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.

ABS & Co advised Pakistan Railways and helped draft and negotiate the initial version of the Master Software Services and Consultancy Agreement signed between Pakistan Railways and TallyMarks Consulting Private Limited in a ceremony held in Islamabad.

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.

ABS & Co acted as the transaction advisors on Waada Holdings (Pvt) Limited's acquisition of MicroEnsure Pakistan (Pvt) Limited. This represents the second M&A transaction to have been concluded by ABS & Co's lawyers in a space of a few weeks.

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. 

We've recently advised McDonald's Pakistan on its brand integration and promotion agreement with the producers of The Legend of Maula Jatt. 

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.

ABS & Co acted as the legal advisors to ZoodPay on its partnership agreement with NeemPro.

In an important development for overseas Pakistanis, the Islamabad High Court has ruled that a complaint under the Illegal Dispossession Act 2005 filed through a special attorney is maintainable.

We've advised Lahore Central Business District Development Authority. Govt of Punjab on its auction of seven different plots in Lahore for a total price of approximately Rs. 34.89 billion.

ABS & Co successfully represented Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) before the Islamabad High Court in its dispute with Trident Energy Private Limited.