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ICLS is proud to introduce a panel of experts to assist students in the field of law including corporate and commercial law, criminal law, contract law, human rights and humanitarian law, environmental law and many more. These professionals are renowned senior practicing lawyers and barristers and have years of experience in the legal profession.They are an active part of the activities taking place at ICLS under the umbrella of the Legal Clinic at ICLS by holding workshops, seminars, conferences, moot court competitions and other activities. These experts are also instrumental in helping students prepare for the Law Gat and SEE exams.As a result, the students at ICLS are able to form a network with prominent lawyers with whom the students can commence their professional career with after graduation.

Meet Our Panel of Experts

Learn from experienced academics and industry professionals.

Mustafa Ramday

Advises and represents clients from the private, public and multinational sectors on matters that are contentious and require dispute resolution within and outside Pakistan.

He was appointed by the Province of Punjab in 2013 to officiate as the Advocate General. He remained the first law officer for the Province and in the process won numerous cases of national as well as international importance covering contractual, civil, constitutional, white collar crime and other matters. He is an advocate of the Supreme Court and is known as a lawyer who is aggressive in his approach with entire focus on client delivery. Mustafa litigates across Pakistan and, in addition thereto, represents his clients in jurisdictions such as USA, UK, Europe, UAE and Singapore. He has the privilege to be a member of numerous commercial and non-commercial boards. He has many reported judgments to his credit including cases such as Signal Free Corridor, Canal Widening, Orange Line Metro train, etc.

Salman Naseer

A Bar-at-Law from the prestigious City Law School and Lincoln’s Inn, London, Salman Naseer joined PCB in September 2011.

Before joining the PCB, as Advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan, he worked as a Law Associate at various renowned law firms in Lahore and also served as Legal Advisor to the National Bank of Pakistan and WAPDA. During his time at the PCB, he has been involved in preparation and drafting of rules, codes, policies and bylaws pertaining to regulation of cricket, conduct of cricketers, employees, coaches and support personnel; conferencing and acting on behalf of players; prosecuting players for violating PCB’s Anti-Corruption Code; drafting and vetting of tender documents and commercial contracts including for Media Rights, Franchise Rights, Licensing Rights etc.

Mansoor Usman Awan

Mr. Awan holds a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from Harvard Law School, USA and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from University of the Punjab

where he stood first in the Punjab University Law College and was awarded Justice M. Jan Memorial gold medal for obtaining 1st position in Jurisprudence and Charles Earl Bevan Petman Law Prize for 1st position in Criminal Law.

Mr. Awan is a recipient of the Harvard Law School Dean’s Award for Leadership (2005). At Harvard Law, he was elected as the LLM Representative to Harvard Law School Council and he also served as the Vice President of Harvard Graduate Council.

Mr. Awan has the distinction of practicing law in four (4) jurisdictions i.e. USA, the UK, the UAE and Pakistan. He has worked with Shearman & Sterling LLP and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in their capital markets, corporate finance, structured finance, projects & infrastructure finance as well as M&A and Private Equity groups. He has worked on multi-billion dollar transactions while representing the sponsors, lead arrangers, lead book-running managers and underwriters. Apart from his transactional experience, he has represented large multinational companies in both contentious matters before the courts in Pakistan. Mr. Awan has represented clients such as, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Citibank N.A, Lehman Brothers, Kuwait Investment Authority, Abu Dhabi Investment Council and Virgin Group of Companies in their various financing, private equity and capital markets transactions.

Currently, Mr. Awan regularly advises and represents clients on taxation, regulatory, commercial and constitutional matters in High Courts and the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

He is admitted to the bar in the State of New York and is also an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Mr. Awan splits his time between Lahore and Islamabad Offices.

Ahmad Rafay Alam

hmad Rafay Alam is a Pakistani environmental lawyer and activist.

