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Muhammad Jamal Farooq

Muhammad Jamal Farooq

Associate

ISLAMABAD

Muhammad Jamal Farooq is an associate at AJURIS Islamabad Office. After having graduated from University of London, Jamal successfully completed the Bar-at-Law/LLM at the University of Law, leading to him being called to the Bar in England and Wales in 2022. During this course, Jamal also obtained membership with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators after performing exceptionally well in the International Arbitration (LLM) module conducted by the University of Law, UK.

Immediately after having completing his Bar Course, Jamal started practice as an associate at a renowned law firm in Islamabad, independently dealing with medical, service, constitutional, rent, family, arbitration and civil matters. One notable case he provided major assistance on was on the matter regarding the independent investigation of the death of Mr. Arshad Sharif before the Supreme Court in 2023. Jamal has also recently been gazetted as an accredited mediator and can be appointed as such by Courts in Islamabad. After having joined the firm in 2024, Jamal regularly renders his assistance in diverse range of matters including constitutional, civil, taxation and arbitration matters pending before the High Court and Lower Courts.

LLB (Hons), University of London
Bar-at-Law/LLM, University of Law, London

Islamabad Bar Council

Constitutional Law
Corporate and Commercial
Taxation Law

Ahmad Zeeshan

Ahmad Zeeshan

Associate

ISLAMABAD

Ahmad Zeeshan is an associate at the AJURIS Islamabad office. He joined the firm in August 2023, and is an advocate of the lower courts of Pakistan. Ahmad earned his BA-LL.B (Hons.) from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).

During his tenure at LUMS, Ahmad actively engaged in various student-led societies, notably serving as the Director of the LUMS Entrepreneurial Society. Ahmad also contributed as a teaching assistant in courses such as Torts Law and Labor Law.

Before joining AJURIS, Ahmad taught Criminal Law and Legal Reasoning at a Law College in Multan. Ahmad has also conducted extensive research on the prisoners’ right to health care in the context of Covid-19 and the research was submitted to Lahore High Court, Multan Bench.

Ahmad’s primary areas of practice are constitutional and commercial disputes. He regularly assists the partners in the High Court on matters concerning constitutional law, company law and competition law.

BA-L.L.B (Hons.), Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)

Punjab Bar Council

Faaiza Haroon Qazi

Faaiza Haroon Qazi

Associate

ISLAMABAD

Faaiza is an associate based in our Islamabad office and is practicing as an advocate of the Lower Courts of Pakistan. Faaiza entered legal practice in 2021 after completing her LL.B. (Hons.) degree at The Institute of Legal Studies (TILS) and attaining a Second Class (Upper Division). She was the recipient of the TILS Academic Excellence Award both in 2019 and 2020.

Faaiza rejoined the Firm in January 2024 after having interned here briefly in 2021. In the intervening period Faaiza worked as a judicial law clerk to a Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan for two years, contributing to several landmark judgments in the areas of civil and constitutional law. Furthermore, Faaiza served as a rapporteur at the 9th International Judicial Conference hosted by the Supreme Court in 2022, and the 2023 National Conference themed “Resilient Pakistan: Calibrating Population and Resources.” Subsequent to these conferences, she collaborated with her fellow rapporteurs to draft comprehensive reports, subsequently published under the banner of the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan. Within our firm, Faaiza lends her expertise to a diverse array of legal matters, including arbitration, civil cases, and constitutional law in the High Court and the Lower Courts.

BA-L.L.B (Hons.), The Institute of Legal Studies (TILS)

Malik Hassan Shoaib Awan

Malik Hassan Shoaib Awan

Associate

LAHORE

Hassan is an associate at the Lahore office. He joined the office in March 2023 and is also admitted as an advocate of the lower courts of Pakistan. He completed his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from University of London in 2022.

Prior to joining AJURIS, Hassan worked as a trainee associate at Mandviwalla & Zafar, where he assisted on commercial transactions of various local and international companies before the SECP. During his traineeship, Hassan was also part of several public sector projects, including the amendment of the Punjab Public Private Partnership Act, 2019.

Hassan takes keen interest in constitutional, corporate and tax matters. At the firm, he regularly appears before the civil court and assists the team in the High Court proceedings.

Bachelor of Law (L.L.B)

Advocate

Constitutional Law
Taxation
Commercial and Corporate Law

Fatima Rasool

Fatima Rasool

Associate

LAHORE

Fatima joined the firm’s Lahore office after completing her B.A. LLB from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) where she graduated with Distinction on Dean’s Honour List. She also served as Law Batch Representative in the student council and helped bring structural reforms in the law school and advocated for women empowerment.

While at LUMS, Fatima worked as a Teaching Assistant for courses such as Legal Writing and Research Methods and Startup Law, among others. She regularly assists her juniors with their academics as she enjoys teaching. She previously interned with Justice Project Pakistan, and Digital Rights Foundation as she holds an interest in Human Rights. She worked on a number of constitutional matters and public interest litigation during her other internships.

Fatima primarily works on constitutional, tax, and corporate cases.

BA-L.L.B (Hons.), LUMS (Distinction)

Constitutional Law
Corporate & Commercial Law

Haris Irfan

Haris Irfan

Associate Partner

LAHORE

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.

LL.B (Hons), Lahore University of Management Sciences (High Distinction)
LL.M Georgetown Law (Distinction)

Commercial and Corporate Law
Constitutional Law
Taxation
Transactional

Shaban Nadeem

Shaban Nadeem

Associate

LAHORE

Mr. Nadeem is an advocate of the High Courts. He completed his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B. Hons.) from Cardiff University in 2019.

