Islamabad Accredited Mediators

Muhammad Shahzar Ilahi

Accredited by: Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution
Specialization: Civil Disputes, Commercial Disputes, Investor-State Disputes, Energy Disputes & Property Disputes

Muhammad Shahzar Ilahi is a CEDR (Center for Effective Dispute Resolution, London) Accredited Civil

and Commercial Mediator with expertise in Investor-State, energy, and property disputes. He is the Co-Founder and Associate Director of Musaliha International Center for Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Pakistan’s first Federal Government and High-Court-notified private ADR center. Shahzar has actively been involved in designing and implementing comprehensive Alternative Dispute Resolution programs across Sindh, Islamabad, and Gilgit Baltistan with an emphasis on creating a robust mediation ecosystem in collaboration with provincial High Courts, the Federal Government and international ADR-centric organizations. He is the co-author of MICADR’s Mediation Advocacy program, Pakistan’s first certified Mediation Advocacy program that has been delivered in collaboration with the Islamabad Bar Council and Sindh High Court Bar Association. Shahzar also leads business development for MICADR, which has successfully managed to bring Pakistan’s leading commercial entities, including the Sui Southern Gas Company, Karachi Electric, Federal Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Gul Ahmed, onto the ADR ecosystem. Shahzar has also actively been involved in the development of legislative instruments for enabling mediation, such as the Gilgit Baltistan Mediation Bill 2023.

Barrister Zahid Jamil

Accredited by: Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution
Specialization: Investment & Finance/Banking Disputes, Property Disputes, Political & Security Disputes, Corporate Disputes, Commercial Disputes, Contractual Disputes, Technology & IP Disputes, Oil & Gas (Petroleum) Disputes, Cargo/Logistics Disputes (Shipping/Aviation/Freight Forwarding), Criminal Disputes & Family Disputes.

Zahid Jamil has over 25 years of experience as a strategic legal and policy advisor, with expertise across multiple disciplines.

He has a holistic and broad-based understanding of the areas of finance, banking, investments, corporate, commercial, intellectual property, electronic transactions, digital banking, payment systems, eCommerce, virtual currencies, digital signatures, regulatory technology, cybersecurity, cybercrime, criminal law, outsourcing, logistics, investment, mergers, and acquisitions.

He qualified as a Barrister from Gray’s Inn and is currently practicing law in the region, primarily in the UAE. He is a member of the Bar at the Dubai International Financial Center Court (DIFC Court), a Special Legal Consultant to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court and High Courts of Pakistan. Mr. Jamil is also a CEDR-accredited mediator and has a cybersecurity certification from Harvard University. Mr. Jamil has delivered excellent results for clients throughout his illustrious career. He brings a unique combination of legal, policy, and business acumen to provide holistic and all-encompassing strategic advice. As a CEDR-accredited mediator, Mr. Jamil has extensive experience mediating disputes between parties.

Shahzad Ali Rana

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Corporate (Company Jurisdiction), Civil Contract, Commercial Taxation Rent

Mr. Shahzad Ali Rana is a corporate lawyer having more than ten years of practical experience with the apex corporate regulator of the country (SECP) as a Special Public Prosecutor.

At SECP, he was mainly involved in leadership roles from legal analysis of all enforcement policy-making, adjudication processes within the legal framework, and prosecution of white-collar crimes in the corporate arena. His current and previous assignments have entailed roles that involve monitoring and regulating the capital market through licensing, investigations, enforcement, and rulemaking. Mr. Rana’s work record includes advising on proposed legislation, providing legal opinions on multiple regulatory issues of the capital market, reviewing policies, and showing cause notices, notifications, and orders within the regulatory framework. Mr. Rana has pleaded almost 200 cases in company, civil, criminal, and service matters before the Honorable High Courts of the country. He was also involved in three primary legislations, i.e., the Securities Act, 2015 for regulations of Capital Markets in the Country and Companies Act, 2017, along with numerous secondary legislations, including rules & regulations of capital market and corporate entities in the country. Mr. Rana carried out multiple prosecutions on behalf of the regulator before competent criminal courts involving white-collar offenses in the capital market, like market manipulation, insider trading, etc.

Fatima Ameer

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization:

Asad Hussain Ghalib

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil disputes, Contractual disputes, Family disputes & Banking disputes

Mr. Asad Hussain Ghalib is practicing as an Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan in Islamabad and providing professional services through

his Legal Firm “Ghalib Legal and Corporate Consultants” in various fields of law. He has done an LL.M from Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology Islamabad with research focused on “Need of Arbitration Centre at Islamabad” under the kind supervision of Honourable Dr. Ijaz Ali Chishti.
Since 2021, He has published Reported Judgments of Honourable Superior Courts and Tribunals in Islamabad in the pioneer Islamabad-based Monthly Law Journal “Islamabad Law Reports (ILR), Islamabad”.
He also launched a website with the address “islamabadlawreports.com” in 2022 for online Law Searching.
Mr. Asad is heading ADR Center, “The Islamabad ADR Centre, Islamabad” registered in 2018.

Saadia Shehzadi

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil disputes, Criminal disputes, Banking disputes, and Family disputes

Ms. Shehzadi is currently working with Honorable Mr. Justice Mohsan Akhtar Kiyani as a standing counsel/law officer at Islamabad High

Court, Islamabad.
Having worked with renowned law firms, She has gained 10 years of experience in the field of Civil, Criminal, Banking, and Family Law.
She provided services as a legal consultant for Qadeer and Co. (Chartered Accountants) and at ELEMEC Pakistan Lahore. Since March 2021, she has been working as a State Counsel with all Honorable Justices of the Islamabad High Court at the Advocate Journal Office in Islamabad. Alternative Dispute Resolution Arbitration is her core area of interest.
Ms. Shehzadi pursued LLB from Baha Uddin Zakariya University Multan.
During her professional career, she also worked with Awan Law Associates as an advocate high court (Lahore) and as Assistant Lawyer with ASK Law Associates Lahore.

