Our specialised team has the skill and experience to provide a range of services. The utmost care is taken with all our work. The main streams of work we perform are as follows:
BANKING:
We offer a comprehensive range of services within the banking sector, covering everything from meticulous loan documentation to the pursuit of outstanding financial recoveries through legal channels. Our expertise extends to assessing the suitability of immovable properties to be utilized as collateral by financial institutions. We meticulously verify the authenticity of title documents from the respective land record offices. Notably, we possess the unique capability to handle properties located anywhere in Pakistan.
Our reputation as a trusted partner for leading banks in Pakistan, particularly in the realm of loan documentation, underscores our commitment to delivering reliable and professional legal support.
We generally perform following services for our clients:
- An examination of the securities provided against the loan.
- An examination of the securities provided against the loan.
- Marking of lien over the mortgaged properties in favour of the bank.
- Legal audit of the security & charge documents and issuance of perfection certificates.
- Vetting of banking documents and instruments.
- Drafting and registration of Mortgages & Hypothecation documents etc.
- Drafting of transaction specific finance agreements.
- Data collection and research.
- Preparation and institution of recovery suits against defaulters.
- Liquidation of assets and properties of defaulters.
- Auctions.
- Registration of Charges in Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).
- Search reports pertaining to the customers of the bank from SECP.
CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS:
Our Firm is heavily engaged in the Constitutional matters before Hon’ble High Courts of Pakistan and August Supreme Court of Pakistan. The Firm remained involved in the matters containing intrinsic questions of interpretation of laws on the touch stone of the Constitutional provisions and enforcement/protection of Fundamental Rights enshrined in the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973.
CORPORATE LAW:
Our law firm specializes in corporate law matters that are pivotal to the business world. Our dedicated team of legal experts is well-versed in navigating the complex landscape of corporate regulations, mergers and acquisitions, compliance, and corporate governance. We pride ourselves on providing strategic counsel to our clients, whether they are multinational corporations, startups, or entrepreneurs, to ensure their operations adhere to the highest legal standards. With a deep understanding of corporate law and a commitment to excellence, we are here to guide you through the intricacies of the corporate world and safeguard your business interests.
We render following services in this regard:
- Corporate entity formations and dissolutions (registration of companies).
- Legal entity formations and dissolutions.
- Corporate financing and leasing agreements.
- Entrepreneur advice and counsel.
- Partnership and joint venture agreements.
- Shareholder agreements.
- Start-up and venture capital agreements
- Strategic alliance agreements.
CIVIL LITIGATION:
The Firm prides itself in the conquests of its litigators. As civil advocates, attorneys in the Firm's litigation section appear on behalf of clients before provincial and federal courts, administrative and regulatory agencies, and industry and professional tribunals.
As litigation attorneys, we represent clients across the litigation spectrum from business and corporate transactions; will contests, labour and employment matters, accidents and injuries and real estate related litigation.
At the trial court level, in addition to possessing a thorough understanding of law and procedure, the firm's litigators attend to the often forgotten art of persuasion.
In addition to trial court practice, the Firm's legal skills have been finely honed in the more esoteric arena of the appellate courts, including the Court of Sessions, the High Court as well as the Supreme Court of Pakistan where legal argument, precise analysis, and logic are paramount conditions for success
Client involvement in case management is an important factor. The Finn recognizes that it is crucial that the client remain closely involved in all strategic decisions in its litigation, so that the needs and requirements of the client can be effectively and economically served.
CRIMINAL LITIGATION:
An essential part of our representation is to respond quickly and accurately to our client's questions and concerns. We believe that successful representation requires keeping the client fully involved in his or her case. At our law firm, the client is informed of all developments in his or her case. Unless specifically advised otherwise, we copy the client on all legal memoranda, correspondence, and representations prepared by the firm or submitted to the court by the prosecution.
