Experience

Corporate & Advisory

Our firm’s members have extensive experience of dealing with following:

  • Transactions of Bilateral conventional Financing & Security
  • Transactions of Syndicated conventional Financing & Security
  • Transactions of Bilateral Islamic Financing & Security
  • Transactions of Syndicated Islamic Financing & Security
  • Concession/PPP Mode Transactions
  • Power/Energy sector related matters
  • Acquisition/Takeovers related matters
  • Merger/De-merger related matters
  • Listing & Delisting of Companies/Securities related transactions
  • Infrastructure Financing & Security related transactions
  • Conducting legal audit/due diligence of banks’ credit records
  • Vetting/review of financing, security and other banking related documents
  • Transactions of Real Estate matters and related documents
  • Registration of Companies and all legal matters relating to Companies
  • Registration of Partnerships/Joint Ventures and all legal matters relating to Partnerships/Joint Ventures
  • Registration of Branch Offices of foreign companies and all legal matters relating to Branch Offices of foreign companies
  • Preparing different types of MOUs, contracts, agreements, etc.
  • Transaction relating to strategic investments
  • Whole range of matters relating to Trusts, Societies, Associations, Funds, etc.
  • Intellectual Property related matters
  • All sorts of matters relating to compromise, restructuring, settlements, set-offs, etc.
  • Foreign Exchange related matters
  • Foreign financial institutions’ related financing & security matters
  • Constitutional/Incorporation documents relating to various sorts of institutions & organizations
  • NBFCs matters and related documents
  • Insurance matters and related documents
  • Leasing Companies related matters
  • REIT related matters
  • Transactions relating to issuance of ordinary shares, preference shares, different kinds and classes of shares, sukuks, TFC, PPTFCs, commercial paper and other debt-based and equity-based securities
  • Matters relating to Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan, Pakistan Stock Exchange, Competition Commission of Pakistan, Board of Investment, State Bank of Pakistan, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority, Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and other regulatory authorities

As far as the matters relating to real estate and immovable properties are concerned, our firm’s members have hands on experience of dealing with the officials relevant to the Revenue Department like Patwari, Tehsildar, Naib-Tehsildar, Qanoon Go, Tapedar, Mukhtiarkar, Assistant Mukhtiarkar, Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner, Assistant District Officer, Deputy District Officer, District Officer, Board of Revenue, etc. all over Pakistan i.e. entire Punjab province, entire Karachi & Sindh province, Hub, Gawadar, Giddani, Quetta, Peshawar, Swat, Kohat, Islamabad, Murree, Abbotabad, etc. We have dealt with almost all property related offices in Pakistan which includes the offices of Sub-Registrars, Micro-Filming Departments, Scanning Department, Board of Revenue, Settlement Department, Urban Development Authorities (e.g. Defence Housing Authority, Lahore Development Authority, Karachi Development Authority, Capital Development Authority, Pakistan Employees Cooperative Housing Society, Military Estate Offices, etc.), Taxation Departments, Building Control Authorities, etc.

Our firm’s members have experience of handling ground level physical verification of property documents, confirming genuineness of property documents, obtaining Search Certificates, Encumbrance Certificates, Non-Encumbrance Certificates, Approval Building Plans, Regularization Plans, Completion Plans, Occupancy Certificates, Permission to Mortgage, NOC for Mortgage, Mutation Orders, Transfer Orders, Allotment Orders, Sanads, etc., registration of various documents e.g. Sale Deed, Mortgage Deed, General Power of Attorney, Special Power of Attorney, Conveyance Deed, Redemption Deed, Release Deed, Relinquishment Deed, Wills, Lease Deed, Form A Sub-Lease, Form B Lease, Form A Sub-License, Rent Agreements, etc. obtaining various documents through Courts of competent jurisdictions, e.g. Sale Certificates, Letter of Administration, etc.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

LIST OF REPORTED JUDGMENTS OF MR. JAM ASIF, ASC

 

Sr. No. Year Law Journal Title of the case
1. 2018 SBLR 922 Sindh Shahrukh Shakeel Khan and others vs Province of Sindh and other

(School Fee 5 % increase matter)

