Practice Open · 2026
UAE · Jordan · Iraq
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A unified Middle East practice

Audit, Tax
& advisory
across the
Middle East.

Three firms, one practice. MSCA Chartered Accountants in the UAE, Shahin & Odeh in Jordan — a member of BKR International, and Western For Tax Consulting — partnering with family offices, multinationals, and regulators across the GCC, Levant and Iraq.

25+
Years of regional practice
03
Firms — one connected practice
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Jurisdictions — UAE · Jordan · KSA · Iraq
BKR
Member of BKR International alliance

Three firms.
One trusted practice.

We operate as a connected practice across the Gulf and the Levant — combining Big-Four-trained partners, IFRS technical depth, and a member firm seat at the BKR International global alliance, alongside decades of standing relationships with regulators, banks, and family groups in the region.
UAE Practice — Est. Dubai

Maher Shahin Chartered Accountants

▣ Latifa Tower · Sheikh Zayed Road · Dubai

A registered UAE chartered accountancy firm delivering statutory audit under ISA, IFRS technical accounting, UAE Corporate Tax advisory, financial due diligence, business valuation, and finance transformation. Approved across mainland UAE and the key free zones — serving family groups, multinationals, and entities preparing for IPO across the Emirates.

Statutory Audit UAE Corporate Tax IFRS Advisory Liquidation Valuation
Jordan Practice — Audit · Est. Amman

Shahin & Odeh Chartered Accountants

▣ Jabal Amman · Zahran St · 6th Circle

Our Jordan-licensed full-service audit firm and member of BKR International — the global alliance of independent accounting and advisory firms operating across more than eighty countries. Statutory audit under ISA, IFRS-compliant reporting, financial due diligence, business valuation, and forensic accounting for publicly traded entities, banks, insurers, and family-owned conglomerates across Jordan and the wider Levant.

BKR International Statutory Audit IFRS Reporting Due Diligence Forensic Accounting
Jordan Practice — Tax · Est. Amman

Western For Tax Consulting

▣ Fifth Circle, Amman, Jordan

Our Jordan-licensed tax consulting arm — built on more than two decades of standing relationships with leading retailers, airlines, hospitality groups, universities, multilateral institutions, and family conglomerates operating in the Kingdom. Our partners and senior team have steered clients through tax controversy, withholding refund recovery, transfer pricing documentation, and cross-border structuring. Specialists in Jordanian income and sales tax, ISTD representation, and treaty work under the UAE-Jordan and other bilateral conventions.

Jordan CIT & VAT WHT Refunds ISTD Representation Treaty Advisory Transfer Pricing

What we deliver.

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Assurance & Audit

  • Statutory audits (IFRS, IPSAS, ISA, GAAP)
  • Internal audit & risk advisory
  • Forensic audit & fraud investigations
  • Agreed-upon procedures & reviews
  • Donor-funded project audits
  • IPO readiness & first-time audits
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Tax Advisory

  • Corporate & international tax advisory
  • UAE Corporate Tax compliance & reporting
  • Jordan CIT, sales tax & withholding tax
  • Transfer pricing & BEPS documentation
  • Cross-border M&A tax structuring
  • Tax health checks & refund recovery
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Financial Advisory

  • Buy-side & sell-side due diligence
  • Business valuation & fairness opinions
  • M&A advisory & capital raising
  • Feasibility studies & investment appraisals
  • Financial modeling & scenario analysis
  • Restructuring & turnaround
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Accounting & Outsourcing

  • IFRS-compliant bookkeeping
  • Cloud-based CFO services
  • Payroll outsourcing & compliance
  • Financial statement preparation
  • Group consolidation
  • Management reporting
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Management Consulting

  • FP&A automation & digital finance
  • Corporate governance & COSO frameworks
  • Business process re-engineering
  • Strategy development & KPI design
  • Enterprise risk management
  • Organisational transformation
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Technology & AI

  • AI-driven FP&A & forecasting
  • ERP implementation (SAP, Oracle, Odoo)
  • Data analytics & dashboarding
  • Cybersecurity risk assessment
  • Audit automation & anomaly detection
  • RPA & ML deployments in finance
40+
Active engagements across audit, tax and advisory
10+
Industries served — from financial services to hospitality
USD 200m+
Aggregate balance sheet under audit in our largest group engagement

Industries we know.

Decades of work across regulated and family-owned industries — with partners who have led engagements at Big Four firms and global financial institutions before joining the practice.

