Admitted to practice in 2004.

Qualification

Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn)
Called in 2003
LL.B. (Hons.), University of London
BA (Punjab)
Advocate High Court

Professional Affiliations

Punjab Bar Council
Lahore High Court Bar Association
The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn

Expertise

Specializing in Commercial Law, Contract law, Company Law, Arbitration (International and Domestic), Real Estate (project development and conveyancing), Oil and Gas concessions, Telecommunication Laws, Infrastructure and Power Projects, Public-Private Partnerships, Public Procurement, Banking Law, Financial Transactions, Equity and Trusts, Law of Charities and Non Profit Organizations and Administration of Estates and Inheritance laws and general Civil law.

Notable Engagements

• Advising leading real estate developers on their proposed and ongoing projects across Pakistan;
• Advising the Privatisation Commission, Government of Pakistan (as part of an advisory consortium) on the proposed privatisation of Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd.;
• Advising public sector entities and an international donor agency on the proposed establishment of a credit guarantee company;
• Advising the sell-side on the proposed divestment of majority stake in a listed financial services company;
• Advising a Provincial Government on the institutional restructuring of its Mines & Minerals Department and allied organizations;
• Representing a power purchasing company in its contractual dispute (valued at PKR 11 Billion) with a leading private-sector power producer pending before the Sindh High Court, Karachi;
• Representing a power purchasing company in its dispute related to a solar power plant pending before the Islamabad High Court;
• Advised the borrower (a leading public sector RLNG-based power generation company) on its PKR 38 Billion Islamic finance facility from a consortium of financial institutions;
• Advised the lender (a leading Islamic Bank) on its PKR 3 Billion Islamic finance facility for a leading E&P company;
• Advised the sponsors on their Unsolicited Proposal for a Public Private Partnership project for the establishment and operations of a small dam / water reservoir in Northern Punjab;
• Advised a private sponsor on its Unsolicited Proposal for a Public Private Partnership project for the establishment and operations of a Bus Rapid Transit in the Province of Sindh;
• Advised a financial institution on a PKR 3.8 billion secured term finance facility for a leading E&P company;
• Represented a Pakistani company before an ICC Arbitral Tribunal (based in Lausanne) in its dispute with a leading US corporation regarding licensing and technology transfer agreements;