2. 2018 CLD 799 Sindh Askari Bank Limited vs DCD Services Limited and 3 others
3. 2017 MLD 1256 Islamabad Independent Media Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd versus Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority
4. 2017 CLD 1148 Karachi Bankers Equity Limited and 5 others vs.  Messers Pangrio Suger Mills Ltd
5. 2017 PLD 563 (LHC) Radio Petitions Trade Serve International (Private) Ltd and others vs. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority and others
6. 2017 CLD 1022 (FEDERAL-SHARIAT-COURT) Dr. Shaid Hassan Siddiqui versus State Bank of Pakistan and others (all banks of Pakistan)
7. 2017 PLD Sindh 198 Shahrukh Shakeel Khan and others versus Province of Sindh and others
8. 2016 CLD 1147 Pak Libya Holding Company Private Ltd versus Maxco (Pvt.) Limited
9. 2016 PLD Sindh 11 Independent Media Corporation Pvt Ltd. versus Federation of Pakistan
10. 2015 CLD 52 Balochistan Glass Limited versus Bank Alfalah Limited
11. 2015 CLD 1990 National Bank of Pakistan versus Najma Sugar Mills Ltd
12. 2015 CLD 1547 NIB Bank Limited versus Mirza Ghulam Mujtaba
13. 2014 PLD 7 Islamabad Independent Newspaper Corporation Pvt Ltd versus Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority
14. 2014 CLC 1002 Pakistan Broadcasters Association versus Sarfaraz Hussain Shah
15. 2013 CLD 88 Karachi Habib Metropolitan Bank Ltd v. Abdul Jabbar Ghillan and another
16. 2013 PLD Sindh 104 Habib Metropolitan Bank Ltd v. Abdul Jabbar Ghillan and another
17. 2011 YLR 1655 Karachi Muhammad Atif v. State
18. 2011 PLD Sindh 494 Independent Music Group, SMC (PVT) Ltd and another v. Federation of Pakistan through Secretary Ministry of Interior, Islamabad and another
19. 2011 CLD 140 Karachi MCB Bank Limited v. Duty Free Shops Ltd
20. 2011 CLD 1186 Karachi Askari Leasing Limited v. Sher Bahadur and others
21. 2011 CLD 1174 [SECP] Syed Majeedullah Hussain, CEO KASB Modarab and others v. Director (NBFCD), Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan
22. 2011 CLD 1072 [Karachi] Mirza Ghulam Mujtaba v. KASB Bank Limited
23. 2011 CLD 988 [Karachi] –DB Sikander Dada v. Environmental Protection Tribunal Sindh and others
24. 2011 CLD 976 [Karachi] Royal Bank of Scotland v. Saeed Abbas
25. 2011 MLD 621 (Karachi) Muhammad Atif v. The State
26. 2011 CLC 614 (Karachi) Dr. Shaista Wahidi v. ARY Communications Pvt. Limited and another
27. 2011 UC 219 (Karachi) My Bank Limited v. First Dawood Investment Bank Limited
28. 2011 CLD 461 (Karachi) KASB Bank Limited v. Ghulam Mujtaba and Others
29. 2011 CLD 393 (Karachi) Allied Bank Limited v. Muslim Cotton Mills Private Limited and Others
30. 2011 SBLR Sindh 298 Muzzafar H. Sufi v. First Women Bank Ltd.
31. 2011 CLD 267 (Karachi) KASB Bank Limited v. Dewan Salman Fibre Ltd.
32. 2011 CLD 265 (Karachi) Meezan Bank Ltd. v. Dewan Salman Fibre Ltd.
33. 2011 CLD 262 (Karachi) Muzzafar H. Sufi v. First Women Bank Ltd.
34. 2011 CLC 135 (Karachi) NAA Consulting Engineering Pvt. Ltd and another v. Public Private Partnership Unit through chief secretary Sindh, Karachi and 6 Others
35. 2010 YLR 2595 (Karachi)- DB Ansar Abbasi v. Fouzia Wahab (HC Appeal)
36. 2010 CLC 1477 (Karachi) M. Shafi & Co v. A. Rehman Enterprizes and Others
37. 2010 YLR 1560 (Islamabad) Muhammad Suleman Khan v. International Tobbaco Machinery Pakistan Private Ltd and Others
38. 2010 CLD 920 (Karachi) M. Shafi & Co v. A. Rehman Enterprizes and Others
39. 2010 CLD 596 (Karachi) My Bank Limited v. First Dawood Investment Bank Limited
40. 2010 SBLR Sindh 335 My Bank Limited v. First Dawood Investment Bank Limited
41. 2010 CLD 151 (Karachi) Soneri Bank Ltd. v. Dewan Sugar Mills Ltd. (Sugar Sale Order)
42. 2010 CLD 130 (Karachi) Soneri Bank Limited v. Dewan Sugar Mills Ltd. (Nazir appointment)
43. 2009 CLD 1492 (Islamabad) Muslim Commercial Bank Ltd. v. Dewan Salman Fibre Ltd. and Others
44. 2009 CLD 1483 (Islamabad) Muslim Commercial Bank Ltd. v. Dewan Salman Fibre Ltd. and Others
45. 2009 SBLR Sindh 1277 National Bank of Pakistan v. Spectrum Fisheries Limited and Others
46. 2009 CLD 641 (Karachi) National Bank of Pakistan v. Spectrum Fisheries Limited and Others
47. 2009 CLC 108 (Karachi) Network Leasing Corporation Ltd. v. NSA-CTI Consortium & 2 Others
48. 2009 SBLR Sindh 40 – DB National Environmental Consulting Pvt. Ltd v. Mirza Kamran Baig & Others
49. 2008 SBLR Sindh 1971 Network Leasing Corporation Ltd. v. NSA-CTI Consortium and Others
50. 2008 CLD 1317 (Karachi) Soneri Bank Limited v. Abdul Qadir Jhangda
51. 2008 CLD 1291 (Karachi) – DB National Environmental Consulting (Pvt.) Ltd. v. Kamran Baig and 2 Others
52. 2008 YLR 1996 (Karachi) Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan v. Bilz Private Limited and Others
53. 2008 CLD 937 (1133) (Karachi) [Competition Commission of Pakistan] Pakistan Banks’ Association and others: In the matter of Show-Cause Notice dated 24 December, 2007 for violation of section 4 of the Ordinance
54. 2008 CLD 552 (Karachi) First Women Bank Ltd. v. Mrs. Afifa Iftikhar and 2 Others
55. 2008 CLD 101 (Karachi) KASB Bank Ltd. v. Trans Livia Private Limited
56. 2008 SBLR 225 (Sindh) KASB Bank Ltd. v. Rana Munir
57. 2007 CLD 1651 (Karachi) KASB Bank Ltd. v. Rana Munir
58. 2007 CLD 1639 (Karachi) KASB Bank Ltd. v. Abdul Qadir Jhangda
59. 2007 PLD Sindh 508 KASB Bank Ltd. v. M/s. Trans Livia Private Limited
60. 2007 SBLR 1575 (Sindh) KASB Bank Ltd. v. M/s. Trans Livia Private Limited
61. 2007 CLD 1407 (Karachi) KASB Bank Ltd. v. M/s. Trans Livia Private Limited