Financial Services
Education & Nonprofits
Insurance & Asset Mgmt
Government & Public Sector
Construction & Real Estate
Technology & Startups
Oil, Gas & Energy
Retail & Consumer Goods
Healthcare & Pharma
Cryptocurrency
Hospitality & Leisure
Aviation & Logistics
Manufacturing & Industrial
Free-Zone Operations

Partners
at the helm.

Our partners trained at Big Four and bulge-bracket firms — Ernst & Young, Deloitte, BDO, Grant Thornton, Credit Suisse and Santander — before bringing that pedigree to a regional practice that knows the local terrain.

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Maher Shahin
Managing Partner
CVA · CICA · CPA · ECPA

Twenty-five-plus years across audit, consulting and business advisory. Recognised authority on Jordanian income and sales tax law. Former tax-policy consultant to the World Bank on capital leasing reform; member of Jordan's National Committee for Liquidation Reform.

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Mohammad Odeh
Partner — Audit & Assurance
JCPA · Yarmouk University

Three decades of audit, assurance and forensic accounting practice in Jordan. Trained at KPMG and Nexia International, with extensive engagement experience for publicly traded entities, banks, insurers, and large multinationals across pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, manufacturing and construction. Deep expertise in stock-exchange listings, financial due diligence, and reporting accountancy.

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Sharif Shahin
Advisory Partner
MSc · CPA Candidate

Technical accounting and FP&A specialist trained at EY, Deloitte and BDO USA in New York. Led finance-transformation engagements for Corebridge Financial (AIG); built AI-driven forecasting tools and authored technical memos under US GAAP and IFRS for SEC-registered clients.

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Fouad Elyas
Tax Partner
ECPA

Two decades across multinationals, Big Four firms and government in the Middle East. Led GCC tax-transformation initiatives including e-invoicing rollouts and CIT & VAT system implementations. Manages tax audits with regulatory authorities across the region.

How we work with you.

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Integrity

IESBA ethical standards strictly applied. Independence safeguards, peer review, and partner sign-off on every engagement.

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Innovation

Digital audit platforms, AI-enabled FP&A, and automated reconciliation tools that reduce engagement risk and deliver real-time insight.

iii
Independence

We do not perform non-audit services prohibited by regulators for our audit clients. Threats are identified, documented and mitigated.

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Excellence

Our partners trained at Big Four firms. Engagements receive the attention, depth and craft that reputation requires.

Where we operate.

From offices in Dubai and Amman we serve clients across the GCC, the Levant, and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq — with cross-border coordination as a daily practice, not an exception.

DubaiUAE
Maher Shahin Chartered Accountants LLC
Latifa Tower, Sheikh Zayed Road · Office 501
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
+971 52 513 6670
AmmanJordan
Shahin & Odeh Chartered Accountants · BKR International
Jabal Amman, Zahran St · 6th Circle · Building 194/A · 4th Floor
+962 79 736 6619

Western For Tax Consulting LLC
Fifth Circle, Amman, Jordan
+962 77 788 8455
ErbilIraq · KRG
Field Practice — Component Audits
Active engagements across Erbil & Sulaymaniyah
Coordinated through our UAE and Jordan offices
FIG. 01 — REGIONAL FOOTPRINT 36°N 32°N 25°N 36°E 44°E 55°E ~ 720 km ~ 1,640 km ~ 1,950 km Amman JORDAN 31.95°N · 35.93°E FIFTH CIRCLE Erbil IRAQ · KRG 36.19°N · 44.01°E FIELD PRACTICE Dubai UAE · HEADQUARTERS 25.20°N · 55.27°E LATIFA TOWER · SHEIKH ZAYED RD N PRACTICE OFFICE CROSS-BORDER CORRIDOR

Trusted tax advisor to Majid Al Futtaim Hypermarkets in Jordan since 2004 — covering 33 retail stores, e-commerce, and the full spectrum of corporate income tax, sales tax, withholding tax refunds, and ISTD representation under the UAE-Jordan Double Tax Treaty.

21-Year Continuous Relationship · Jordan · Retail & Consumer

Let's talk about
what you're building.

UAE — MSCA
Maher Shahin
Managing Partner
maher.shahin@western-business.com
+971 52 513 6670
Jordan — S&OCA · Audit
Mohammad Odeh
Partner — Audit & Assurance
mohammad.odeh@western-business.com
+962 79 736 6619
Jordan — Western · Tax
Western For Tax Consulting LLC
Fifth Circle, Amman
maher.shahin@western-business.com
+962 77 788 8455
Advisory Inquiries
Sharif Shahin
Advisory Partner
UAE · Jordan · Iraq
sharif.maher@western-business.com
+962 79 169 1619