bachelor degree and is a master candidate in Accounting.

Faezeh Janesari
CRM Expert

Ms Faezeh Janesari is a master graduate in Psychology and started her career as the office manager of Dadflamingo as of four years ago. She currently works in the CRM section of Dadflamingo and her role mainly includes customer relationship management and inter-organisation interactions. Ms Janesari is fluent in Farsi and English.

Mahsa Dehghan
LawMingo & Emzano Co-Founder & CLO

Ms Mehsa Dehghan is a distinguished law graduate from one of the most prestigious law schools of Iran and she also holds a master degree in information technology management. Ms Dehghan has exemplary proficiency in technical and software matters and she currently works as the co-founder and CLO of LawMingo and Emzano. She is fluent in Farsi and English.

Amin Shakeri
Assessment and Due Diligence Associate

Mr Amin Shakeri is an Assessment and Due Diligence Associate at Dadflamingo. With a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering from Kashan University and currently pursuing an MBA at Allameh Tabatabaei University of Tehran, Mr Shakeri specializes in conducting market research and assessing technology-based companies and startups. He is proficient in both Farsi and English.

Narges Mireei
Administrative Expert

Ms Narges Mireei is a master graduate in Psychology. She is currently working in Dadflamingo's administrative affairs and is responsible to assist the legal, valuation and commercialisation departments. Ms Mireei is fluent in Farsi and English.

Yasin Fallah
LawMingo & Emzano Co-Founder & CTO

Mr Yasin Fallah is a brilliant full-stack developer. With more than 15 years of experience in programming (coding), software architecture and managing sizeable software projects and the developing teams, he is recognised as a creative and up-to-date CTO. Mr Fallah is the co-founder and CTO of LawMingo and Emzano. He is fluent in Farsi and English.

Majid Rasuli Disfani (PhD)
LegalTech Managing Partner & Board Member

Dr Majid Rasouli Disfani is a distinguished PhD graduate in Telecommunications from Amirkabir (Polytechnic) University and a member of the faculty of ITRC. He has also completed a related research course in Sweden. In the past 15 years, Dr Rasouli has managed and consulted various national projects and large businesses in the fields of information and communication technology. He has solid experience in digital transformation, designing technical and business roadmap and product architecture in the fields of IOT, big data, artificial intelligence, smart contracts, secure signature, and document and contract management systems. Dr Rasouli is fluent in Farsi and English.