Aisha Rasool, Director FJA

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil disputes, Contractual disputes, and Family disputes

Malik Qatadah Jamal

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil disputes, Criminal disputes, Land disputes, Commercial disputes, Contractual disputes, and IT disputes

Mr. Malik Qatadah Jamal holds the distinguished honor of conducting the mediation process

that led to the landmark achievement of securing the first successful settlement under the ADR Act, 2017 in Islamabad. Mr. Qatadah Jamal enrolled as an advocate in the Islamabad Bar Council on the 6th of April 2017. He has over 6 years of experience in dealing with complex civil, criminal, and constitutional cases in District and Honorable High courts so as to render assistance in the dispensation of justice. During the short span of his legal career, he possessed a record of successfully analyzing perplexing cases and figuring out the client’s requirements, rendering quality solutions focusing on exceptional ethical standards and practices.

Apart from working with individual clients, he rendered services to different private organizations i.e., Nested Logics, M/s Ghouri Town, etc. as Legal Advisor, and governmental organizations, like National Highway Authority (NHA) by representing as its Counsel in High Court.

Mr. Qatadah has also been working as Special Advisor to the Vice Chairman of the Islamabad Bar Council for Framing CPD/CLE Rules. Previously, he also served as Chairman ICT Administration & Coordination Committee at IHCBA.

Wasim Abid

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Construction disputes, Contractual disputes, Oil & Gas Property disputes, and General Contractual disputes

Mr. Wasim Abid is a practicing lawyer based in Islamabad. He graduated with a dual degree in law in the year 2011.

Thereafter, Mr. Abid got enrolled as an Advocate in 2012 and as an Advocate of the High Courts in 2014. Mr. Abid has been actively litigating before Islamabad High Court and other legal forums ever since commencing his professional career. My focus is on civil and commercial dispute resolution including arbitrations. Over the last five years, Mr. Abid has frequently represented clients before arbitral tribunals and pleaded cases on their behalf.

Misbah ul Mustafa Safir

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Construction Contracts disputes, Oil & Gas disputes, Service & Labor
Property disputes, General Contractual disputes, Civil and Commercial disputes

Mr. Misbah ul Mustafa Safir has over 15 years of experience in constitutional; general civil; corporate and commercial; engineering,

procurement, and construction; land acquisition; property; and employment/labour laws. Currently heading the consultancy department of KUNDI & MISBAH, he represented my clients before High Courts, Civil Courts, Regulatory Bodies, Commissions, and Tribunals.
Mr. Misbah is handling construction disputes, pending in arbitration tribunals and courts of law; the disputes of parties regarding tender bidding processes; and the contractual disputes relating to the acquisition of petroleum and its distribution. Having handled both transactional/consultancy work and litigation/arbitration matters, he is presently representing various clients in their service/labour matters before FST, National Industrial Relations Commission (NIRC), and High Court.
Mr. Misbah pursued a Master in Law (LLM) on full scholarship from the Higher Education Commission (HEC) from Queen Mary University of London, UK in 2007.

Ehsan Ali Qazi

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil disputes, Commercial disputes, Transactional disputes, Contractual and Construction disputes

Since 2005, Mr. Ehsan Ali Qazi a licensed legal practitioner has executed his role as a commercial advisor, transactional work,

and construction disputes. He has worked in civil litigation at Basir Law Associates and also engaged in commercial work, which includes but is not limited to advisory work, contract drafting, negotiations, and construction disputes (i.e., Construction claims and arbitrations) ” at Ajuris (Advocates and Corporate Counsel). Currently, Mr. Qazi running his own firm titled “Mumtaz & Brohi (Barristers and Corporate Counsel)” in Islamabad. He has also appeared before Honourable High Courts with regard to service matters, civil litigation-related appeals, and constitutional matters.” Mr. Qazi Holds an LL. B (Hons) degree and also a post-graduate diploma Bar Vocational Course (BVC) from Inns of CAOURT School of Law.

Muhammad Sohaib Sheikh

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Securities Law disputes, Oil & Gas disputes, Telecom Law disputes, Contractual disputes, Insurance Laws disputes, Banking disputes, Commercial disputes, Employment & Labour disputes, Construction disputes, Taxation, and Engineering disputes

Co-founding Senior Partner of C&T LAW, commenced practice in Islamabad after receiving the LL.B degree (1998-2001) from University of

Punjab. Mr. Sohaib has also been awarded the LL.M degree in International Business Law (2005-2006) by the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Before founding C&T LAW, he was working for Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan as Registrar (Appellate Bench) from year 2007 to 2014 and has previously worked with a leading law firm, the then Walker Martniue Saleem [Samdani and Qureshi] in Islamabad, Pakistan. He has extensive experience in corporate law and his current areas of focus are Capital Market, Banking and Finance, Energy, Employment/Labor and Service, Competition, Tax and Construction & Engineering. He is Advocate High Court of Pakistan and member of Islamabad High Court Bar Association

Barrister Sara Seerat

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Oil & Gas disputes, Company/Commercial disputes, Power related disputes, Family disputes, Regulatory Compliance (Securities Exchange Commission of Pakistan, Competition Commission), Construction disputes, Contractual disputes, and Energy disputes

Sara Seerat is the Managing Partner of Mahmood Awan & Partners, Islamabad and a co-founding Senior Partner of Awan Seerat Tirmizi,

