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ENVIRONMENTAL
LAW
The spectrum of our environmental law practice is continuously expanding. We provide legal counsel regarding environmental standards, compliance with existing regulatory regime and representations before the Environmental Tribunal.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND CROSS BORDER OPERATIONS
The firm provides advice to local as well as foreign clients with respect to all types of international business and cross-border operations, including international sales and internet contracts, agency, licensing, distribution and franchising agreements of products and services, evaluation of local trade and commercial regimes for specific transactions between local and foreign clients and advice on tax related issues in international transactions.
MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND JOINT VENTURES
We advise clients in acquisitions or divestitures, mergers and in joint ventures assisting them in selecting the best business structure to meet their particular interests taking into consideration pricing, tax, regulatory and liability issues. We also assist our clients in reorganizing and restructuring individual and joint undertakings and in compiling the necessary documentation. We also provide advice on sophisticated cross-border transactions, due diligence investigations and assessment of pending litigation, regulatory approvals, tax structuring and developing and negotiating purchase agreements. Upon request our lawyers assist interested clients in identifying businesses, including commercial banks, mutual funds, leasing companies, that are for sale and then advise them through the complete sale transaction.
PRIVATIZATION
The firm offers advice to local as well as foreign clients intending to participate in the privatization of state owned oil, gas and telecommunication companies in Pakistan. The firm also counsels clients in conducting due diligence, getting governmental consents, arranging repatriation of funds, reviewing bidding documents ensuring compliance with local law regime affecting them and representing such clients before the privatization commission.
REAL ESTATE
The firm routinely advises clients regarding sale and purchase of commercial and residential property and assists in negotiating, drafting, executing and registration of all documents required under the law. Our lawyers also verify title documents and claims to immovable property in order to protect clients from entering into fraudulent sale agreements. The firm is also advising clients on constituting and operating housing societies keeping in view the model national and international regulatory regime existing for such ventures.
TELECOMMUNICATION
The firm offers advice to many companies in the telecommunication sector. The firm’s client base in this sector ranges from companies involved in providing payphone services to companies having WWL network. The firm has also been involved in documentation of financial instruments for raising capital for telecommunication sector through equity and debt based instrument.
LITIGATION
The firm maintains an active litigation practice and takes pride in being one of the few firms who have the resources and personnel to conduct litigation across the length & breadth of the country. We work with clients who, when faced with potential or actual litigation, rely on us to forge litigation strategies that are cost effective and speedy. Our services in this area have proven invaluable for the many companies, Banks, authorities and individuals whom we have served diligently and with integrity over the years. The services offered by the firm include quantifying and evaluating the risks, costs and benefits of commencing or vigorously defending litigation, exploring alternatives to litigation, when appropriate, representing clients at all level of judicial hierarchy (Civil, Banking, High, Company and Supreme Courts) before administrative tribunals, and in arbitration and mediation proceedings, representing clients in actions and proceedings spanning diverse subject matters, including: breach of contracts, recovery matters, construction contracts, real estate disputes, patent, trademark, copyright infringement, filing constitutional petitions against unlawful administrative actions, unwarranted taxation and orders of tribunals suffering from jurisdictional or other legal defects and clearly and concisely communicating with clients regarding the status of their litigation.
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