Muhammad Ijaz Rahim

Mentor

A skilled intellectual property and commercial litigator for thirty years, whose vision ALIPA works towards every day.

The late Mr. Rahim was in law practice for 30 years and was one of the most valuable assets of the firm. He had vast experience of practically every niche in Corporate, Commercial and especially Intellectual Property matters. He was the Joint Head of the Corporate, Commercial & IP Department, and also headed the Banking, Civil and Commercial Group at ALIPA. Beyond his expertise as an Intellectual Property Attorney, he specialized in debt finance, including acquisition finance, asset-based lending, corporate and commercial banking, property finance, trade finance and syndications. He advised lenders and borrowers on a wide variety of transactional and finance matters, as well as the refinancing and restructuring of bank finances and securities.

Mr. Rahim was a skilled litigator, with 30 years of experience as an Intellectual Property and Commercial Litigator. His skill set covered all aspects of contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters, including trademarks, patents, copyright, designs, domain names and confidential information. He had broad experience of commercial disputes, including managing banking recovery and winding-up disputes through national and international courts, as well as through arbitration, adjudication and mediation. He frequently represented both borrowers and financiers in large-scale and complex banking recovery disputes, and applied extensive knowledge to advising on mitigating the risk and impact of litigation.

Mr. Rahim also specialized in all aspects of property-related disputes, acting for a wide range of clients including large companies, corporations, investors, developers and individuals. His experience covered all areas of property law, including landlord and tenant work, contractual claims, development issues, and matters relating to mortgages and winding-ups.

Mr. Rahim's support, guidance and experience were of immense value to the firm, and under his leadership it quickly reached the status of one of the fastest-growing IP law firms in the region. ALIPA continues to work every day towards a vision he had.