Lahore. She qualified with an LLB (Hons.) from Queen Mary, University of London in 2009, and was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Hon’ble Society of Lincoln’s Inn in 2010. Her practice focuses mainly on energy laws, high- stake commercial disputes, and regulation of capital markets. She advises several oil & gas producers, oil marketing companies, LPG infrastructure development companies, power producers, major international construction contractors, and global FMCG brands. She represents her clients before the High Courts and regulatory authorities including Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority, and Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan. She also conducts trials before the courts in Islamabad. Sara has gained considerable experience as an arbitration lawyer and is currently acting as counsel for various petroleum and gas companies and other clients in multiple arbitrations of high-value commercial disputes.
Sara joined Orr, Dignam & Co. as an Associate in 2010. During her four years at Orr, Dignam & Co. she assisted partners on transactions in the power, oil & gas, banking, cement, and telecommunications sectors. She moved to Mahmood Awan & Partners in July 2014. She was given the role of a Partner in July 2015 and has been the Managing Partner since 2019.

Barrister Khaliq Uz Zaman

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil disputes, Corporate disputes, Start-up disputes, Banking disputes, Telecommunication disputes, Oil & Gas disputes, Property disputes, Employment disputes, Taxation disputes

Barrister Khalique Zaman completed his LLB Honours from SOAS University of London and then qualified as a Barrister from the Honourable Society of

Gray’s Inn.He completed his Supreme Court Law Clerkship where he assisted the Honourable Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Honourable Justice Manzoor Ahmed Malik. He served as a legal consultant for China Petroleum Pipeline and then moved to active litigation where he started working as an associate with seniors like Justice Sardar Muhammad Aslam and Ali Raza ASC. He dealt with several cases in the Lower Courts and High Courts. Some of his areas of expertise include Banking, Telecommunications, Oil and Gas, Property, Corporate and Employment Cases.
Currently, Barrister Khalique Zaman is a Partner in BARSOLS Legal Consultants primarily practicing in Civil, Corporate and Tax Law. At BARSOLS Legal Consultants he assists new and existing businesses being set up to run in an efficient manner, providing them legal and corporate consultancy services. Since the formation of this firm, he has attained a series of high-profile clients and has dealt with several complex transactions.

Taimoor Aslam Khan

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil disputes, Commercial/Corporate disputes, Family disputes, Service matters disputes, White Collar Crimes disputes, Regulatory matters disputes, and Property disputes

Taimoor Aslam Khan is an advocate of the High Court and is enrolled with the Islamabad Bar Council. He has acquired experience in his years

spent in HaidermotaBNR & Co. on all corporate and transactional matters.He has a wide range of experience in conducting due diligence with regard to the acquisition of various power companies and petroleum companies. He has been involved in some key arbitrations wherein, his work included preparation of claims, evidentiary documents, cross-examination of witnesses and final arguments. He is continuously involved in drafting legal opinions regarding the title to numerous immovable properties for clients leasing or purchasing such properties in Pakistan and advising clients regarding the regulatory framework of litigation, representing clients at the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan.
On a consistent basis, his advisory services include drafting and assisting in the preparation of legal opinions on various corporate and commercial matters, drafting and vetting of agreements such as sale of property, lease and rent agreements, shareholders and share purchase agreements and all general corporate commercial agreements as required. He handles diverse practices ranging from the company, constitutional, service matters, and estate/land to white collar crimes, including but not limited to NAB and FIA matters in the Honorable Courts of Pakistan. He is presently representing different companies in their litigations before the Honourable Courts of Quetta, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Multan and Islamabad. He is also handling arbitrations in various cities for clients.
He has represented, advised and rendered opinions to various Clients including top Corporate Entities. He has had the opportunity of appearing in excess of 550 plus cases in the Honourable Islamabad High Court, alone and has represented Clients in a wide array of matters, enabling him in developing a sound understanding of disputes of various nature, as well as, the adversarial nature of proceedings on account of which he has earned an invaluable experience in realizing the importance of mediation in effective dispute resolution, which would cater to expeditions resolution of contentious issues of the Parties involved while lessening the burden on the Judicial System.

Barrister Momin Ali Khan

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Contractual Disputes, Family Disputes, Labour Disputes, Corporate Disputes, and Telecommunication Disputes

Mr. Momin Ali, an advocate of the High Court delved into general corporate advisory work at the start of his legal career at Haidermota & Company.

Subsequently, He worked on a vast array of laws and represented clients across various forums including the High Courts besides also assisting Senior Counsel in matters before the Supreme Court of Pakistan during his time at Kundi & Kundi Advocates & Legal Consultants. Since November 2013, Mr. Ali is providing advice and representing a diverse clientele including public sector organizations and private businesses. For more than twelve (12) years, he has developed expertise in corporate, labor, and telecommunication laws in relation to which he does both contentious and non-contentious work and advises clients on a wide array of legal issues.
Mr. Ali has done his LLB Honours from the University of London in the year 2008. He further proceeded Bar Vocational Course (BVC) the same year and successfully completed it in 2009 and was called to the Bar of England & Wales by The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn.

