PROFILE
GUJJAR LAW ASSOICATES, is a firm catering to the needs of commercial, financial
and industrial entities and in a very short span of time, the firm has created a sterling
reputation in the market, which bears an adequate testimony to the qualitative and
positive approach that has marked their proceedings in the solution of complex legal
issues. Being fully aware that the success of any firm is measured by the success of the
client, it is the aim of all the partners and associates of the firm to properly appreciate
the individual requirements and particular objectives of each client and to accomplish
the expeditious and qualitative attainment of such objectives to the utmost satisfaction
of the clients’ interests.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Possessing considerable and varied experience in corporate, civil, revenue and
commercial law, some of the areas in which our practice is concentrated are as follows:
Banking & Financial Services
The members of the Firm have acted on behalf of various Pakistani and foreign banks
and our practice provides advice in relation to the full spectrum of financial products
including lending & acquisition finance, asset finance, project finance, financial
regulatory, insolvency & restructuring and structured finance.
As such we are fully abreast with current finance and banking developments and are
able to advise on the formulation and implementation of banking products and
financial instruments and engage in the preparation and review of financing and
security documents.
Corporate & Commercial
Our corporate clients include companies in various sectors, and the nature of work in
which the members of our Firm have been engaged includes routinely advising our
clients on the legal aspects of domestic mergers acquisitions and takeovers, as well as
the raising of equity capital and debt finance, and on commercial agreements relating to
agency, distribution, franchising, licensing, manufacturing, leasing and hire-purchase.
Property & Revenue Laws
We are able to advise on all the salient aspects of the acquisition, financing and disposal
of estates in immovable property and the management thereof. We are experienced in
acting for both borrowers and lenders in all manner of property finance transactions,
whether large and complicated transactions or small bilateral loans secured over a
single property, and in rendering advice to financial institutions on taking security over
property. We are also adept at handling litigation matters pertaining to disputes
involving immovable property, including contractual and development disputes,
dispute between landlord and tenant, rent reviews, nuisance claims, possession actions
and convincing disputes.
Constitutional & Administrative
Governmental action regularly affects the interests of individuals and businesses
through legislation and the operation of a wide array of legislative and administrative
orders. We provide counsel to and represent our clients in administrative and judicial
proceedings seeking constitutional protection from the acts of the federal or provincial
governments or bodies/organisations that are organs or act under the aegis of the
federation or the provinces.
Construction & Engineering
We are able to advise on all aspects of construction and civil engineering in both the
public and private sector, including the relationship between employers, designers,
certifiers, contractors, sub-contractors and suppliers. Our objective is to enable our
client’s to understand and reduce the contractual risks involved in construction projects
and resolve contractual issues and disputes in a manner consistent with their
commercial requirements. We strive to ensure that contracts include dispute resolution
clauses that are appropriate in the context of the particular transaction, but should a
major dispute on the contract arise, we are experienced and proactive both in
arbitration and in court.
Employment, Labour & Industrial Relations
We have substantial experience in advising employers on all aspects of labour and
employment law, including the recruitment, retention and retrenchment of staff, the
transfers of employees, the negotiation and drafting of collective bargaining
agreements, wrongful dismissal advice, pension and benefits litigation, worker’s
compensation, drafting individual employment contracts and consultancy agreements
and advising on disputes over executive contracts and compensation. We are also adept
at successfully handling employment/labour disputes before the High Courts, Labour
Courts and the Labour Appellate Tribunal.
Insurance
We provide a comprehensive range of specialist services, including advising on the
establishment and regulation of insurance and reinsurance companies, drafting policy
wordings, advising on insurance issues arising in commercial agreements and corporate
transactions. We are able to advise corporate entities on the legal aspects of their
insurance arrangements, including dealing with non-responding insurers and
problematic insurance claims, and are adept at conducting insurance and reinsurance
litigation and arbitration.
Intellectual Property
In the competitive business environment of today the protection of intangible assets
such as brands, copyrights, trademarks, patents and designs is becoming increasingly
important. Our practice encompasses the complete spectrum of IP issues and we are
able to advise on the registration, management and protection of IP portfolios and on
transactional work involving intellectual property rights, including the assignment of
trademarks, patents, copyrights, and registered designs, research and development,
marketing, product development and distribution agreements and other intellectual
property and technology-based associations. We are also able to conduct litigation
concerning any disputes that may arise involving patents, trademarks, unfair
competition/passing off, copyrights, designs and trade secrets including combating
piracy and counterfeiting, questions of ownership, validity and infringement.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
We handle a wide range of civil disputes and proceedings as well as white collar crime
and criminal proceedings arising in a corporate context and have particular expertise in
managing complex, multi-faceted cases involving multiple claims and parties. We also
deal with a variety of administrative and revenue law matters that frequently involve
proceedings for judicial review.
