Atlanta lawyer James Rayis, son of Iraqi immigrants, has been doing business in Iraq for 2 1/2 years, helping companies seeking reconstruction deals cut through red tape. Recently, he also trained the Iraqi oil ministry's legal department in fundamentals of international trade law. Rayis sees the promise of Iraq but acknowledges that the country is still in chaos. He deals with the present dangers on business trips by maintaining a low profile -- including wearing thrift store suits.
July 11, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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James Y. Rayis has been doing business in Iraq for 2 1/2 years. He recently spent a couple of weeks training the Iraqi oil ministry’s legal department in the fundamentals of international trade law as part of a program to modernize the ministry sponsored by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency.
I met him for lunch at Chequers Seafood Grill near his office at Sokolow Carreras Lemoine & Partners by Perimeter Mall in Atlanta to find out what it’s like to do business in Iraq.
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