We believe in a "team approach" to criminal defense. After meeting with a client, we assemble a defense team consisting of lawyers, our paralegal staff, and if necessary, other subject experts to explore the various aspects of the client's case and determine how best to proceed with trial preparation. Our firm encourages the client to interact with the "team" and actively assist in defining and achieving the goals at trial or during plea negotiations. Because of the sensitive nature of many of the cases we have handled, we take great pride in resolving criminal matters is a quiet and confidential manner. We realise /e that in many cases, the publicity surrounding a criminal investigation or the filing of criminal charges can be as damaging to our clients' interests as a conviction. No decisions are made without considering all aspects of the case, including the collateral consequences surrounding a criminal disposition and the potential for publicity adverse to the client or the client's business.
We provide services in the field criminal law as mentioned below:
- Bail matters.
- Institution of a criminal case.
- Theft and robbery.
- Criminal intimidation.
- Hudood cases.
- Murder.
- Accountability Cases (NAB).
LABOUR LAWS
We render services to a host of mega business houses and big industrial units for their labour problems. We have been trusted by the business people for speedy, effective and smooth conflict resolution of their labour disputes. Our lawyers have extensive experience in providing assistance, advice and representation to our clients in all aspects of labour relations law.
Members of our firm advise employers on labour relations law in both the provincial and federal levels. One of our attributes, which benefit our clients immensely, is our dedication to get to know our client's business operations, which allows us to provide the necessary advice in a quick and timely manner.
Our lawyers are dedicated to ensuring that our clients receive proactive as opposed to reactive advice in labour relations issues, which takes in consideration the clients' development and long-term business needs and goals. We offer unique solutions to all aspects of labour law.
Our lawyers provide the following services:
- Provide assistance in drafting collective agreements including first contracts andrenewals.
- Provide ongoing advice and legal representation in collective agreement administration including interpretation of the client's rights and obligations under the collective agreement.
- Provide advice and dealing matters in NIRC.
- Provide advice and dealing matters in EOBI.
- Provide advice and dealing matters in Social Security Courts.
- Drafting of Service Agreements (Temporary & Permanent).
TAXATION MATTERS
Our taxation team is at the forefront of taxation consulting in the country. By providing clients with solutions aligned to business goals and objectives, we deliver an integrated and creative services aiming at maximizing value for client businesses.
Our team has managed the full spectrum of taxation issues and we draw upon this depth of experience and our breadth of business knowledge to create more certainty for clients. This expertise, combined with our advanced legal analysis, enables us to deliver timely, comprehensive and sophisticated taxation advice with a focus on problem solving rather than mere isolation of the issues.
We provide specialist taxation advice to an independent domestic and international client base, in addition to advising clients of the firm as part of the provision of a broader range of legal services.
We advise on:
- International M&A and joint ventures.
- International group structures.
- All types of asset-based financing.
- Tax efficient provision of funding by financial institutions.
- Debt and equity capital markets.
- Oil & gas and offshore industry transactions.
- Advice and reviews on liability to Vat/GST and customs duly and compliance procedures
- Dispute resolution with fiscal authorities.
ITNELECTUAL PROPERTY MATTERS
Intellectual Property encompasses many forms of intangible property, which may include copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. Intellectual Property is often the most valuable and least protected asset of many businesses and creative individuals. This area of law protects the work of creative individuals and businesses and protects such creation from unauthorized use or exploitation by third parties. By utilizing Intellectual Property laws, creators and innovators can fully protect and benefit from their creations.
We protect our clients in following regards:
- Copyright and trademark registration.
- Copyright and trademark searches.
- Creation and development agreements.
- Infringement protection.
- Intellectual property licensing.
- Non-disclosure agreements.
- Trade secret protection.
- Counseling and advice for creators and inventors.
- Legal representation and advice for entertainers.
- Licensing of creative works.
- Obtaining permission to use third party works.
- Proof of creation and ownership.
- Protection from infringement by third parties.
FAMILY MATTERS
Our Firm is directly trusted in the family matters field as a name of confidentially. Whatever comes to our knowledge is buried. Our advice is based on the information we extract from our client and representations are based on the facts, which can lead our client to success.
Our team is especially skilled in the following:
- Will.
- Family settlements.
- Inheritance.
- Guardianship.
- Trust.
- Divorce.