Faisal Mahmood Ghani & Co

Managing & Senior Partner: Faisal Mahmood Ghani

Email: [email protected]

Languages:English, Urdu.

Faisal, Mahmood Ghani & Co. is Pakistan’s oldest and most established labour, employment, and industrial-relations law firm. Their expertise extends across the full spectrum of of employment issues, from trade-union disputes, employee grievances, workforce restructuring, workplace harassment, benefits and pension schemes, to social security, labour welfare, workplace policies, and disciplinary procedures.

The firm serves a roster of well-established clients which include multinational companies, public sector companies, banks, and conglomerates. The firm’s partners handle advisory as well as dispute resolution for the firm’s clients, ensuring a well-rounded and full-service approach.

Faisal Mahmood Ghani, a senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, heads the firm’s labour & employment practice and is widely recognised as a leading employment law specialist in Pakistan. He is currently handling employment-related litigation before the Supreme Court on behalf of a number of clients which include Standard Chartered Bank, National Bank of Pakistan, Habib Bank Limited, House Building Finance Company, Soneri Bank, Bank Alfalah, Cnergyico Pk Limited (Formerly Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited), HUBCO, Lipton, China Power, and Narowal Energy.

Employment Advisory:

The firm provides the full scope of employment advisory services to a roster of well-established retainer clients which include Citibank, GSK Pakistan, Haleon Pakistan, Novartis, Coca Cola, Nestle, and AC Nielsen. Areas of expertise include employment agreements, employee disciplinary inquiries, workplace policies, statutory and statutory employee benefits, employee trusts, employee stock options, restrictive covenants i.e. non-solicit and non-compete clauses, industrial relations and labour laws, and collective bargaining processes.

Dispute Resolution:

The firm handles labour, employment and industrial relations disputes on behalf of its clients before various forums, from the National Industrial Relations Commission of Pakistan (NIRC) up to the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Faisal Mahmood Ghani has appeared before the Superior Courts of Pakistan in several legally and Constitutionally significant matters pertaining to regularisation, promotions, pensionary benefits, employee disciplinary processes, wrongful termination and dismissal, and trade union disputes.

Corporate Advisory:

Nida Faisal Ghani heads the firm’s corporate legal advisory practice, which assists corporate clients across a breadth of corporate legal issues including corporate procedures and filings, directors duties, drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts, trademarks, franchising, and foreign exchange regulations.