A highly motivated and talented Legal Professional with over 10 years of post qualification experience, both as ‘In-House Counsel’ and ‘Practicing Lawyer’, having significant understanding and specialties in Litigation Management, Contracts’ drafting/vetting, Legal Opinions, Legal Research, Risk Management, Arbitration/Dispute Resolution matters, Court Procedures and Legal System.
Areas of Expertise:
-Drafting/vetting court pleadings i.e. petitions, plaints, written statements, appeals, applications, affidavits, counter affidavits, etc.
-Drafting/vetting all types of agreements/contracts, SoPs/policies, MoUs, legal notices/reply of legal notices, financing & security documents, power of attorneys, lease/sub-lease deeds, undertakings, indemnities, guarantees, and other legal documents
-Preparing/managing/handling different types of litigation matters, court cases and other quasi-judicial issues including arbitration proceedings
-Strong liaison/coordination with external lawyers across the country
-Appearing on behalf of the Company before different courts of law including High Courts, District Courts, offices of Wafaqi Mohtasibs, Arbitrators and other forums of law
-Providing expert, strategic and risk management legal advices/opinions in relation to different areas of law
-Identifying and eliminating legal and commercial risks in contracts/agreements
-Interpreting relevant laws, rulings and judgments
-Ensuring legal compliance and limit risk exposure
-Significant professional experience in Corporate laws
-Experience in dispute resolution/conflict resolution matters including arbitration proceedings under Arbitration Act, 1940 and ICC Rules, 2012
-Expertise in all types of Property related legal matters
-Experience in HR/IR related legal issues
| Last Resume Update | November 23, 2015 |
| Address | Karachi, Pakistan |
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Experience
Legal Counsel/Executive Legal
-Handle Court Cases including Arbitration Proceedings of the entire south region of the Country
-Preparing to institute/file law suits/appeals/petitions
-Appoint lawyers and negotiate their professional fee
-Draft/vet agreements/contracts, court pleadings, SoPs/policies, MoUs and other legal documents
-Provide legal opinions, on daily basis, to different departments,
-Review property ownership documents and render legal opinions accordingly
-Review and examine cases pertaining to Carriage Contracts for Logistics dept.
-Regular legal advisory service to HR/IR departments on disciplinary matters
-Maintain/update list of Court cases and presenting the same to the management
-Represent the Company before the Public Accounts Committee headed by the Honourable Ministers
-Keeping liaison with governmental departments and law enforcement authorities
Accomplishment:
-Achieved various high profile court cases including contempt applications dismissed/decreed in favor of the Company, having impact of millions of rupees
-Obtained a few Stay Orders including a stay which protected the Company from paying more than 10 million annually on account of advertisement tax
-Solely prepared and filed an appeal of a sensitive nature before the Honourable President of Pakistan which was decided in favor of the Company
-Vetted/finalized various commercial agreements/contracts, including demand guarantees under URDG 758, and a few international agreements involving international laws including ICC Rules 2012
-Independently drafted and prepared a few Company’s SoPs/Policies including their entire annexures and successfully reviewed a large number of cases under the said Policies
-Provided extensive legal opinions including on the cases involving NEPRA (Fines) Rules 2002, Explosive License fee, insurance claims involving a huge amount
-Got several Audit paras settled in favor of the Company before the Public Accounts Committee headed by the Honourable Ministers
Education
L.L.B.