In 2013, after over a decade of practicing corporate and constitutional law, Rafay co-founded Saleem, Alam & Co., a firm that specializes in the energy, water, natural resources, and urban infrastructure sectors.

Huma Ijaz

Huma Ijaz Zaman is a Senior Partner at Madviwala and Zafar.

She has been practicing law for over two decades, engaging with local and international clients, specializing in matters involving complex corporate transactions and commercial contracts, high profile legal, advisory, contentious and non contentious matters including constitutional, civil , banking, commercial and cross border family disputes.

Syed Ali Raza

Syed Ali Raza is a lawyer and rule of law expert based in Pakistan.

He is a Draper Hills Fellow from the Stanford University, USA; Legislative Fellow of the US State Department; and an LL.M. Graduate in International and Comparative Laws from the National University of Singapore. He also attended the prestigious Bucerius Summer School of Law & Global Governance in Hamburg, Germany and completed Leadership Academy for Development Program at the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia. He is also a Certified Independent Director of Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance after completing training from Lahore University of Management and Sciences.

Ali is a Managing Partner at Common Law Chambers (CLC), a complete service firm that provides all legal, transactional and policy solutions under one roof to clients from both public and private sector.

Ayesha Raza Farooq

Ms Ayesha Raza Farooq has recently been appointed as Prime Ministers focal person for anti-polio campaign.

Currently, she serves as the second Chairperson of the National Commission on the Rights of Child (NCRC), Pakistan. She is also a partner at Ramday Law Associates and member of board of directors at Salman Sufi Foundation.

After completing her Master’s in Business Administration from the Lahore University of Management Sciences, she secured a degree in law from the Punjab University earning a Gold Medal for topping the list of law graduates. She joined Ramdays in 2009 and attends to the legal as well as quasi-legal matters being handled by the Chamber.

In the year 2013, continuing this work while at Ramdays, she also entered politics; was elected as a Member of the National Assembly and in the year 2015, she was elected as a Member of the Senate of Pakistan. During her period, she was assigned the leadership of Polio Eradication in the country and for the extraordinary services rendered by her in the field, she was honoured by the President of Pakistan by awarding her the Sitara-e-Imtiaz.

Aneesa Agha

Aneesa Agha leads the transactional practice at Raja Mohammed Akram & Co.

She has significant expertise in the banking, finance, energy and infrastructure sectors, particularly in relation to Greenfield projects. She has acted for foreign and local clients on mergers and acquisitions and capital structuring specifically with regards to the regulatory regime and foreign exchange framework.

Sara Hayat

Sara Hayat is a lawyer by training with expertise in climate change law.

She received her first LLM from Durham University, UK, and practiced law in Pakistan for six years before securing two fellowships to the University of Michigan, where she studied climate change law.

Nida Usman Chaudhry

Nida Usman Chaudhary holds an LLB (Hons) and LLM in Law & Development from University of London.

She is the Founder of Lahore Education And Research Network (LEARN) and Women in Law Initiative Pakistan.

Waqqas Ahmad Mir

Mr. Mir is a Partner at Axis Law Chambers where he represents and advises clients in a range of contentious and non-contentious matters.

His practice primarily focuses on commercial, civil, constitutional, competition, taxation, media and telecommunication matters.

Haroon Dugal

Haroon Dugal is the founder of Haroon Dugal Law Chambers. He focuses on a range of corporate, commercial and constitutional litigation.

He has appeared in more than 2,000 litigation matters involving all facets of constitutional, tax, environmental, intellectual property, civil, pharmaceutical and energy laws.

Hussain Tahir Zaidi

Hussain Tahir Zaidi holds an LLM degree from the University of London and is a Barrister of the Hon’ble Society of Lincoln’s Inn.

Barrister Zaidi has also completed his LLB Degree from the University of London. He has more than twenty years of experience in the legal profession and has worked in a variety of roles in the legal field. He is Partner at Abdullah & Hussain, with specialization in merger, acquisition, joint venture, commercial & financial restructuring and heads the corporate legal practice of the firm.

