Advocate High Court
Brief info
Mr. Arshad’s practice focuses on representing national and multination corporations before the High Courts and regulatory bodies in complex litigation and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on the sugar, technology, tax, banking, textile and energy industries. His areas of practice include corporate, commercial and tax litigation, disputes, arbitration, mergers, acquisitions,financing matters, negotiation and drafting of contracts across various industries, including telecom, banking, energy, real estate, textile, sugar, construction, insurance, venture capital and technology Work involved is contentious and non-contentious. Mr. Arshad has advised top telecom, technology, sugar, banking, investment, real estate, energy, and textile companies on subjects including cutting-edge matters involving regulatory compliance, constitutional petitions, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, tariff petitions, raising venture capital, drafting and exercise of stock options. Mr. Arshad also assists local and foreign companies in assessing the impact of new and proposed legislation, and navigate their legal strategy in Pakistan.
Admitted to practice in 2016
Education
LL.B. (Hons.) (Kings College London)
LL.M. Columbia University, New York.
Area of Expertise
. Constitutional law
. Arbitration (domestic and international)
. Banking and Finance
. Taxation
. Data privacy and Cyber laws
. Energy Regulation
. Food laws
. Property and Real Estate
. Venture Capital and Start-ups
Notable Engagements:
. Structured various joint venture and sale of Property transactions for a multinational real estate concern with an aggregate value above Rs. 100,000,000,000/-.
. Advising the Lenders in connection with a Rs. 2,500,000,000/- syndicated term financing facility.
. Advised one of the largest classified ad providers in the technology sector on various agreements with banks and financial technology companies.
. Advised a large bank in Pakistan on its investments in the renewable energy sector, focusing on the exercise of structured financial products having an aggregate value over Rs. 20 billion.
. Advised multiple textile companies on corporate restructuring and finance facilities.
.Conducted legal audit for one of the largest banks in Pakistan for both Conventional and Islamic Banking accounts.
. Advised one of the largest construction companies in Pakistan on corporate restructuring of group companies, including demerger of assets and properties.
. Structured a listed textile company’s joint-venture with a Chinese multinational conglomerate in the textile sector.
. Structured multiple construction and engineering contracts for a leading developer in the FIDIC format, having an aggregate value of over PKR 5 billion.
. Acted as legal counsel for a listed company before the Lahore High Court in land acquisition proceedings.
. Acted as co-legal counsel for a leading CMO in various matters including, but not limited to:
. Writ Petition and Appeal against Policy Directive for Spectrum License Renewals before the Islamabad High Court;
. Public Interest Litigation before the Lahore High Court
. Representation before the Competition Commission of Pakistan;
. Tax cases before the Islamabad High Court;
. Regulatory disputes and compliance before the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority.
. Acted as legal counsel for a group of the largest textile companies in challenging the vires of an amendment in the Income Tax Ordinance.
. Represented various listed and unlisted companies before the Lahore High Court in tax references and writ petitions.
. Acted as co-legal counsel for the largest sugar mills in Pakistan before the Competition Commission of Pakistan.
Professional Affiliations
Punjab Bar Council
Advocate High Court