Haris is an advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan. He holds a Master of Laws (LLM) from Georgetown University where he graduated with distinction on the Dean’s Honour List. He completed his BA-LL.B (Hons.) from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) where he also graduated with High Distinction as a merit scholar.

His primary areas of practice are tax, constitutional and commercial law.

He regularly appears in constitutional, tax and commercial matters before the High Courts. He has successfully appeared for and advised some of the largest groups and companies in Pakistan in major tax litigation and commercial and regulatory disputes. Recently he represented various multinational corporations in challenging the imposition of Super Tax inserted in the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 through Finance Act 2022. Moreover, he also successfully represented various holding companies in challenging the imposition of tax on intercorporate dividends.

Haris also routinely appears before lower courts as well as regulatory tribunals representing clients on various tax, commercial and service law matters.

During his time at the firm, Haris has also assisted the Senior Partner in representing clients before the Supreme Court in seminal constitutional matters. He assisted in representing the Chief Minister of Punjab and a leading political party in various constitutional law matters before the Supreme Court including the matter regarding the election of the Chief Minister of Punjab. He also assisted the Senior Partner in representing the Supreme Court Bar Association in a matter pertaining to the secrecy of ballot in senate elections before the Supreme Court.

As part of his advisory practice, he regularly advises domestic and foreign clients on corporate, commercial, tax and investment matters.