Ahmed R. - Lawyer / Advocate / Attorney / Contract Specialist / Legislative Drafting Expert

Ahmed R.

Lawyer / Advocate / Attorney / Contract Specialist / Legislative Drafting Expert

Pakistan | Asia/Karachi (USD)

$35/hr
Part-time:10-30 hrs/week
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ABOUT ME

A Qualified Lawyer and a registered Advocate of High Courts of Pakistan having over five (5) years of work experience as a corporate and litigation lawyer. My legal practice includes both contentious and non-contentious legal work in areas of public and private sector infrastructure project development, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, project financing, energy and power, oil and gas, banking and finance including micro finance, public procurement, telecommunication, media & information technology, regulatory and transactional matters, intellectual property, consumer protection, competition and fair trade. My non-contentious legal work primarily entails advising clients on matters relating to corporate and commercial laws, due-diligence, structuring complex and high value transactions, reviewing, drafting and negotiating contracts, legal advice and general corporate advisory support involving variety of issues such as providing legal advice on contractual issues and multiple regulatory and legal aspects etc. In addition to non-contentious legal work, I have successfully handled all types of litigation and actively represented clients in various law suits and legal matters before various regulatory authorities, sub-ordinate courts, special courts/tribunals and High Courts of Pakistan. I have drafted various litigation documents such as suits, writs, appeals, and miscellaneous petitions/applications. Moreover, I have also provided assistance to senior counsels/partners in proceedings before Supreme Court of Pakistan and High Courts of Pakistan in relation to various legal matters. I also have significant expertise in legislative drafting, and have drafted various federal and provincial statutory enactments for private members of federal and provincial legislatures during my stay at Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (PIPS) Parliament of Pakistan. Presently working with a public sector company of Ministry of IT & Telecom, Government of Pakistan as a Legal Consultant where I have been extensively involved in reviewing, drafting and negotiating contracts/agreements, reviewing RFPs/RFAs/RFQs and ensuring strict compliance of auction and bidding processes with procurement laws, tendering opinions on legal and regulatory matters, maintaining close liaison with regulatory authorities (PTA, SECP, FAB etc) and various federal ministries, compliance with Public Sector Companies Corporate Governance Rules, handling dispute resolution & arbitration proceedings, evaluation and award of force majeure claims, litigation & case management etc.

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