It gives the management of ABS & Co great pleasure to announce that Shamsher Ali, our Litigation Manager in the Lahore office, has been enrolled as an Advocate of the High Court.
We are pleased to share that ABS & Co has secured stellar rankings in this Legal500’s 2023 rankings.
Ahmer Bilal Soofi, senior partner at ABS & Co, a Legal 500 law firm, has been elected to the Board of Advisers of The International Development Law Organization (IDLO), a distinguished global entity dedicated to promoting the rule of law and sustainable development. IDLO has a distinctive mandate to reinforce the ability of nations to oversee legal and institutional frameworks that foster inclusive economic growth, social development, and environmental preservation. The organization’s exceptional strategy for legal and institutional reform is concentrated on producing measurable results in challenging situations, with an unwavering dedication to promoting diversity, inclusivity, and accountability. Through its programs and initiatives, IDLO works to enhance access to justice, promote gender equality, support legal empowerment, and improve the effectiveness and responsiveness of justice systems.
Our Senior Partner, Ahmer Bilal Soofi, was invited for a panel discussion organized by Youth General Assembly on the issue of judicial activism. Mr. Soofi was joined by eminent legal experts including Hamid Khan, Senator Ali Zafar and Justice (R) Nasira Iqbal.
The LUMS Law & Politics Society organized a panel talk on judicial appointments and the seniority principle at the Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law, LUMS. The talk was moderated by Bakhtawar Bilal Soofi, a partner at ABS & Co’s Lahore office. The speakers on the panel included Advocate Salahuddin Ahmad, Senator Raza Rabbani, Advocate Irfan Qadir and Advocate Nida Usman.
Earlier this week, a delegation of US State Department consisting of David Josar, Country Officer for South Central Asia, and Alex David from the Child Abduction Unit, visited ABS & Co’s Islamabad office and met Majid Bashir, Senior Partner, to discuss Pakistan’s judicial and administrative response to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction and parental child abduction issues between USA and Pakistan.
Earlier this week, John Cabeca (USA Intellectual Property Attache for South Asia) and Rob Folley (Economic Affairs Officer US Embassy) visited Majid Bashir, Senior Partner at ABS & Co’s Islamabad office, and discussed issues concerning enforcement and implementation of intellectual property rights in Pakistan. The enforcement and protection of intellectual property rights in Pakistan is very weak which discourages investors from brining in foreign investment into the country.
We are pleased to share that ABS & Co has secured stellar rankings in this year’s Legal500. The rankings represent the firm’s growing strength in Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Energy and Project Finance.
Majid Bashir, Senior Partner at ABS & Co’s Islamabad office, attended a seminar on corruption held at Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) in association with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
Masood Ahmed Khattak, from our Islamabad office, delivered a lecture at the Punjab Bar Council as part of Bar Vocational Course on “How a civil case moves through the courts”. Masood is an acclaimed litigator whose books on civil litigation have garnered praise from practitioners across the country.
Aiema Asrar and Fatima Midrar from ABS & Co’s Islamabad office were appointed amicus curiae by the Honourable Mr. Justice Jawad Hassan of the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench in a landmark judgement regarding fixation of maintenance under the Family Courts Act, 1964.
We are pleased to share that Ahmed Abdul Rehman, an Associate in our Lahore office, has co-authored a paper on liquidated damages under Pakistani law which has been published in “China and WTO Review” by the Yijun Institute of International Law, South Korea.
We are pleased to share that three Senior Associates from the Lahore office have been promoted as Associate Partners. This brings the total number of partners at ABS & Co to 11; three of which are now women.
In a new development, Iran has invited Pakistan’s legal team led by ABS & Co. to thrash out if US sanctions on Iran are applicable to the Gas Sales Purchase Agreement signed between Iran and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 2009.
Ahmer Bilal Soofi, Founding Partner of ABS & Co, has been added to Shanghai Arbitration Commission’s Panel of Arbitrators. Ahmer is a seasoned arbitration lawyer with several years of experience in handling complex commercial disputes.
Ahmer Bilal Soofi has been appointed as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Arbitration Center of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
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