During the course of his degree, he acquired litigation and transactional work experience. He worked at Hill Dickinson LLP (London) and Clarke Willmott Solicitors (Taunton) in the UK. Additionally he also worked at Shook Lin & Bok (Kuala Lumpur) as an intern.

Shaban primarily focuses on constitutional, commercial and tax litigation. He works with the Senior Partner on tax references, appellate cases, and constitutional petitions before the Lahore High Court and the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He also regularly appears before the lower courts, tribunals and special courts.

Previously, Shaban has worked as a trainee associate at Liaquat Merchant Associates, Karachi, where he worked on various commercial transactions and Islamic finance contracts for banks.

LL.B (Hons.), Cardiff University

Constitutional Law
Corporate and Commercial
Taxation Law

Umair Ahmad

Umair Ahmad

Associate Partner

LAHORE

Umair is an advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan. He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M) from Harvard Law School. He completed his BA-LL.B (Hons.) from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) where he majored in law and minored in political science, with high distinction.

Umair’s primary areas of practice are tax, constitutional and commercial law. He regularly appears in constitutional, tax and commercial matters before the High Courts and has successfully appeared for and advised some of the largest groups and companies in Pakistan in major tax litigation and commercial and regulatory disputes.

Umair 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, Umair has also assisted the Senior Partner in representing clients before the Supreme Court in seminal constitutional matters including relating to the dissolution of national and provincial assemblies and vote of no-confidence.

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

LL.B (Hons.), Lahore University of Management Sciences (High Distinction)
LL.M, Harvard Law School

Constitutional Law
Administrative Law
Commercial and Corporate Law
Taxation

Zainab Janjua

Zainab Janjua

Partner

ISLAMABAD

Zainab is an advocate of the High Courts. She is a Barrister-at-Law from Lincolns Inn, having been called to the Bar of England and Wales in the year 2015. She has a LLM in International Business Law. She has L.L.B (Hons.) from University of London, International Programmes.

After completing her legal studies Zainab worked in an immigration and personal injury law firm in London. She has also appeared before employment tribunals in London working as a trained volunteer of Free Representation Unit (FRU).

Zainab joined the firm in January, 2016. Zainab has been the lead associate assisting the former founding partner of the firm, Justice Babar Sattar, in all cases before the High Courts and Supreme Court of Pakistan. Zainab is now a Partner at firm’s Islamabad office.

Zainab has been regularly representing clients in constitutional, commercial, civil and arbitration matters. Zainab regularly appears before high courts, civil courts, special tribunals and a number of regulatory bodies including Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP).

Her litigation focuses primarily on constitutional, competition and public procurement disputes. Zainab also has experience in handling commercial arbitrations against and for governmental entities. Zainab represents a broad range of clients including multinationals, public and private sectors bodies, non-governmental organisations and private individuals.

She has notable experience of advisory, consultancy and legislative work. She has worked as external legal adviser for Careem Pakistan, Nestle Pakistan and others private and governmental entities. Her areas of interest in consultancy work include legislative framework, infrastructure development and compliance with regulatory frameworks.

As part of firm’s pro bono commitment, Zainab has represented many clients before the Islamabad High Court in pro bono cases involving human rights violations. Zainab has recently been notified by the Islamabad High Court on the Panel of Defense Counsel for conducting Jail Appeals. Zainab has also been notified as a member of the Pakistan Bar Council’s Journalist Defence Committee.

LLB (Hons), University of London
LLM, International Business Law

Advocate High Court of Pakistan
Bar-at-Law Lincolns Inn

Constitutional Law
Corporate and Commercial Law
Administrative Law
Procurement Law
Service Law
Taxation Law
Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

Asfandyar Khan

Asfandyar Khan

Associate Partner

ISLAMABAD

Asfandyar is an Associate Partner at the firm’s Islamabad office. Asfandyar graduated with a BA-LL.B. (Hons.), from the Lahore University of Management Sciences, where he received the National Management Foundation Gold Medal for topping his law cohort. Asfandyar was also selected as the sole recipient of the Podell Scholarship at the NYU School of Law, where he pursued an LL.M. focusing on securities law and capital markets.

At AJURIS, Asfandyar works on complex questions of constitutional and administrative law, while also contributing to the firm’s commercial disputes and tax practice. His assistance on landmark cases has been recognized by the Supreme Court of Pakistan (including on the successful challenge to the dissolution of the Parliament in April 2022), and by the Islamabad High Court (on the question of the constitutionality of certain prison rules applicable to Islamabad’s prisoners). He has also worked on High Court briefs involving sophisticated commercial transactions, such as the successful defense of the public procurement contracts pertaining to polycarbonate smart cards; the representation of a leading cellular telecom service provider in disputes pertaining to the allocation of telecom frequency spectrums; and the enforcement of arbitral awards won by working interest owners in the oil and gas industry. Asfandyar’s extensive litigation experience is relied upon by the firm’s clients for a variety of disputes, focusing on areas as diverse as competition law, FIDIC contracts, and food industry regulation.

Asfandyar frequently appears before the High Courts and specialized tribunals to represent the firm’s corporate clients. Despite his focus on litigation, he maintains a keen interest in academia, demonstrated by his appointments to adjunct faculty positions at law schools in Islamabad, and his publications on various legal issues.

LL.M NYU School of Law (Podell Scholar)

LL.B (Hons.), Lahore University of Management Sciences (Gold Medalist)

Advocate, High Court (Pakistan)
New York Bar (pending)

Constitutional Law
Tax Law
Corporate and Commercial Law