We pride ourselves on our ability to deal with the same in an efficient and dynamic
manner, departing from the mechanical and often pedestrian style of litigation that is
generally prevalent, and work to help our clients resolve disputes efficiently and
effectively - whether through arbitration, litigation or other techniques - in a manner
that promotes their business objectives. We are also able to work with clients to develop
compliance programs and other techniques to minimise the potential risk of future
litigation.
Taxation & revenues
We are able to advise on and deal with litigation concerning income tax, sales tax,
customs duty, stamp duty, central excise duty, and fees, and have had considerable
success in mounting challenges to the unwarranted collection of amounts under these
heads before the courts.
PARTNERS/FIRM
The detail of partners is elucidated herein below:-
Partners Name
Advocate High Court
(Supreme Court
enrollment in process)
Advocate High Court
Advocate High Court
The brief particulars of the partners of the Firm are as follows:
MALIK NAEEM IQBAL, B.A., LL.M
After graduating with a degree in Arts, Mr. Naeem Iqbal went on to take his LL.M.
from the University of Karachi in 2005. He commenced practice at the Bar in 2006 and
has been practicing at the High Court since the beginning of 2008.
He has been particularly active in dispute resolution, especially arbitration and
litigation relating to corporate and commercial matters, in the realm of banking,
insurance, immovable property, revenue and services.
He has several reported judgements which have been published in leading law journals
of Pakistan.
Legal Work Experience
August, 2004 – October 2005: Associate at Sajjad Ali Shah & Co.
November, 2005 – May 2008: Associate at Omer Soomro & Co.
June, 2008 – to date: Partner Zamir Ovais & Malik
Acted in numerous commercial transactions, contentious and non-contentious, including,
advising on the incorporation and structure of companies, matters related to trade mark, patents
and copyright law, advising on matters related to Customs Law and Sales Tax Law, General
Election disputes and acted as defense counsel in National Accountability Bureau cases. Acted
particularly in the following types of legal matters:
Contentious Work
• acted on behalf of an auction-purchaser of industrial property in a Court sale in proceedings
involving complex issues in relation to the Transfer of Property Act, Registration Act and
Stamp Act
• acted in High Court in service matters relating to appointment, promotion, transfer, seniority,
up gradation and other interconnected issues.
• acted in the High Court in numerous civil suits involving a broad spectrum of commercial
matters pertaining to Company Law, auction purchases, suits for recovery and damages
• acted as defense counsel in numerous cases involving The National Accountability Bureau at
the High Court and National Accountability Courts
• Prosecution of recovery suits on behalf of a number of banks.
• Acted in a number of banking suits in the High Courts as well as the Lower Banking Courts.
• acted in numerous election petitions.
Arbitration
• prosecuting inheritance claim on behalf of legal heirs
• prosecuting a contractual claim on behalf of one of the partners of renowned partnership firm
Mr. Bigmac, Karachi
Non-contentious Work
• drafting and advising on all types of contracts of a commercial nature
• general commercial work involving the drafting and reviewing of a broad spectrum of
documents including Articles and Memorandum of Association, shareholders agreements,
joint venture agreements, agency agreements and ancillary matters.
• advising on all matters related to the registration of trade mark, copyrights and patents
• drafting a supplementary partnership deed for the invitation of new partners and advising on
all other ancillary issues
Reported Cases
• 2009 CLC 852 • 2011 SBLR Sindh 368
• 2010 CLC 346 • 2011 SBLR Sindh 588
• 2010 CLC 159 • 2011 SBLR Sindh 697
• 2010 CLC 1046 • 2011 PLC CS 313
• 2010 CLD 10 • 2012 PLD Sindh 17
• 2011 SBLR Sindh 231 • 2012 CLD Sindh 92
• 2011 P Cr,LJ 380 • 2012 CLC 1293
• 2012 PLC (CS) 996 • 2012 CLC 1434
• 2012 PLD Sindh 381 • 2013 MLD 287
• 2013 PLC (CS) 592 • 2013 CLD 488
• 2014 SBLR Sindh 1287 • 2014 CLD 279
• 2014 PLD Sindh 511 • 2014 PLC(CS) 1217
• 2015 PLD Sindh 20 • 2016 PLC (CS) 59
• 2016 PLC (CS) 259
binyamin abbasi , B.A , LL.B (Advocate High Court)
Credentials: Advocate High Court of Pakistan.
Ex-Member Executive Committee IBA-2010 [Islamabad High Court Bar
Association]
Education: LL.B [S. M. Law College]
Islamabad Office: Office No.71, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary Block F-8 Markaz,
Islamabad.
