Mohsin Tayebaly & Co

Managing Partners: Irfan M. Tayebaly, Arshad M. Tayebaly
Number of partners: 10
Number of lawyers: 60
Languages: English, Urdu

Firm Overview:
MTC is one of the largest full service firms in Pakistan and has been providing high-quality legal services in Pakistan for over 60 years. The firm specialises in advising domestic and international clients including financial institutions, funds, brokerage houses, stock exchanges, multinational companies, corporates and state and regulatory bodies on their most complex and challenging legal issues.

MTC has extensive experience in advising on and dealing with all areas of corporate, financial, commercial and civil law matters as well as all types of civil litigation before all legal forums in Pakistan and internationally.

Main Areas of Practice:  

Banking & Finance:
MTC is one of the most experienced law firms in Pakistan for banking and finance matters and provides specialist advice in relation to the full spectrum of financial transactions, including syndicate financing, cross border financing, leveraged and acquisition finance, bond/TFC issues, derivative products, project finance and restructurings.

MTC also enjoys the privileged position of being one of the most experienced firms in Pakistan as far as structuring of Islamic/Shariah-compliant financing transactions are concerned and has regularly undertaken ijara, istisna’a, murabaha, musharaka and diminishing musharaka transactions and sukuk issues backed by underlying Shariah compliant transactions. The firm’s expertise also extends to Shariah compliant acquisition and real estate financing transactions, which often involves merging conventional and Shariah compliant financing modes.

Mergers & Acquisitions:
The firm has a very active and experienced mergers and acquisitions team that regularly advises leading international and local corporates and financial institutions in this area and has been a part of some of the most challenging, high profile and significant transactions in Pakistan, as a result of which, the firm has developed a highly respectable reputation in the market for such transactions.

Private Equity:
The firm advises clients at every stage of private equity transactions, from establishing of funds and making investments, to ongoing portfolio assistance including exiting from those investments.

Privatisation:
The firm is reputed to be one of the most experienced law firms in Pakistan with respect to transactions concerning privatization in Pakistan and has been involved multiple transactions as part of the consortium of advisors to the Privatization Commission as well as advisor to the buyers and potential buyers of various companies subject to privatization over the years.

Capital Markets:
The firm has extensive experience in capital market transactions, with an emphasis on domestic and international equity and debt placements, as well as the structuring of financial investment packages.

Projects, Infrastructure & Energy:
The firm has developed extensive experience over the years in the project financing space and continues to be one of the go to firms for foreign and local lenders and companies in respect of power projects (including coal, wind, solar and hydro), infrastructure, steel, cement, auto and oil & gas related projects.

Corporate & Commercial:
The firm has the capability to provide complete services in respect of general corporate and commercial matters that domestic as well as foreign parties may encounter in Pakistan including compliance, listing related as well as regulatory matters.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution:
The firm provides extensive litigation services, with a specialisation in banking and finance, property, taxation, family and contractual dispute matters involving local and international parties. The firms’ lawyers have rights of audience from the Subordinate Courts all the way to the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The firm also has extensive experience in both local and international arbitration and has represented clients in several arbitration proceedings under Pakistani Law and at different international arbitration forums including ICC Arbitration as per the ICC Rules of Arbitration in London, Dubai and Singapore.

Mutual Funds & Asset Management:
MTC has extensive experience in advising and assisting in the establishment of mutual funds. The firm’s expertise in this area extends to the creation of both closed end and open-end mutual funds and the formation of both asset management and investment advisory companies.

Asset Sale & Acquisition Transactions:
MTC has handled multiple transactions of asset sale of running companies or as closed plant operations in the industrial and commercial sectors, involving sale and transfer of plant, machinery, employees, liabilities.

Telecom & Infrastructure:
MTC regularly advises various local and international clients in the telecom and infrastructure space in Pakistan and its teams have conducted extensive studies and are very well versed with the Telecom related laws in Pakistan.

Business Entity Formation:
MTC regularly advises on establishing and incorporation of companies, trusts, associations, firms, societies and foundations in Pakistan for both local and international clients.

Financial Technology (FinTech):
The firm’s activity in the FinTech space is ever expanding, having combined its expertise in financial services and information technology to advise local and international clients on the evolving legal framework as well as the development of the relevant market in Pakistan.

Property & Conveyance:
The firm provides high quality property and conveyancing services, with vast experience in real estate development transactions, REIT schemes, acquisition of properties under bankruptcy, setting up of trusts and related services.