Oil and gas
Legal consultant on corporate and commercial matters to Pakistan’s largest entities in the oil and gas sector.
Advisory
Advice for companies, regulators, government and donor institutions, from someone who has drafted the rules and argued them in court.
Regulatory affairs
Advice to statutory entities and donor institutions on legal reform and economic legislation, and to businesses dealing with regulators.
- World Bank: regulatory framework for trade in services and investment
- Bilateral Investment Treaties with Canada, the US, Poland and others
Energy
Counsel to leading energy and fertilizer companies, with board-level experience of the public power sector.
- Independent Director, PESCO and TESCO
- Amicus curiae on NEPRA fuel price adjustment
Banking and finance
Financial institutions, non-banking finance companies and development finance, including multilateral loan and guarantee agreements.
- Negotiated ADB’s USD 400 million capital markets loan
- Drafted the NBFC Rules and Regulations
- Political Risk Guarantee Facility Agreements
Corporate and commercial
Transactions, corporate governance, agreements and special purpose vehicles for blue-chip, local and foreign companies.
- Buyer counsel on transactions over USD 125 million
- Corporate rehabilitation: CRC Act 2016, CRA 2018
Securities market
Capital markets, listed companies, takeovers, mutual funds, REITs and private equity, and commodity exchanges.
- Drafted the Securities Act 2015
- Drafted the Futures Market Act 2016
- Regulatory framework for NCEL
Tax
Corporate and sales tax advice, and reform of tax legislation.
- Legal Consultant to the FBR, TAGR project of the World Bank
NAB and FIA
Advice to companies and individuals facing inquiries and investigations by the National Accountability Bureau and the Federal Investigation Agency.
- Former Additional Deputy Prosecutor General, NAB
Insurance
Insurance and takaful regulation, sector reform and insurance disputes.
- World Bank: reform of insurance sector laws
- Corporatization of State Life Insurance Corporation
- Frameworks for terrorism insurance and micro-insurance
- Drafted the Takaful Rules