Barrister Syed Masood Raza

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Contractual Disputes, Commercial Disputes, Family Disputes, Labour Disputes, Civil Disputes, and Regulatory Compliance (SECP & CCP)

Mr. Syed Masood Raza is enrolled as an Advocate of the High Court. He is representing clients before the National Industrial Relations Commission,

the District Courts, the Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan, the Competition Commission of Pakistan, and before High Courts across Pakistan. In 16 years of his legal career, Mr. Raza represented several leading corporate sector companies, including Telenor Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited, Lafarge Cement Pakistan Limited, Dawood Group of Industries, NEPRA, PCB, Pakistan Petroleum Limited, National Highway Authority, etc. He drafted and successfully negotiated several contracts including Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Contracts, Energy Purchase Agreements (EPA), Energy Purchase Contracts (EPCs), etc at one of the country’s leading corporate law firms in Pakistan. Currently, he advises a Saudi company and reviews their contracts besides assisting in setting up their legal department. Besides practicing law, he has also been appointed as an arbitrator and has adjudicated several disputes.
Mr. Raza completed his LLB (Hons) from Kingston University (London) in 2004. He first worked as a paralegal at the London-based AF Solicitors following he did Bar Vocational Course (BVC) from the University of Northumbria, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and was called to the Bar of England & Wales as a member of the Hon’ble Society of Lincoln’s Inn in 2007.

Mr. Abdur Rahim Bhatti

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil Disputes, Family Disputes, Contractual Disputes, Taxation Disputes, Service Matters, Criminal and Labour Disputes

Mr. Abdur Rahim Bhatti joined the legal profession in 1992 and was formally enrolled as an Advocate by the Punjab Bar Council

on 23.01.1993 dealing with civil matters of all disciplines of law. He was also enrolled as an Advocate of the High Court in the year 1995 and dealt with more than five thousand cases pertaining to civil (Service, Tax Matters) as well as criminal nature and remained successful in the majority of the briefs. The major chunk of cases was of service and labour nature and gained rich knowledge on service matters both in the Public and Private Sectors.
In the year 2008, Mr. Bhatti was enrolled as an Advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan and since then more than two thousand cases were pleaded before the Apex Court and gotten relief in most of the cases for the aggrieved parties. In a number of cases, he was appointed as Amicus-Curiae by the Hon’ble Supreme Court where he assisted the Apex Court in the cases mostly pertaining to service matters.
Mr. Bhatti’s professional standing at the Bar is 30 years mostly in service matters of the Government departments including the Public Sector, Corporations, Companies, and Universities. He is also providing services as a Legal Advisor for PARC, Pakistan Mediators AssociationS-AAUR, FAB, FBI&SE, NUST, and FPSC. Mr. Bhatti holds an LL. B (MA) and a Master’s Degree in Economics.

Adil Aziz Qazi

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil Disputes, Criminal Disputes, Family Disputes, and Property Disputes

Mr. Adil Aziz Qazi is an Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan. In 2006, he got enrolled as Advocate at High Court. Later on, he signed the role of Advocate

of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2014. He has 18 years of experience in active litigation in criminal and civil disputes and consultancy. Mr. Qazi extensively practiced in the areas of family disputes, criminal matters in different issues related to land and properties, local government, and problems arising out of their interaction with the public, and as of late working with constitutional law as well. He had the honor of assisting the Honorable High Courts in Islamabad, KPK, and Lahore and the Honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan in a number of high-profile cases. Several of these cases have also been reported by the orders of the Honorable benches at the Supreme Court of Pakistan and different High Courts. He has also served as Legal Adviser to Capital Development Authority, Islamabad, and Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad.
Mr. Qazi is currently serving as Senior Partner at Adil Qazi Law Firm LLP and founding member of wakeel.com (a tech law initiative).
He was elected as a member of the Islamabad Bar Council for five years in 2021 which is the principal statutory body governing this profession in Islamabad Capital Territory. Mr. Qazi also served as Chairman, of Executive Committee 2021-22 and currently serving as Chairman Legal Aid Committee at Islamabad Bar Council.

Asad Ladha

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Commercial Disputes, Tax Disputes, Oil and Gas, Civil Disputes (Property, Contractual, Intellectual Property), Regulatory Matters (SECP, CCP, SBP) and Taxation Disputes

Asad Ladha is a partner at Raja Mohammed Akram and & Co. He is an Advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan and was called to the Bar

of England and Wales (Lincoln’s Inn) in 2009. After completing his legal studies, Asad practiced as a litigation lawyer in London, UK. In addition, Asad has also acted as a Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Justice, UK.
Asad has a broad practice encompassing commercial, tax, constitutional and general civil litigation. He acts for a wide range of clients, including multinationals, government and public bodies, non-governmental organizations and private individuals. He regularly appears before and has also represented, a number of regulatory bodies including the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP). Within his Commercial practice, Asad has represented clients from a number of industries including Banking, Cement, Food and Beverage, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Telecommunications and Textiles.
Due to his experience in both Pakistani and foreign jurisdictions, Asad has built up considerable expertise in contentious civil, commercial, and tax matters with an international element.
Asad has served as an Editor of the prestigious International Organisations Law Review published in the Netherlands and contributed to the book titled “International Institutional Law” (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers). Asad has previously been a member of the visiting faculty at The Institute of Legal Studies (TILS), Lahore.
Asad heads the Islamabad office of Raja Mohammed Akram & Co.

