EXPERTISE

•       Arbitration Law

•       International Trade and Commercial Law

•       Banking and Finance

•       Corporate Law

•       Information Technology Laws

The firm offers expert legal services in a broad range of areas. The firm is a full service law firm, key areas include:

o        Arbitration Law: The firm has specialized knowledge in arbitration law. Enforcement of foreign arbitration award is one of the firm’s areas of expertise. Mr Aga Faquir Mohammad, firm’s senior partner is a known shipping arbitrator.  Mr Aga Zafar Ahmed has practice diploma on International Arbitration law from College of Law, UK and is a specialist in this field of practice.  

o        International Trade and Commercial Law: The firm deals with all contentious and non-contentious issues relating to international trade transactions including sale and purchase of goods, documentary credits.

o        Banking & Finance: The firm has a strong corporate client base for banking and finance work. The firm offers expert advice on all forms of credit and security agreements.

o        Corporate Law: Firm’s area of expertise includes company incorporation, merger, joint ventures, acquisitions, winding up petitions, shares rectification petitions. Firm has in past provided their legal services to the regulatory authority i.e. Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).

o        Drafting of legal documents and registration: Firm is specialist in drafting and vetting of contracts, agreements and other documents. Firm also deals in registration and recognition of legal documents that may be required under the law.

o        Information Technology Law: Mr. Aga Faquir Mohammad, firm’s senior partner is author of the book Commentary on Electronic Transactions Ordinance 2002. Barrister Aga Zaheer is an expert in cyber and e-commerce law. Firm gives specialized advice on matters related to e-commerce, digital signatures, electronic transactions, electronic bill of lading and unsolicited emails.

o        Property: The firm assists clients with the purchase, leasing and sale of commercial, industrial, agricultural and residential property.

o        Competition law: Proceedings before Competition Commission, appeals etc. as well as advise on matters which may come within the ambit of competition laws.

o        Constitutional matters: The firm also provides expert advice on constitutional issues and any matters/law touching areas of the Constitution of Pakistan.

o        Insurance Law: Firm deals with all kinds of marine and non marine insurance including cargo insurance, marine losses, limitation of liability actions, indemnities, protection and indemnity clubs correspondence and litigation on their behalf.

o        Intellectual Property & Trade Mark Law: Patents, trademark, copyright and design registration, transfer and licensing and litigation practice.

o        Labour, Service & Industrial Law: We deal in labour and employment law. Our firm provides complete labour and service related issues and deal in EOBI, ESSI and other labour departments.

o        Shipping & Maritime Law: Contentious: Arrest or release of ships, limitation actions, insurance actions, cargo claims, charterparty disputes, oil pollution claims, crew litigation, collisions and other maritime casualties, general average acts etc.  Non contentious: Ship registration, registration of ship mortgage, ship sale and purchase, drafting of ship building contracts, ship repair agreements, charterparties and memorandum etc.

o        Taxation Law: Income tax, sales tax, customs and excise duty and other taxation issues. Advice on corporate taxation, trust taxation, individual taxation. International taxation and tax management and planning.