Umer Akram Chaudhry

Dispute Resolution: General Commercial (Pakistan)

Corporate/Commercial

Projects, Infrastructure & Energy

Employment

Umer Akram Chaudhry has over fourteen years of experience in handling a wide array of work in dispute resolution, transactional, and advisory practices. His primary focus is on domestic and international dispute resolution. He has appeared as counsel before a variety of fora ranging from the Lahore High Court and the High Court of Sindh to international commercial courts and arbitral tribunals in litigations and arbitrations.

Umer has been engaged in landmark constitutional cases before the Lahore High Court and the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He represented clients in regulatory matters before the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan and the Competition Commission of Pakistan.

He has a vibrant international disputes practice and has been engaged in cases arising from different common and civil law jurisdictions. He was primarily involved in commercial, joint venture, shareholders, and energy infrastructure disputes.

Umer maintains an active advisory and transactional practice. He regularly advises businesses with respect to regulatory risks and affairs and represent them before regulatory bodies in Pakistan. He has acted for clients in complex contractual negotiations, drafting, and execution and advised them during the performance stages and in settlement discussions.