Barr. Hassan Ali Raza

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Commercial Disputes, Contractual Disputes, Oil & Gas, Energy Disputes, Construction Disputes, and Sales of Good

Mr. Syed Hassan Ali Raza is currently working as a senior civil/commercial litigator at Orr, Dignam & Co. Advocates. Mr. Raza leads the

dispute resolution team at the Firm’s Islamabad office. The Firm is the oldest and one of the largest law firms in Pakistan. Mr. Raza’s total experience in dispute resolution is twelve (12) years, which includes ten (10) years with the Firm and two (2) years of training under the mentorship of Mr. Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb (now judge of the Islamabad High Court). Mr. Raza is qualified in the United Kingdom and has an LLM in Commercial Law.
Mr. Raza is rated by Legal 500 as the Firm’s main work contact in civil litigation. Mr. Raza has comprehensive experience in the field and is regularly advising or representing clients before foreign and domestic judicial, quasi-judicial and arbitral tribunals. Mr. Raza has also been appointed as an arbitrator in several high-profile commercial disputes. Mr. Raza has twenty-five (25) reported judgments, many of which are cases of first impressions, including seeking the successful implementation of the New York Convention, 1958 by recognizing and enforcing numerous foreign arbitration agreements and arbitral awards on behalf of foreign clients (including Fortune 500 companies). Mr. Raza is also a member of several Bar Councils in Pakistan, ASA Swiss Arbitration, Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration (Young ICCA), Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG-LCIA) and is on the Editorial Board of the Center for International Investment and Commercial Arbitration Pakistan (CIICA). Mr. Raza regularly contributes to various legal journals including the Kluwer Arbitration Blog.
If you require any further information, please feel free to contact me either on this email (personal) or at my work email address (syed.hassan@orrdignam.com).

Rahman Ali Khan

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Commercial Disputes, Company Law, Corporate Advisory, Regulatory Compliance, Construction Disputes, Oil & Gas, Labour Law, and Banking Disputes

Barrister Rahman Ali Khan obtained his LLB (Hons) degree from the University of Buckingham, United Kingdom in the year 2011. Thereafter,

he enrolled in the Bar Professional Training Course and was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Gray’s Inn) in the year 2013. Khan also holds an LLM from the City Law School, London, United Kingdom. Khan was enrolled as an Advocate with the Punjab Bar Council in the year 2013 and as an Advocate High Court with the Islamabad Bar Council in 2016.
Khan joined Haidermota & Co in 2013 and focussed on corporate and transactional work, where Khan worked on a wide variety of matters including but not limited to Company Law, Labour Law, Competition Law, Regulatory Matters, Commercial Law, Oil & Gas Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Privatisation Matters, Banking Law and Contract Law. Major transactions in which Khan was part of the working team include the proposed privatisation of a major oil and gas company in Pakistan for US$ 980 million, the purchase of a microfinance bank by a major telecom operator in Pakistan and a PKR 780 million financing based on conventional and Islamic financing.
In 2015, Khan joined with Wasim Abid to form Abid & Khan Law (AK Law). Khan has, since the formation of AK Law, worked on various transactional matters and heads the corporate division at AK Law, along with working on arbitrations arising out of contractual disputes in construction and oil & gas projects

Muhammad Saqib Bhatti

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Commercial Disputes, Civil Disputes, Criminal Disputes, Family Disputes, Taxation and Labor/Employment Disputes

Mr. Muhammad Saqib Bhatti is an advocate of the High Court, currently serving as a partner at SB Law Associates, Islamabad.

The firm is rendering services related to, but not limited to, Constitutional, Commercial, Civil, Criminal, and Human rights matters. Prior to the establishment of the law firm, Mr. Bhatti worked as Civil Judge cum Judicial Magistrate for 5 years under the administrative control of Islamabad High Court Islamabad where he had the opportunity to adjudicate disputes involving Civil, Commercial, Criminal, Matrimonial, Tenancy, and Arbitration matters.
He also worked as in-house legal counsel at Huawei Technologies Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited from September 2012 –December 2014. During his career with Huawei as legal counsel, Mr. Bhatti dealt with commercial transactions & contractual issues. As a lead legal counsel, he was also involved in pre-bidding matters such as preparation; review, and evaluation of RFP. Followed by post-bidding matters which include drafting and leading the negotiation for finalizing Sales, Services, Turnkey, NDA, and other types of contracts with telecom operators as well as with sub-contractors.
Being a practicing legal professional for 15 years, Mr. Bhatti possesses a predominant interest in civil and constitutional litigation with a prime focus on Arbitration laws. He is currently engaged as a legal counsel and as a sole/co-arbitrator in different arbitrations. In addition, he had actively been involved in rendering legal opinions to the company’s tax, customs, finance, procurement, and HR departments. Also delivered lectures to police officials on Investigation, Domestic Violence, Community Policing, Human Rights, Code of Conduct for Law enforcement agencies, and other issues. He pursued L.L.M Corporate Law from International Islamic University, Islamabad in 2011. Previously, done LL. B (Hons) in Shariah and Law from IIU, Islamabad in 2007

Syed Ishtiaq Haider

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Banking Disputes, Civil Disputes, Criminal and Commercial Disputes

Raja Jhaenzaib Akhtar, AD, FJA

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Commercial Disputes, Civil Disputes, and Property Disputes

Fiaz Ahmad A. Jandran

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil Disputes, Family Disputes, Service matters, Contract Disputes, and Criminal Disputes

Mr. Fiaz Ahmad A. Jandran was enrolled with the Punjab Bar Council in 1995 as an Advocate, in 1997 as an Advocate High Court and

in 2010 as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. In 2019, he became Justice of Islamabad High Court (IHC), where he served for one and half years. As a Justice decided more than 1900 cases of all nature, which include RFAs, Civil Revisions, Rent Matters, Constitutional Petitions, Arbitration Matters, Murder References, Narcotic Appeals, NAB Appeals, Bail Petitions.
After serving as Justice, Mr. Jandran resumed practice in law. During these 28 years of legal profession/practice, which continues till date, he became a pioneer member of Islamabad Bar Council in 2015, and Vice Chairman, Chairman Executive Committee of the said Council. He also remained Chairman Legal Education committee for four consecutive years and got printed Civil and Criminal Major Acts, each comprising two volumes. As a Chairman Rules making committee framed the Islamabad Legal Practitioners and Bar Council Rules and Regulations 2017, which are applicable to the whole legal fraternity of the Federal Capital. Beside practicing in Islamabad, he also represented legal profession throughout Pakistan including Gilgit Baltistan Province and Azad Jammu and Kashmir as member/ Vice Chairman of the Islamabad Bar Council.
He is also among the senior most visiting faculty member of the pioneer law college “Jinnah Muslim Law College” for 24 years. Mr. Jandran was nominated as member of the commission constituted by the Honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan for inspection of Law colleges in Rawalpindi and Federal Capital. Mr. A. Jandran completed graduation in law and a double master’s degree in the subject of History and Political Science from the University of Punjab in 1994.

