Summary

I am working as senior manager legal in PTCL group since January 2022, looking after commercial and corporate matters of the Group (PTCL & Ufone)

Experience

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Senior Manager LEGAL
PTCL Group
Dec 2022 - Present | Islamabad, Pakistan

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Legal Business Partner (Manager Legal) Project Acquisitions
Zameen.com
Oct 2021 - Present | Lahore, Pakistan

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Corporate and Contracts Team, Telenor
Telenor
Jan 2021 - Oct 2021 | Islamabad, Pakistan

• Drafting, vetting and reviewing of Contracts as per the legal requirements and internal policies of the Company by safeguarding and mitigating the financial as well as legal and contractual risks.
• Review, draft, and advice on all legal matters/contracts and arrangements concerning the Company, including but not limited to Revenue Sharing Contract, Credit and financial facility document, E-Gaming digital Contracts, Services Contracts, Franchise Agreements, Joint ventures and Acquisition Contracts
• Meeting and engagement with internal stakeholders to provide legal advice and opinions on existing and new business arrangements, contractual obligations and on new project including but not limited to new strategic initiatives and joint ventures.
• Negotiations with external stakeholders and seeks mutually beneficial agreements and arrangements
• Ensure timely filling of mandatory forms and documents in SECP as per the statutory requirement for Telenor Pakistan and all the subsidiaries including Form 29, Form 28, Form A and Security Clearances of the Foreign Directors etc.
• Maintain key corporate documents and records pertaining to the Board of Directors and Company including but not limited to all Corporate Contracts, Minutes of the Annual General Meetings, Minutes of the Meeting of Board of Director, Extra Ordinary Annual General Meetings, Board Resolutions, proxy forms, Share Transfer Deeds, Resignations, Notices for the meeting Agenda, Financial Account Statement and Consolidated Financial Account Statements.
• Maintaining of the Share register for the Company and all of its subsidiaries.
• Liaison with internal stake holder for Telecom License Renewal and also for spectrum auction for Pakistan and AJK & GB. Vetting the drafts of Telecom License and Spectrum Auction and preparing the application for Spectrum Auction as per PTA requirements.
• Engagement and liaison with internal departments for legal trainings for better understanding of business personnel on different legal matters i.e., Competition Law, Privacy law etc.

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Senior Associate
Mohmand & Sherpao (Advocates & Corporate Counsel)
Mar 2017 - Dec 2020 | Islamabad, Pakistan

• Undertaking civil and commercial litigation before High Courts and assisting Senior Counsel with proceedings before the Supreme Court in various matters including: Constitutional law, Tax law, Election Law, Banking, Real Estate and Property, Employment, Regulatory and Corporate Law issues, Appeals, Writ Petitions, Company Petitions, Civil Suits, Reviews, Revisions and other Company and Commercial matters.
• Reviewing and rendering opinions on Taxation Matters.
• Drafting Legal Documents including Memorandums, Commercial Contracts/Agreements, Undertakings, Indemnities, Partnership deeds, Novation Agreements, Joint Venture Agreements, Software purchase Agreements, Conveyance deeds, Rental Agreements and Guarantees.
• Rendering Legal Opinions on all legal matters including interalia Law Enforcement Agencies, corporate transactional matters, powers and functions of regulatory bodies and regulatory compliance, Employment Law, Trust Law, Stock Exchange, Wind Fall Levy and Taxation.
• Dealing with contractual agreements of Intellectual Property and cases related to Dispute Resolution.
• Represents clients before the Civil Courts, the National Industrial Relations Commission, Labour Court, the Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan and its Appellate Tribunal, the Capital Development Authority, Registrar of Assurances as well as the Family Court.
• Vetting Legal Documents including but not limited to plaints, written statements, legal notices, settlement letters, corporate agreements, services agreements etc.
• Vetting of Property Documents including Mutation, Haqdaran Zamin,Sale deed, Building Plan, Allotment Letter and giving opinion thereon.
• Involved in recent land mark cases widely known as Panama case (Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi vs.Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif ,Muhammad Hanif Abbassi vs. Jahangir Khan Tareen, Muhammad Usman Dar vs. Khawaja Muhammad Asif ,Suo Moto Case No. 20 regarding non-payment of Pensionary benefits from Banks to employees, Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari vs Federation of Pakistan on Black Listing/Exit Control List.

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Associate
Ebaad-Al-Vakeel (Advocates)
Jun 2015 - Mar 2017 | Lahore, Pakistan

• Dealt in commercial matters; drafting and preparing agreements and other legal instruments/deeds; providing consultancy services for incorporation of companies and legal opinions regarding operations of companies; drafting legal notices and replies.
• Performed legal research and rendered opinions pertaining to a variety of commercial and corporate matters and represented clients such as Coca-Cola Beverages, Coca-Cola Export, Khaadi, Metro Cash & Carry, Pak Telecom Mobile Limited (Ufone).
• Duties consisted of pursuing and looking after different court proceedings; interviewing clients; drafting of plaints, written statements, contracts, notices, etc. and searching case laws.
• Representing clients of diverse backgrounds in the fields of criminal laws, labour/employment law, Consumer law, Intellectual Property law, Civil law, company law, competition law and Environmental Law.

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Intern/Associate
Lawyer’s Inn
Dec 2013 - May 2015 | Sialkot, Pakistan

• Working as an Associate/Intern.
• Dealt in Civil matters i.e., drafting and preparing Suits for Declaration, Specific Performance, Family, Property and Labour disputes
• Preparing and filing Written Statements, Applications and Rejoinders.
• Appearing and assisting senior counsel before Civil, Family, Labour, Revenue, Banking and FIA Courts
• Drafting of Rent deeds, Sale deeds, General and Special Power of Attorney´s.
• Performed legal research manually through ALD (All Pakistan Law Reports) and through Pakistan Law Site on different legal prepositions.
• Duties consisted of pursuing and looking after different court proceedings, maintaining files, writing reports/updates to the clients after the Court hearing.
• Preparation of case diary with the status update on each case on daily basis.

Education

University of Management & Technology (UMT)
Masters, Masters in Law, LLM in Commercial Law‎
Negotiations, Taxation, Arbitration, Corporate Governance, Intellectual Property, Trade Law
CGPA 3.7/4
2017
University of Antwerp
Certification, European Financial Regulations‎
European Financial Regulations, International and European Intellectual Property Law, International Contracts, Companies and Human Rights and Companies and International Criminal Law.
Completed
2016
Punjab University Law college Lahore
Bachelors, Bachelors in Law, ‎
Law
2014
University of the Punjab
Bachelors, Bachelors in Commerce, ‎
Commerce
2011

Skills

Expert Contracts Drafting
Expert Corporate Governance
Expert Corporate Law And Drafting
Expert Litigation

Languages

Expert English