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0423 5751 822 eav@eav.com.pk
Reflecting the diverse activities of our Client base, the Firm’s practice comprises banking, corporate and commercial, dispute resolution, energy, company secretarial, competition law, employment laws, information technology and telecommunications, insurance, media laws, mergers and acquisitions, consumer, private power, project development and finance, petroleum, land acquisitions, securities markets, privatization and business strategies. The practice also includes substantial work in the areas of construction, government licensing, employment, intellectual property and environmental law.
An important part of the Firm’s work involves the negotiation and drafting of various types of contracts, including concession contracts and related project and infrastructure finance documentation, as well as joint venture, property, share and asset purchase, sponsorship, service, management, employment, and other commercial agreements. In litigation matters, where the Firm is not directly engaged, it coordinates with local advocates to develop strategy, evaluate facts, and formulate legal positions.
The Firm has developed a broad capability for advising and dealing with a large variety of legal issues. In advising business Clients, the attorneys in the Firm strive to be creative and constructive and to adopt a commercial approach to issues, thereby facilitating the development of the Client’s business without creating academic or technical obstacles. The background and training of the attorneys reflect the legal multi-disciplinary strength of the Firm, and its ability to operate effectively in different areas and cultures.
The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 is the cornerstone of the relationship between the federal and provincial governments and between individuals and those governments. Our firm has experience dealing frequently Constitutional law propositions with experience in understanding and applying court decisions that interpret the Constitution and its Amendments in areas such as affirmative action and discrimination; freedoms of speech, press and religion; search and seizure protections; eminent domain, voting rights; prisoners’ rights; freedom of information; freedom of association; right to life.
The holistic view of labour and employment law(s) offers that it arbitrates and governs the relationship of four forces i.e. employer, employee, labour/trade unions and governments/regulators. In Pakistan, the employment and labour law(s) deal with the civil servants, workers/workmen being employed in commercial and industrial establishments, be it provincial or trans-provincial in nature.
In the arena of labor and employment laws, apart from hardcore litigious matters, we also offer legal services and advise our clients on the below:
We are the lead consultants on employment matters to multiple national and multination companies operating and/or conducting business in Pakistan.
In today's competitive and sophisticated world, every commercial and non-commercial activity is governed and regulated by a contractual arrangement. Our individual and corporate clients always consider our law firm a go-to source whenever they venture into commercial activities. We are regularly advising our clients from different sectors and jurisdictions on almost every limb of their day-to-day business activity to large-scale commercial arrangements with third parties.
In the arena, our clients rely on our experience, creativity and strategy to handle their most significant and complex civil litigation matters. In trial and appellate courts across the country, we advocate for our clients in their most high-stakes matters. We offer expertise to our Clients in the followings:
Our extensive trial and appellate experience informs our approach to handling civil cases. Our trial lawyers consistently achieve victories for our clients in critical and complex matters, including newsworthy verdicts on both the defense and plaintiff side.
As we understand that real estate transactions involve a wide spectrum of disciplines, our law firm has structured its real estate practice keeping in view our client’s diverse needs. Our team knows no bounds when it comes to individual and commercial real estate transactions. Our team has played a cardinal role in the massive extension of sectors like FMCG and Modern Retail in Pakistan.
In today's society, litigation has become a routine part of life at both corporate and personal levels disputes. We offer excellent alternatives to potentially protracted and expensive trials with a dedicated team of arbitrators, mediators and neutral case assessors. We offer a cost-effective alternative that provides a deep bench of neutrals for out-of-court solutions in a wide range of matters, including but not limited to:
Regulatory frameworks are constantly evolving across sectors and around the world. As transparency rises in importance, businesses everywhere strive to adapt to the growing pressure from regulatory bodies.
We have extensive experience in banking and financial services and the telecom sector where we advise on all aspects of regulatory compliance and contentious issues. Our objective is to create sophisticated strategies that safeguard our clients’ assets and reputations and enable them to concentrate on pursuing their business objectives with confidence.
We provide advice and representation on complex regulatory matters including consumer protection, data protection & privacy, energy, environment, financial institutions, telecommunication, public procurement and FMCG. We also help clients avoid and resolve government enforcement actions through compliance programs, internal investigations and representation before regulators or in court.
We regularly counsel financial institutions, banks & bank holding companies, investment banks, microfinance banks & investors in capital formation transactions, mergers and acquisitions, complex financings, employment-related matters & complex transactions leading to litigation. We capitalize upon our experience in representing private equity firms, financial services organizations & public companies in a broad range of transactional, corporate, securities & related financing & commercial matters and have advised some of the largest banks in the country.
In order to ensure corporate transparency, it has now become essential or almost every company to adhere to corporate governance and ensure regulatory compliances. We offer company secretarial services to our clients keeping in view their business efficiency. We provide range of services including but not limited to:
DIn today’s fast-growing world, management and protection of intellectual property (IP) has become increasingly complex for domestic and global companies having huge IP portfolios and operations in different jurisdictions.
Having an extensive base and industry experts, we are uniquely positioned to meet the needs of our clients on a broad range of IP-related issues confronting their business. We have rendered the following services to our clients:
Our litigation team combines trial experience and appellate representation with a background in handling complex IP disputes. The litigation work includes enforcing patents, trademarks, industrial designs, integrated circuits, copyrights, geographical indications and other ancillary IP rights and defending against claims of infringement.
Matters related to Environment can turn into a tripwire for many transactions and companies. Without the right legal counseling and strategy, a business can be overtaken by unpredictable events and can face increasingly serious repercussions. In the worst case, environmental problems can pose an existential threat to a client’s business or they can seal the fate of a failed transaction.
We are well abreast of these challenges and are prepared to protect and assist our clients in every facet of these matters around the world. By combining extensive litigation experience, regulatory and governance counseling experience with environmental transactional knowledge, our team of attorneys garner an impeccable reputation for innovative representation. Whether we’re helping our clients construct a compliance plan, negotiate with government regulators, litigate a dispute or safeguard an M&A deal, we have the experience and skills to identify the best path forward and pursue it with result oriented approach. Multiple legal audits regarding environmental compliances have been conducted by our offices across the Country.
We are highly skilled in creating bespoke and efficient solutions for everything from crises to more routine matters of compliance and governance and all aspects of transactions.
It’s always good to know about the risks and opportunities involves in your potential investment. Before venturing into a new business deal or entering into a contract with another party, a prudent person and reasonable business always takes decisions with a certain amount of care and caution. Business transactions such as mergers and acquisitions always must perform a legal due diligence investigation.
We undertake due diligence exercise on businesses, legal and financial affairs of corporate bodies, real estate, M&A transactions and transactions involving major purchases of products and services and helps clients to assess business proposals, identify possible legal problems and thus help clients in taking informed corporate decisions.
We have a longstanding commitment to providing pro bono legal services to individuals and organizations in need of legal services as this is an integral part of our history, ethos, and operations. The principle of increasing access to justice guides our pro bono efforts. We are focused on helping the most vulnerable members of our society, with an emphasis on the areas of education and youth development. Our pro bono services also cover transactional and litigation services to a broad range of clients, including nonprofits, for-profit businesses in economically disadvantaged areas, and lower-income individuals.