Prior to that, he was working as Senior Legal Counsel to Dhabi Holdings which sits on top of the pyramid of all group companies of Dhabi Group. His main area of expertise here was international investment, acquisition, joint ventures and merger deals. He was also the Legal Advisor at Warid Telcom (Pvt) Ltd where apart from commercial matters he also dealt with all regulatory issues faced by Warid Telecom (Private) Limited with respect to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and other regulatory, governmental and semi-governmental bodies.

Barrister Zaidi has also worked in different eminent law firms including at Bhandari Naqvi Riaz as a Senior Associate where he dealt with matters pertaining to Litigation, complex commercial cases, Constitutional cases, registration of trademarks and companies and similar matters. He was also working on matters pertaining to complex international arbitration issues. Barrister Zaidi also has substantial academic experience as he has been teaching the University of London Programme since 2001.

Rahim Shamji

Mr Rahim Shamji is the CEO and founder of ADR-ODR International UK.

He is a Master Mediator and Negotiator and specialises in Civil and Commercial Law, Workplace and Family Business. In addition he is an ODR Expert and has extensive experience in International Conflict Resolution.

Barrister Haroon Mumtaz

Barrister Haroon Mumtaz is a partner at Cornelius, Lane and Mufti (CLM).

He specialises in Commercial Law, Contract law, Company Law, Arbitration (International and Domestic), Real Estate (project development and conveyancing), Oil and Gas concessions, Telecommunication Laws, Infrastructure and Power Projects, Public-Private Partnerships, Public Procurement, Banking Law, Financial Transactions, Equity and Trusts, Law of Charities and Non Profit Organizations and Administration of Estates and Inheritance laws and general Civil law.

Barrister Syed Reza Ali

Syed Reza Ali is a partner at Ali & Ali. He successfully completed his LL.B (Hons.) from the University of London, UK in the year 2002.

He is a Barrister-at-Law from the Honorable Society of the Lincoln’s Inn, UK. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in the year 2003.

Muhammad Farooq Rashid

Mr. Farooq Rashid is a Senior Partner at Expertos Legales. He has been practising for more than twenty years.

His practice mainly involves around legal areas pertaining to corporate, corporate finance, commercial matters, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, corporate compliance, regulatory work, legal consultation on investment and financing, banking, civil, criminal, HR, Labour, service matters, property/Real Estate acquisition.

He has been advising large scale corporate entities on complex legal matters. Notwithstanding that Litigation is his forte and inter alia he is an expert of corporate and commercial litigation of wide array, he has extensive and wide experience in contract drafting and a substantial part of his practice involves drafting and advising on international and domestic contractual transactions.

Muhammad Ahmed Pansota

Barrister Muhammad Ahmed Pansota, after studying from Aitchison College, Lahore, did his LLB(Hons) from University College Lahore, (External Program).

He did his Bar-at-Law from Inns of Court School Law, London and was called to the bar at Lincolns Inn, London, in the year 2005.

He started his career with Cornelius, Lane & Mufti and became the founding partner of Ahmed & Pansota (Advocates & Legal Consultants) in the year 2007.

He specializes in the field of litigation and is practicing in the areas of Public Interest, Constitutional, Banking, Criminal, Civil, Revenue, Corporate, Employment, Labour, Regulatory, Harassment, Intellectual Property and Service law. He regularly appears before the higher and sub-ordinate court of the country.

He appears regularly on the national TV channels of the country as a legal expert. He writes for various newspapers on current legal issues.

Barrister Pansota is an elected member of the Bar Representation Committee of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and is also the Chairperson of Council of Complaints, PEMRA, Lahore, a body created under Section 26 of PEMRA Ordinance, 2002, to facilitate public complaints against any aspect of broadcast of media or cable TV operators.

Barrister Pansota also teaches at various institutes in Lahore.

