Our Practice Areas

Intellectual Property

Trademarks, copyright, patents and designs: protected, enforced and put to work, in Pakistan and abroad.

Trademarks: Clearance, filing, prosecution, opposition and renewal, in Pakistan and abroad.
Copyright: Registration, licensing and enforcement for creative and software works.
Patent: Drafting, filing and prosecution, from first disclosure to grant.
Design: Protecting how a product looks, from registration through enforcement.

Keeping intellectual property valid, enforceable and lawfully used, at home and across borders.

Patent Compliance: Annuities, working requirements and recordals, so granted patents stay in force.
Trademark and Brand Compliance: Use, renewal, marking and advertising rules that keep a brand protected.
Copyright and Software Compliance: Licence audits, open-source obligations and lawful use of creative and software works.
Trade Secret and Confidentiality Compliance: Contracts, policies and procedures that keep confidential information confidential.
IP Licensing and Contractual Compliance: Licences drafted, recorded and kept to, on royalties, quality and territory.
Cross-Border and International Treaty Compliance: Madrid, Paris Convention and treaty filings, and the rules of each country they reach.
Corporate IP Governance and Audits: IP audits, registers and policies, reported to the board.

Contentious work in every forum: tribunals, courts, regulators and arbitration, with the investigation behind it.

IP Litigation and Competition: Infringement, passing off and counterfeiting before the IP Tribunals, and deceptive marketing before the Competition Commission.
Corporate and Commercial Disputes: Contract, shareholder, banking and recovery disputes, through every court.
Civil, Consumer, and Family: Civil suits, consumer claims and family matters, before the courts that hear them.
Criminal Litigation: Cybercrime, fraud and white collar crime, and bail where IP infringement turns criminal.
Investigation, Searches, and Arbitration: The investigations and searches that build a case, and domestic and international arbitration.

Companies, commerce, employment, capital markets, banking and Shariah-compliant finance.

Entity Formation and Structuring: Incorporation, governance and restructuring, from first registration to winding up.
Franchising and Trade: Franchise, distribution and agency networks, and the trade that runs through them.
Employment and Labour Advice: Contracts, policies and disputes, for employers and senior employees.
Securities and Capital Markets: Listings, offerings and the ongoing obligations of listed companies.
Financial and Banking: Lending, security and regulatory work for lenders and borrowers.
Islamic Finance: Shariah-compliant structures, products and documentation.

Transactions from the first idea to the integrated business, with the diligence and valuation in between.

Strategy and Origination: Finding the right deal, and testing it, before a term sheet is signed.
Valuation and Financial Modelling: What the business, and its intellectual property, are worth.
Due Diligence: Legal, financial, tax and IP diligence, reported by what it means for the deal.
Deal Structuring and Negotiation: The structure, the agreements and the approvals, negotiated to completion.
Post-Merger Integration: Making the combined business one: rights, people, contracts and filings.

Tax planning and disputes, audit and assurance, and standing advisory counsel.

Tax, Audit, and Assurance: Compliance, planning and statutory audit, led by chartered accountants.
Cost Segregation and Depreciation Studies: Assets broken into their parts, so each is depreciated at its proper rate.
Partner and Employee Classification Reviews: Partners, employees and contractors, each treated as what they are.
Tax Controversy and Litigation: Audits, notices and appeals, from the first query to the High Court.
Internal Financial Audits: Controls, processes and risks tested from within, and reported to the board.
Advisory Services: Standing counsel for the questions that arise between matters.