Hassan Rashid Qamar

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil Disputes, Commercial & Recovery matters, Criminal Disputes, Service matters, Employment, and Labor Disputes

Legal Business Partner having more than 13 years of extensive practice experience, including but not limited to matters relating to Constitution

of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Arbitration, Commercial, Civil, Services & Labor and Criminal law in District Courts, Special Courts & Tribunals, the High Courts as well as the Supreme Court. After completing an LLB (Hons.) from University of Warwick and the University of London, I completed Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from OXILP, UK. Having enrolled as an Advocate of the High Court in 2010, I was enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2020. I am a disciplined hardworking legal associate with a special focus on formulating and implementing strategies for desired outcomes within a minimum
timeframe

Ghulam Ali Shah

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Environmental Disputes, Oil & Gas, Family Disputes, Civil Disputes, Banking Disputes, Criminal Disputes, and Service matters

Mr. Ghulam Ali Shah Advocate High Court has over 11 years of experience as a practicing lawyer in civil, Criminal, and Family cases, Services tribunals,

Environmental Protection tribunals, Constitutional Petitions, Revisions, and Appeals in both lower& High courts. He has facilitated several Mediations in Civil and Family Matters.
During General Election in 2013, he served as District Training Coordinator in Mansehra which was a joint venture of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES). Presently, Mr. Shah is on the panel of legal Advisors of Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) and National Information Technology Board (NITB).

Saeed Ahmed Zaidi

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Contractual Disputes, Tax Disputes, Civil Disputes, and Service Laws

Sultan Mazhar Sher

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Corporate Disputes, Oil & Gas, Regulatory Matters, Service matters, Energy Disputes, and Commercial Disputes

An attorney at Law with a Master of laws (distinction) from Cardiff Law School, United Kingdom, possessing legal experience of two

decades in legal disciplines including constitutional, corporate, tax, commercial, regulatory and service litigation; policy review and legislative drafting; energy laws; corporate and financial markets advisory.He has worked as a legal consultant to the World Bank on review of the insurance sector; regulatory framework for trade in services and investment and the review of tax legislation for FBR in Pakistan. He prepared the framework for introduction of terrorism insurance in Pakistan and the framework for the establishment of National Commodity Exchange in Pakistan. He has also advised the Government of Pakistan on the corporatization of State Life Insurance Corporation.He served as General Counsel at the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan where he has worked on diversified legislative assignments. He has been advising SECP on issues, including but not limited to, corporate matter, capital and debt markets, non-banking financial companies and insurance. He has represented SECP at Government Ministries, Federal Cabinet, Parliament and its committees, international donor agencies and international forums including diplomatic forums (UNDROIT).He was a member of the corporate rehabilitation committee established by the Government of Pakistan and has negotiated ADB’s Second Generation of Capital Markets Reform Program loan of $400 million. He has also provided advice on the Political Risk Guarantee Facility Agreements, under ADB’s Financial (Non-Banking) Markets and Governance Program.He also served in the National Accountability Bureau as Additional Deputy Prosecutor General. He is a currently legal consultant to Pakistan’s largest entities in the Oil and Gas sectors and has advised clients on corporate transactions of over 100 million USD. He is representing leading Pakistani and foreign companies and government departments in a number of high profile litigation in Pakistan. He has been appointed as amicus curiae by the Hon’able Islamabad High Court in petitions filed challenging the imposition of fuel price adjustment in electricity bills.

Saad Ahmad Rajpoot

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil Law, Real Estate/land, Family Disputes, Contractual Disputes, Environmental Disputes, and Intellectual Property

Mr. Saad Ahmed Rajpoot is an Advocate High Court, having 14 years of litigation experience and specialized expertise in Civil, Environmental,

Consumer, Intellectual Property, Arbitration, & Land Revenue Laws. He started legal career at Hafiz Saeed Law Associates and then moved on to a very well-reputed law firm named “Hussain & Qazi Law Associates”. He has been actively involved in dispute resolution and litigation in criminal and civil cases. Mr. Rajput has made timely settlement of contentious issues between disputed parties through more appropriate and alternative dispute resolution techniques such as mediation, conciliation and arbitration. He is currently serving as Senior Partner in SSC Law firm, Islamabad established in 2011. He holds an LL. B (Hons) degree.

Tania Bazai

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Banking Disputes, Family Disputes, Criminal Disputes, and Civil Disputes

Ms. Tania Bazai is an Advocate High Court practicing legal career for the last 7 years. Ms. Bazai has represented her clients in civil, family, commercial,

and criminal matters in almost every court including Family, Civil, Criminal, and Special Courts. She also represented her clients in criminal appeals before High Court. Besides representing local clients, she represented Foreign Clients in District courts.
Initially started with a corporate law firm, she has independently worked with Chinese Companies as litigation Counsel “Power China and “CCECC” and with an NGO “Piyass International” where she contested the bail of fifty needy orphan Prisoners. She is currently working on Eight Organization’s Penal “Litigation” in Islamabad. In a short span of her litigation career, she has Eight Reported Criminal Judgments on her credit. She has been recently appointed to the commission by the Honorable High Court for evidence record among both disputed parties. Ms. Bazai pursued LLB/LLM degree with research focused on ADR, particularly mediation and arbitration. She has also done double Masters, one in International Relations and English Literature.

