Dispute Resolution: General Commercial
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Pakistan
Band 4
Contact number
(+92-42) 37356554About
Provided by ABS & Co
Our dispute resolution practice provides clients with legal advice on all sorts of contentious matters covering a diverse range of areas that cut across different sectors, industries and jurisdictions. Our clients include sovereign governments, multinational corporations, high-net individuals and other public and private sector companies. Besides representing them before various international forums such as the International Court of Justice, the United Nations General Assembly Ad-hoc Committee and other international bodies, our team has also represented clients in international commercial arbitrations and investor-state disputes under ICC, ICSID, LCIA, JCAA, SIAC.
The depth and breadth of our dispute resolution practice is unparalleled. We handle a wide range of civil and commercial litigation that includes areas as diverse as mining, oil and gas, aviation, foreign investment, construction, energy, corporate insolvency, bankruptcy, shareholder and principal-agent disputes, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, competition, government procurement, international trade and sale of goods, anti-dumping, constitutional, tax, banking and finance, labor and employment, property and real estate, securities fraud, telecommunications and media, intellectual property, white-collar crime, extradition, international sanctions and private international law.
"Excellent litigators". Legal 500
Chambers Review
ABS & Co offers an impressive disputes practice with offices in Lahore and Islamabad regularly representing the local subsidiaries of blue-chip multinationals and also a number of government entities. Experienced in handling a range of High Court litigation, land and breach of contract disputes, the firm also demonstrates expertise in handling construction and international trade cases.
Work Highlights
- ABS & Co represented Saboor Chicks Proprietors in an arbitration against the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations before the Permanent Court of Arbitration for breach of contract for the procurement of poultry birds.
Strengths
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"They have a diverse team with relevant experience. It's a one-stop shop where one gets the solutions to all legal issues, be it contentious or otherwise."
"They are very professional in all the sectors they deal in. The team is very cooperative and they have separate experts for separate sectors."
"They have a diverse team with relevant experience. It's a one-stop shop where one gets the solutions to all legal issues, be it contentious or otherwise."
"They are very professional in all the sectors they deal in. The team is very cooperative and they have separate experts for separate sectors."
Notable Practitioners
Ahmer Bilal Soofi frequently represents clients in commercial arbitration proceedings, in addition to white-collar criminal cases. He has a wealth of experience representing corporates and financial institutions.
"He is a very sophisticated and learned lawyer who knows the art of presentation."
Ranked Lawyers at
ABS & Co
Pakistan
Members
Provided by ABS & Co
Bakhtawar Bilal Soofi
Ghulam Ali Raza
Imran Malik
Iqbal Khan Nasr
Majid Bashir
Salman Hanif
Usman Jillani
Clients
Provided by ABS & Co
China Ocean Engineering Construction Company
Dawood Hercules Limited
Engro Corp Limited
Habib Bank Limited
Lafarge Pakistan Cement Limited
Lahore Central Business District Development Authority
McDonald's
Mughals Pakistan Private Limited
Multan Sultans
National Bank of Pakistan
OMV Maurice Energy Limited
Porsche
Quaid-e-Azam Thermal Power Limited
Siddiqson Tinplate Limited
VINCI Construction Grans Projects