Mariam Saeed

Advocate Mariam Saeed is a University of London Law Graduate and Lawyer, who has over 21 years of experience at teaching and administering University of London LLB (Hons), AS and AL Law.

She is one of the founder faculty members at various legal institutes and has pioneered law programmes, Law Moot Sessions and more, at some of the most prestigious Institutions in Lahore.

Mariam Saeed has taught at LGS Defence, KIMS, LGS Phase 5, Learning Alliance, LGS 1A1, LGS Paragon, Beaconhouse Newlands, Lahore Alma and a number of other Schools/Colleges and Universities. She has also been Head of Senior School and A level at Beaconhouse Newlands, Head of International Programmes at TMUC, Vice Principal at Roots Millineum and Principal A Level at ALCG.

She is currently teaching AL Law at ISL and Kaizen High and is also teaching LL.B (Hons) University of London Programme. Mariam Saeed is a Certified College Counselor from College Board USA and is a very effective motivational speaker. Amongst others, she has to her credit compiled the first ever A level Law Past Paper and Suggested Answers which has and still does help facilitate students in preparing for the examination.

A teacher par excellence, she is super proud of her students who have excelled at the subject with World and Regional distinctions as well as a number of A*s in Law. Moreover, most of her students are part of the legal fraternity and are doing exceptionally well. Consistent and passionate to nurture the mind of the youth, her mission is to reach out to maximum students in order to create legal awareness and facilitate them in understanding that Law is more than a subject, it is a lifestyle.

As an Advocate, Mariam Saeed has years of expertise in all areas of Family Law, Civil Law, Dispute Resolution, Human Rights and more. She is an active participant and a key note speaker at various prestigious legal platforms and a member of the Lahore High Court Bar Association and the Punjab Bar Council, along with being a member of a number of Women Lawyers Associations. Hence, continues to contribute to calls for much needed legislative reforms in key areas especially related to protection of women , children, transgenders, quality of legal education etc.

She is a strong voice in raising awareness and facilitating equal representation of women in the legal profession. In a nutshell, Advocate Mariam Saeed, is a Lawyer and Educationist who believes that each day comes with a new challenge that needs to be faced with grace and what better way to contribute to Pakistan than by being a part of the Honourable Legal fraternity and working for causes that need to be voiced.

Iftikharudin Riaz

Iftikharuddin Riaz has been ranked individually by Chambers and Partners in Band 1 for Commercial Dispute Resolution in Pakistan from 2014 to 2022 and is one of the few lawyers in Pakistan to have been ranked for both dispute resolution and corporate work.

He did his Bar-at-Law from Inns of Court School Law, London and was called to the bar at Lincolns Inn, London, in the year 2005.

He started his career with Cornelius, Lane & Mufti and became the founding partner of Ahmed & Pansota (Advocates & Legal Consultants) in the year 2007.

He appears regularly on the national TV channels of the country as a legal expert. He writes for various newspapers on current legal issues.

Barrister Pansota also teaches at various institutes in Lahore.

Ahmer Bilal Soofi

Ahmer Bilal Soofi is the Senior Managing Partner of ABS & Co and the head of its dispute resolution practice. As an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, he divides his time between the firm’s offices in Lahore and Islamabad.

He has more than thirty years of experience in representing the federal and provincial governments, ministerial departments, regulatory bodies, financial institutions, listed and unlisted companies, high-net individuals including prince(s) and other foreign sovereigns on a broad range of contentious matters that include commercial, constitutional, tax, employment, trade, energy and other investment disputes.