Maryam Ali Abbasi

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Construction Disputes, Contractual Disputes, Telecommunication Disputes, Real Estate Disputes, Family Disputes, and White Collar Crime

Maryam is a Partner at Ali Raza and Partners LLP where she has developed her practice in Civil and Commercial Litigation with a focus on

Real Estate, Telecommunication, Construction, White collar crime and civil liberties. She regularly assists the senior partner before the Supreme Court in Constitutional Appeals. Apart from litigation, she has also developed her skills in advisory services to start up digital banks with a focus on corporate structuring, compliances and regulatory requirements. Maryam completed her LLB from the University of London and then qualified as a Barrister in 2016. She has also been a clerk to the Honourable Justices at the Honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan and was a former lecturer to first-year law students at a University of London accredited Law College.

Syed Muhammad Tayyab Shah

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Criminal Disputes, Family Disputes, and Civil Disputes

Mr. Tayyab Shah Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan started the legal profession in October 1996 in Islamabad.

He rendered his services as the Special Public Prosecutor from 1998-2005 at the Sessions Court Islamabad. Mr. Shah was elected as Secretary of the Islamabad Bar Association in 2007. From 2009 to 2015, he served as Special Public Prosecutor at Anti-Terrorism Courts. He also served in various positions such as President of the Islamabad Bar Association and Deputy Attorney General for Pakistan.
Mr. Shah is currently doing Masters Degree (LL.M) in International Criminal Law from University of London. Previously, he pursued an LLB degree.

Shireen Imran

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil Disputes, Service matters, and Family Disputes

Almost 27 years having experience of working in Civil, Criminal and Specially Service cases in District Court, High Court, Tribunals,

Federal Shariat Court and Supreme Court of Pakistan

Umar Farooq, Research Officer, IHC

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Service and Labour Disputes, Family Disputes, Energy Disputes, Civil and Revenue Disputes

Umar Farooq started his professional career as a legal practitioner at Satti Law Associates, Rawalpindi, and also worked as a

legal counselor with Dar Alistishara in Manama, Bahrain. He was enrolled as an Advocate High Court in the year 2008 and later on joined the service of Islamabad High Court in the same year 2008. He was promoted as Deputy Registrar in 2017.
Mr. Farooq has served in various positions including Assistant Registrar Institution, Administration, and Deputy Registrar Legislation. Since 2013, he has been assisting different Benches of the Hon’ble Islamabad High Court as a Research Officer where he dealt with cases ranging from civil to criminal and commercial fields of law, and particularly developed my interest in the Law of Arbitration. He holds Innovative experience in developing case strategies and writing research-oriented briefs. He also remained a member of bar and an associate of the Bench.
Mr. Farooq has done LLM from Federal Urdu University Islamabad in the year 2013. Previously, he pursued LLB from University Law College, University of Punjab, in 2003.

Daniyal Hassan Advocate High Court

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Environmental Disputes, Company matters, and Labour Disputes

Daniyal Hassan is an advocate of the High Courts in Pakistan. He graduated from the University of London with an LLB (Hons) in 2015.

Since then, he has worked with reputable law firms in Islamabad as well as international organizations including the International Rescue Committee, World Learning Inc. and the US Department of Justice. He advises and represents various public and private sector organizations. His most recent work was as a State Counsel at the Islamabad High Court where he prosecuted cases on behalf of the State and represented the Islamabad Capital Territory Administration in constitutional matters.”

Attaullah Hakim Kundi

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Civil Disputes (Land related issues, family issues, contract enforcement and service matters), Construction Disputes, and Criminal Disputes

An advocate of the Supreme Court with 21 years standing. Primarily, as a litigation lawyer, I have represented my clients in various

forums which include ordinary Civil Court, Company Judge, Collector, Revenue Appellate Court, Revenue Authorities under Land Revenue Act, Family Court, Rent Controller, Guardian Judge, National Industrial Relations Commission & Labour Court and High Court. I have also represented clients in arbitrations in construction disputes emanating from FIDIC-based Contracts. I have got a lot of experience in criminal law as well, as I have conducted a number of trials, including murder trials, and criminal appeals before the High Courts

Syed Abdullah Anwer

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Banking & Finance Disputes, Election Commission matters Disputes, Intellectual Property Disputes, Partnership Agreements Disputes, and Admiralty/Maritime Law Disputes

Syed Abdullah Anwer, Advocate is a Partner in the well-renowned Law Firm, Syed Law Associates & Arbitrators (S.L.A.A). He specializes

in Banking and Finances Disputes, Election Commission Disputes, Corporate and Partnership Agreements,Intellectual Property Disputes, and Maritime & Admiralty Disputes. He has completed his LLB (Hons) from the University of London, also receiving a Certificate of Higher Education in British Common Law. His LLM is in International and Maritime Laws from Bahria University.
He has worked in various Policy and Research Think-Tanks across Pakistan including the Institute of Policy Studies, the Institute of Strategic Studies Research & Analysis (ISSRA) at the National Defense University and the Maritime Study Forum. He has remained part of the Strategic Policy and Planning Cell, National Security Division committee in the first International Islamabad Security Dialogue.Syed Abdullah Anwer, Advocate has published a variety of articles and research papers including a paper titled “”Pakistan-Us Relations: Retracing the Future Through the Past.” And a Paper on IIOJK titled “Article 370 & 35A: Kashmir in Legal Limbo””. He has also recently co-authored and published a book titled “”The Manual of Maritime Laws”” a pioneering endeavor in Pakistan. Finally, he is also a Member of the International Nuclear Law Association, Brussels. The only representative member from Pakistan.

