Corporate
The firm’s top-quality corporate practice covers the full range of local and cross-border transactions and investments. The firm advises companies on all aspects of corporate transactions including company incorporations, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity acquisitions, capital markets, restructurings, privatizations, and taxation.
Our corporate practice team acts as legal advisors for multinational clients, family business groups, high net-worth individuals, and financial institutions involved in inbound and outbound investments, as well as major local clients investing overseas. While our dispute resolution team is heavily focused on representing companies in insolvencies and business restructurings.
- Company Incorporations
- Corporate Governance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Joint Ventures
- Private Equity Acquisitions
- Capital Markets
- Restructurings
- Privatizations
- Taxations
- Dispute Resolution (Litigation & Arbitration)
Commercial
The Firm provides a full range of commercial advice for its clients involved in commercial transactions including setting up agencies, franchises, distributorships, commercial sales and acquisitions, joint ventures, competition, intellectual property, and employment issues.
Our commercial practice team has advised local and international clients on the various stages of commercial transactions for setting up agencies, franchises, distributorships, and dealing mergers and has drafted joint venture agreements for doing business successfully in Pakistan. The dispute resolution team also represents the largest corporate concerns in the legal conflicts arising from commercial dealings between parties under various corporate structures.
- Agency
- Franchise
- Distributorships
- Commercial Sales
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Joint Ventures
- Dispute Resolution
- Internation Trade Regulations
- Anti Dumping and countervailing disputes
Banking & Finance
The firm maintains a top-tier banking and insurance practice. It is regularly involved in major local and cross-border financing, has pioneered the use of new financial instruments and structures. The firm has market-leading experience in advising local and foreign banks, financial institutions, and financial advisory firms on structuring, negotiation, refinancing, and project finance. It also offers specialist advice on compliance with Shariah (Islamic) laws for banks and other financial institutions for the structuring of sukuk bonds and certificates.
Our finance practice team specializes in advising companies, major banks, and financial institutions in the project finance transactions for various public and private sector projects relating to Power, LPG, LNG, Oil and gas Exploration and Production Textiles, Pharmaceuticals, Automobile Industry, etc.
The Firm has a strong dispute resolution practice and represents banks and private individuals for debt recoveries, enforcement of collaterals, breaches of bank guarantees, and business restructurings.
Focus Areas
- Loan Securitizations
- Structuring Finance Documents
- Restructuring Finance Documents
- Islamic Finance
- Sukuk Certificates
- Project Financing
- Dispute Resolution (Litigation & Arbitration)
- Enforcement of Collaterals
Energy & Mining
Power Projects
The firm advises power generation companies utilizing natural resources such as hydro, coal, oil, gas, and solar for electricity generation projects in Pakistan. The firm extends its services to investments in Pakistan’s power sector, company incorporations, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, competition, drafting and structuring of power purchase agreements, regulatory compliance, project financing, tariff determination, and licensing matters, negotiating project documents with the Government of Pakistan, power purchaser, fuel suppliers, contractors, and lenders, etc. The firm assists local and international sponsors and lenders of wind, coal, solar, thermal, and gas power projects, often working closely with international law firms on a wide variety of power projects in Pakistan. The dispute resolution team represents the power companies and government institutions before the tribunals, courts, and in arbitrations involving disputes evolving from the Power Purchase Agreements (the “PPA”) and tariff determination by the government bodies such as the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA).
Focus Areas
- Company Incorporations
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Joint Ventures
- Competition
- Structuring of Power Purchase Agreements
- Regulatory Compliance
- Project Financing
- Tariff Determination
- Licensing Matters
- Negotiating Project Documents
- Dispute Resolution
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
The firm advises gas and oil companies on a wide variety of oil and gas projects in Pakistan. The firm retains an edge by keeping abreast of the latest developments in the energy, mining and oil and gas sectors. The firm has an intimate familiarity with the legal regime related to oil and gas exploration and production in Pakistan.
We advise on a wide range of upstream transactions and commercial agreements helping national and international oil companies and governments with acquisition and disposal agreements for upstream interests, including tax and investment treaty planning host government agreements, including production sharing and concession agreements, joint venture agreements, including joint operating, unitisation, area of mutual interest and joint bid/study agreements, engineering procurement and construction contracts, project finance agreements (including LNG project agreements)
We also advise on mid/downstream transactions and commercial agreements including acquisition and disposal agreements and joint ventures, long-term crude oil supply agreements and offtake agreements, transportation and processing agreements, common stream agreements, tie-in arrangements, condensate sales agreements and various lifting arrangements, fuel terminal joint operating agreements.
The core team includes exploration and production lawyers and lawyers from corporate, finance, dispute resolution, environmental, regulatory, antitrust, competition and trade, tax, employment, and intellectual property.
Our strong international network gives us the ability to respond quickly to your needs wherever and whenever you need us.
Focus Areas
- Oil & Gas Reconnaissance Permits
- Oil &Gas Exploration Licenses
- Reviewing Policies on Windfall Levy
- Upstream, Mid-Stream and Downstream Infrastructural Issues
- Joint Ventures in Oil and gas Exploration Projects
- Mergers between Oil & Gas Companies
- Acquisitions & Divestment of Shares
- Lease Agreements
- Securitization of Loans
- Project Financing
- Intellectual Property
- Real Estate
- Income Tax
- Dispute Resolution
Aerospace & Aviation
The Firm’s major practice involves advising the aviation industry and consumers on the liabilities of the carrier aircraft company for air traffic accidents. Furthermore, the Firm is strongly involved in the transactional practice for mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, leases, and financing of aircraft by aviation companies. The Firm extends full support to the aviation companies in compliance with the registration requirements for obtaining certificates of airworthiness, personnel licenses, issues pertaining to aerodromes facilities and services, commercial air operations, unlawful interference, fares, freight, timetables, and miscellaneous issues.
Focus Areas
- Aircraft Liabilities
- Aircraft Licensing
- Aircraft Leasing
- Aircraft Financing
- Aircraft Operations
- Aviation Joint Ventures
- Insolvency & Restructurings
- Airspace Regulations
- Aviation Litigation & Dispute Resolution
- Antitrust & Competition
- Dispute Resolution
Ports, Shipping & Maritime
The Firm maintains a top-notch practice in a high value Ports, Shipping & Maritime disputes involving admiralty Arrest and release of ships in admiralty actions, limitation actions, insurance actions, cargo claims, charter party disputes, oil pollution claims, crew litigation, collisions and other maritime casualties. On the non contentious side, the firm specializes in advising on the requirements pertaining to ship registration, registration of ship mortgage, ship sale and purchase, ship repair agreements, charter parties etc.
Focus Areas
- Admiralty Actions
- Charterparty Disputes
- Crew Litigation
- Limitation Actions
- Insurance Actions
- Ship Registration
- Ship Mortgage Registration
- Ship Buying & Selling
- Ship Repair Agreements
- Mergers of Charterparties
- Joint Ventures of Charterparties