He has been consistently ranked as one of the Leading Individuals in Dispute Resolution by Chambers and Legal 500. He is “highlighted for his long-standing experience in advising on public law, as well as international arbitrations” and is praised for being a “true professional with legal acumen and strength in drafting”. In July 2021, he was appointed as a member to the International Court of Arbitration by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

He served as the Federal Minister for Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs during the caretaker setup in 2013 under whose watch Pakistan completed its first transition of civilian rule from one elected government to another. He is a Member of the Panel of Eminent Persons of OIC and has served as the Chairman of the UN Advisory Committee on Human Rights in Geneva. He regularly advises the government on international treaties, international sanctions, UNSC Resolutions, BITs and other bilateral and multilateral issues related to public international law and is frequently invited to deliver talks at the National Defense College Islamabad, Command and Staff College Quetta, National Management College Lahore, Naval War College Lahore and several other institutes. He has previously been invited for delivering similar lectures at International Development Law Organization Rome, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, Sri Lanka, Shanghai University China, Fletcher School USA, Royal United Services Institute, London and Harvard Law School, USA.

Rafey Zeeshan Altaf

Rafey Altaf is the Lecturer for Public Law for the LLB Programme of the University of London at ICLS. He holds an LL.M degree from University College London and is a Barrister of the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn.

Barrister Altaf also has an undergraduate degree in law LLB (Hons) and a B.A in psychology, English literature and history from Government College University (GCU), Lahore.

Barrister Altaf also has extensive academic experience, having taught Constitutional Law, International Law and International Economic Law for the University of London programmes at different Institutions in Lahore.

Barrister Altaf is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan with 18 years’ of experience as a legal practitioner. He has a diverse legal practice and has extensive experience in areas of judicial review, employment and labour laws, banking, civil as well as corporate and white-collar criminal law. He has on occasions been appointed as amicus curiae by the Honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Lahore High Court.

He was elected as member of the Bar Representation Committee of Lincoln’s Inn in 2019 for a term of 4 years. As part of his professional experience, Barrister Altaf has also worked as consultant in the human rights and development sectors with international donor and charity organizations including, Asian Development Bank, UNICEF and OXFAM as well as the Ministries of Human Rights and Education, Government of Pakistan.

Fatima Bokhari

Fatima Yasmin Bokhari is the Lecturer for Jurisprudence and Legal Theory for the LLB Programme of the University of London at ICLS.

She has been teaching Criminal Law and Jurisprudence and Legal Theory for the University of London Programme for several years.

Ms Bokhari holds a Master of Laws (LLM) from Harvard Law School and an LLM in ‘Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of London. She has authored and contributed to various research reports, trainings manuals and papers on national and international human rights issues.

Ms Bokhari is a legal practitioner with over 10 years of professional experience specializing in criminal justice reform, rule of law and human rights. In addition to being the co-founder of Musawi, Ms Bokhari also serves as the CEO. Musawi is a private organization based in Pakistan which engages with both governmental and non-governmental stakeholders, via research, capacity building, monitoring evaluation and litigation for the purpose of affecting evidence-based legal and policy reforms.

An Advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan, she also oversees Musawi’s pro-bono litigation, which provides legal representation and advice pertaining to criminal, family and civil matters to marginalized individuals. Prior to establishing Musawi, Ms Bokhari was an Aryeh Neier Fellow and staff member with the Open Society Justice Initiative in Budapest and New York, where she engaged in strategic litigation within the national security and criminal justice context for select jurisdictions in Europe and Asia

Habeeba Ahmed

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Barrister Naseer completed her LLB (Hons) from the University of London in 2008 and was called to the Bar in 2009. Barrister Naseer is also an academic with vast teaching experience at various institutions in Lahore, where she has been teaching courses of the University of London Undergraduate Laws programme.

She has been practicing law in Pakistan since her return from the United Kingdom. She has worked with some top Pakistani Law firms namely, RIAA Barker Gillette and Irfan & Irfan (Attorneys-at-law) and has served as General Counsel with the Infrastructure Development Authority of the Punjab.

Syed Raza Hassan Shah

Syed Raza Hassan Shah completed his LLB (Hons) in 2013 and has been involved with legal practice and academia ever since.