Barrister Afzal Hussain

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Contractual Disputes, Family Disputes, Banking Disputes, and Oil & Gas Disputes

In 2006, he completed his LLB (Hons) degree from the University of London. In 2007, he completed his Bar Vocational Course from Cardiff

University and was called to the bar by the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn. Since 2008, he has been practicing as an Advocate for Lower Courts and High Courts. He has conducted hundreds of cases before the High Courts and the Lower Courts primarily in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Since 2018, he is practicing as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He has a general law practice and has several reported cases. Few citations of cases reported in recent years are mentioned hereafter; 2022 PCr.LJ 534 (Islamabad High Court), 2022 MLD 1342 (Islamabad High Court), 2022 PCr.LJ 649 (Lahore High Court), 2021 SCMR 449 (Supreme Court), 2021 PLC (CS) 1130 (Islamabad High Court), 2019 P T D 2313 (Islamabad High Court), 2018 YLR 1891 (Islamabad High Court) and 2018 C L C 1006 (Islamabad High Court). He has the honor of successfully representing the Republic of Tajikistan as its sole defense counsel before the Islamabad High Court (Citation: PLD 2015 Islamabad 13 & 2015 CLD Islamabad 8). From 2009-2010, he taught corporate law at NUST Business School. From 2018-2019, he taught Constitutional Law at the Secretariat Training Institute (STI), Government of Pakistan.Further, he has been writing articles on legal and political issues in leading English and Urdu newspapers of the country and he has also been appearing as a legal expert on different Television Channels. He is also the author of the book titled “Kashmir and Human Rights” published in 2016, which highlights human rights abuses and violations of International Law by India. Moreover, he holds a master’s in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Punjab.

Jamal Aziz

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Environmental Disputes, Criminal Disputes, International Law, and Civil Disputes

Mr. Aziz is a recognized international law expert in Pakistan and has been working at the forefront of major international law issues

faced by Pakistan in the past decade. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Research Society of International Law (RSIL), a position he has held since April 2016. In addition, he also serves as Director of the Centre of Excellence for International Law (CEIL) at the National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad. Mr. Aziz is also a member of the Prime Minister’s Working Group of Experts on International Law and the Working Group of Experts on Pakistan’s International Investment Regime ReformsAt RSIL and CEIL, NDU, Mr. Aziz leads Pakistan’s largest legal research team, carrying out cutting-edge research and providing specialized legal advice to a wide range of Government ministries, state institutions and international organizationsDuring this time, he has overseen the development of nearly 200 publications relating to counter-terrorism, national security, climate change, criminal justice, human rights, governance, and rule of law which have resulted in legislative reform and policy actions at the Federal and Provincial level and contributed to Pakistan’s foreign policy positions on strategic issues. He has also provided hundreds of trainings on these areas to thousands of stakeholders in Pakistan including senior civilian and military policymakers, justice sector actors and civil society.Mr. Aziz completed his LL.M with Distinction from University College London in September 2010. He enrolled with the Islamabad Bar Council as an Advocate in 2013 and became an Advocate of the High Court in 2016.

Hafiz Asif Ali Tamboli

Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Specialization: Contractual Disputes, Family Disputes, and Civil Disputes

Asif Ali Tamboli Advocate High Court, LLB (Hons) Shariah & Law and LLM (International Law) from International Islamic University

Islamabad, M.A (Political Science) from the University of Punjab, member IBA since 06.02.2010 and IHCBA Since 25.02.2012. Having almost 13 years of experience in Civil, Criminal, Family and Constitutional Litigation. Ex- Joint Secretary of Islamabad High Court Bar Association (2017-18).

Fawad Muslim

Accredited by: ADR ODR International
Specialization: Tax dispute, Commercial, and Construction Intellectual Property dispute

Fawad Muslim is a practicing advocate based in Islamabad/Rawalpindi. He is a retired police officer from the Metropolitan Police,

and was based in the Criminal Investigation Department in London, UK. Post-retirement, he completed his graduation and studied law, particularly in ADR and Negotiation. He has extensive experience in the Real Estate and construction industry and has conducted many successful mediations between vendors and vendors. His academic qualifications, which include accreditation in Civil and Commercial Mediation from ADR ODR International and negotiation skills from Harvard Business School (Online) in 2022, are a testament to his dedication to the field of mediation.

Muhammad Hasnain Khan

Accredited by: ADR ODR International
Specialization: Civil Construction matters, Contractual disputes, Commercial and Criminal dispute

Engr. M. Hasnain Khan Adv. is a Practicing Lawyer and Arbitrator at “92 LEX”. He is also the CEO of the “ADR Institute”

that works on Developing, Educating, Training, and Instilling Alternative Dispute Resolution skills in Professionals and Students. Mr. Khan is an internationally accredited Mediator with Civil Mediation Council (CMC), Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI) & International Mediation Institute (IMI), Accredited Negotiator, Conflict Manager, and ODR Specialist with ADR ODR International. He is also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – UK, Prime Dispute – USA, Asian Institute of ADR – Malaysia Society of Construction Law – UK and Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC). Mr. Khan serves on the Primary Arbitration Panel of Maldives International Arbitration Centre (MIAC) and the Mediation Panel of ICADRP and ADR Initiative. He also serves on the Advocate Panel of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Highways Authority (PKHA). He is also a Law Teacher, having a Master’s in History and Political Science.