Emails: 0334-5272125
Emails: Binyamin870@yahoo.com
Areas of Practice:
Constitution of Pakistan, Local Arbitration, Banking & Finance,
Corporate Law including Company Formation, Winding up,
Liquidations & Mergers, Contracts, Tort, Intellectual Property,
Criminal Bails & Trials, Human Resource [Government & Private],
Cooperative Societies, Real Estate, Labour, Insurance, Customs, Rent,
Matrimonial, Custody of Wards, Sales Tax, Debt Recoveries, Consumer
litigations, Electricity etc.
Professional Career:
• Appearance before all High Courts of Pakistan in more than 100
litigation matters at Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar.
• Appearance in more than 500 litigation matters before all Courts
and forums (below High Courts) at Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore.
• Appearance before various authorities/ tribunals Quasi Judicial
forums including SECP, Collectorate of Customs, Customs
Appellate Tribunals, Collectorate of Sale Tax & its Appellate
Tribunal, Registrars of Trade Marks, Designs, Copyrights, Patents,
Special Courts for Customs and Narcotics, Special Court for
offences in Banks, Special Courts for Labors, National Industrial
relations Commission, Federal & Provincial Services Tribunals at
Karachi and Islamabad, Federal Tax Ombudsman, Federal
Ombudsman, Provincial Ombudsman etc.
• Acted as an Arbitrator in various Arbitration proceedings.
Judgments reported in prominent Law Journals of Pakistan:
Some of the prominent decisions in which Mr. Binyamin Abbasi appeared have been
reported in the following prominent Law Journals of Pakistan:
2013 Pakistan Tax Decisions 697 [M/s Shakeel interprises Vs FBR] [Customs Act]
2013 Pakistan Law Decisions 1054 [Jahanzeb & another Vs The State & other]
[Criminal matters]
PLJ 2013 Criminal Cases 613 [Hakim Dad Vs The State & other ] [Criminal
matters]
Some of the Prominent Clients during the career:
Pakistan International Airline Corporation of Pakistan [PIAC]
Islamabad Electric Supply Corporation [IESCO]
Oil and Gas Development Corporation [OGDCL]
Higher Education Commission [HEC]
Federal Government Employee Housing Scheme [FGEHS]
Karakoram International University Gilgit-Baltistan [KIU]
Federal Board of Revenue [FBR]
Model Customs Collector, Islamabad [MCC]
QAISAR SARWAR, B.COM., L.L.B.
Qaisar Sarwar earned his Bachelor of Commerce in the year 2001. Following his law
graduation from Karachi University in 2005, he was employed as Internee with a
prominent Subordinate Courts Attorney, Mr. Ghulam Nabi Shaikh. This provided him
with unique practical experience of applying newly learned legal principles
immediately in a real-world environment under the guidance of seasoned attorney.
In 2007, Qaisar Sarwar accepted a position with Barrister Khalid Jawed Khan as
Associate Lawyer. At Barrister’s firm he gained valuable experience in all areas of
Constitutional, family and civil laws. Furthermore he has gained significant experience
in dispute resolution, especially arbitration and litigation relating to corporate and
commercial matters.
In 2009, he joined Mr. M. M. Aqil Awan, Senior Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Being associated here, he has practiced employment / service law, he also counsels
Federal and Provincial Governments employees on all matters concerning to
recruitment, promotion, transfers of employees, dismissals/removals and pensions and
other monetary benefits.
He is inducted as partner at MALIK, ABBASI & SARWAR Law Associates in 2012.
As a litigator he is a seasoned practitioner who continuously and diligently works to
broaden his research techniques, sharpen his critical reasoning abilities and hone his
skills to increase effectiveness for the clients. Not only does he provide the personal
qualities that are vital for this highly emotive area of law, but he has got all the technical
skills to handle the most complex of cases.
Credentials: Advocate High Court of Pakistan.
Education: LL.B [S. M. Law College]
Islamabad Office: House No. 46, Street-16, Sector-G, D.H.A. Phase-II, Islamabad.
Cell: 0334-3707803
Emails: qaisarsarwar.adv@gmail.com
Some of the Prominent Clients during the career:
Oil and Gas Development Corporation [OGDCL]
Higher Education Commission [HEC]
Federal Board of Revenue [FBR]
Pakistan Belgium Business Forum [PBBF]
SOULCO, Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited
ROSE CHEMICALS, Islamabad
CONTACT DETAILS
Karachi
219, Clifton Centre
DC-1, Block-5,
Kehkashan, Clifton
Karachi.
Tel: (9221) 35822319
Fax: (9221) 35293141
Cell 03212400831
Maliknaeem1982@hotmail.com
ISLAMABAD
Office No.71,
Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary Block,
F-8 Markaz, Islamabad.
Cell: 0334-3707803
qaisarsarwar.adv@gmail.com
