Corporate/Commercial

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Provided by RIAA Barker Gillette

RIAA Barker Gillette is a full service commercial law firm covering all aspects of our clients’ transactional activity. We are well placed to advise on cross-border commercial arrangements and all related considerations, such as competition, employment and IP. We have particular expertise in assisting clients making greenfield or brownfield investments into Pakistan. We advise on all types of local and international commercial agreements including financial contracts vital to a corporate’s on-going business needs and investments. Our clients range from entrepreneurs to well-established companies to non-profit entities. Recently we have been engaged in numerous complex transactions as a Counsel to:

• Alipay (Hong Kong) Holding Limited (Ant Group) on their periodic investments in Telenor Microfinance Bank and the provision of e-wallets in Pakistan as well as the operation of online payment systems to facilitate such e-wallets.

• Trellis Housing Finance Limited and Social Investment Managers and Advisors LLC on a broad spectrum of operational matters.

• Vinci SA in their proposed acquisition of the Industrial Services division of the ACS (Actividades de Construcción y Servicios) Group

We also possesses invaluable experience in complex debt and equity capital market transactions. We handle IPOs, private placements, secondary offerings, debt offerings, derivatives securities, sukuk offerings and asset-backed offerings.