Mr Raza has more than ten years of experience in advising clients in Pakistan and the MENA region on complex matters across technology law, financial services, and mergers & acquisitions. He has also been a visiting faculty member at University of London affiliate program where he taught Public Law, Commercial Law and is currently a Public Speaking Trainer affiliated with the prestigious Debating Society of Pakistan.

Mr Raza`s expertise lie in navigating the evolving legal landscape of Fin Tech, data privacy, and emerging technologies, while also structuring and executing successful transactions for both financial institutions and innovative Fin Tech startups. For cross-border M&A deals, he leverages his in-depth understanding of legal and business nuances across Pakistan and the MENA region to ensure smooth integration and value creation for clients.

His skillset encompass strategic negotiation, meticulous drafting and review of legal documents, and the ability to navigate complexities of transactions across different jurisdictions. Beyond his legal expertise, he is a SIMI Accredited Mediator and a member of the Young Arbitrators Group at CIICA, a leading S.42 Arbitration house in Pakistan. Mr Raza has been accredited and given license to practice in High Courts of Pakistan and is a recognized Civil-Commercial Mediator with the ADR-ODR International.

Mariam Naim

Mariam Naim is the Head of Laws as well as the Lecturer for Conflict of Laws for the LLB Programme of the University of London.

She holds an LLM degree from Queen Mary and Westfield College.

Ms. Naim holds an LLB from University of London and an LLM with Merit from Queen Mary and Westfield College. Her academic journey has seen her excel in teaching and research, with a focus on Constitutional Law and Islamic Law. Ms Naim’s administrative skills were honed through significant roles in legal education management, where she led initiatives to enhance academic programs and foster legal research. She has over fourteen years of teaching the University of London Programme.

In addition to her academic achievements, she has a rich history of legal practice, working as a Legal Associate in a prestigious law firm, where she contributed to complex legal cases and provided expert legal advice. She has also earned a certification from ADR ODR International, highlighting her dedication to alternative dispute resolution and online dispute resolution methodologies. This certification showcases her commitment to innovative legal solutions and her expertise in mediation and arbitration.

Bakhtiar Ali Khan

Bakhtiar Ali Khan is a bar course graduate with experience in corporate and regulatory practice. He currently works at EY MENA Law and handles corporate compliance and advisory.

Prior to this he worked as an associate at RIAA Barker Gillette where his work included supporting M&A transactions, drafting due diligence reports, preparing power purchase agreements and guiding clients on company law, labour law, insurance law and intellectual property matters. He has also assisted with trademark and patent filings and contributed to research for litigation.

His earlier experience at Mohsin Tayebaly & Co. gave him exposure to both corporate and contentious work, ranging from drafting finance agreements to preparing memorandums and skeleton arguments. He has also worked on refugee interviews for a human rights project and completed an English-teaching internship in Egypt that strengthened his communication skills.

Bakhtiar holds a Bar Vocational Studies degree with a specialism in corporate law from City, University of London, and an LLB (Hons) from the University of London. He is a member of Lincoln’s Inn and has published opinion pieces in national newspapers. He is fluent in English and Urdu, with working knowledge of French.

Sundas Tariq

Sundas Tariq is a Lecturer of Commercial Law for the LLB Programme of the University of London at ICLS.

She holds a LLB (Hons) from the University of London and LLM in International Commercial Law from University College London, where she graduated with Distinction (First Class Honors).
With a strong academic background and an extensive teaching experience, Ms. Tariq has been engaged in legal education since 2015. Over the years, she has mentored a large number of students, many of whom have achieved outstanding academic results.
Ms. Tariq is also a Civil Servant and is currently serving in the Pakistan Audit & Accounts. She has contributed to the oversight and management of public financial matters with the Office of Auditor General of Pakistan. Prior to entering civil service, she built a strong foundation in legal practice through her work with a prominent law firm on commercial and corporate matters.

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