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).
Ahmer Bilal Soofi, Founding and Managing Partner of ABS & Co, has been elected to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration. Ahmer will serve for a three-year term from 2021 to 2024.
Samar Masood, Partner at ABS & Co, was invited to speak at the University of Management at Technology (UMT), Lahore on a seminar conducted in collaboration with Oxford University Press (OUP) highlighting issues regarding intellectual property rights in Pakistan.
In 2018, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s 4 Corners aired an episode titled, “Behind Closed Doors,” in which the former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Australia was wrongfully targeted by her domestic staff member in an attempt to gain asylum in Australia. In the television show in question, close to 20 Embassies and High Commissions were discussed, however the majority of the time was spent on the factitious account put forth by the domestic staff member of the former High Commissioner. This targeted contriving was brought to the attention of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation by ABS & Co., with the result that no further publicizing of the said programme was undertaken.
We are pleased to announce that PGNiG S.A., a state owned energy company and a key player on the Polish market, has selected NGL Legal including ABS & Co. as counsel for the multi-jurisdictional panel on International Energy Law. PGNiG is also active on the global market of oil and gas exploration, production and sale.
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.
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