Adeel’s practice focuses on constitutional, tax and commercial litigation.He has represented both local and foreign clients, in, among others, the petroleum, telecom and FMCG sectors in Pakistan, before multiple forums, such as the High Court, civil courts, and the specialized tribunals.

Starting his career as an associate in the general litigation department at the US law firm, Arnold & Porter, in their New York office, in 2018, Adeel was exposed, from the very on-set, to complex commercial disputes, spanning multi-districts while representing pharmaceutical companies. He was also extensively involved in Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC) investigation against a multi-billion-dollar fund, alleged to be operating as a Ponzi-scheme, while representing the fund’s auditors.

In Pakistan, Adeel has represented petroleum and FMCG companies in their tax disputes with the tax regulators, before the High Court. He has advised the Government of Pakistan in recovery of money owed to it from private electricity-generating companies. He has also assisted the High Courts in constitutional matters, public procurement related laws, and has been engaged in litigation around enforcement of foreign arbitral awards.

Apart from litigating disputes, Adeel has rendered advice to private companies bidding for the development of Special Economic Zones. He has advised American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) in its employment related matters. He has drafted contracts for National Highway Authority (NHA) in regards to their concession agreements, and for housing societies seeking to merge with each other. He has also issued multiple opinions on compliance with tax laws, companies’ laws, and in relation to the telecom regulatory framework in Pakistan.

Adeel has previously taught at Bahria University, Islamabad, teaching among other courses, company law in Pakistan. Some of Adeel’s thoughts on law have been published in Dawn, The News International, Courting the Law, and the Journal of International Arbitration.

Salaar is an advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan, and is admitted to practice law in the State of New York. He holds a Masters in Law from Columbia Law School, where he served on the board of the Columbia International Arbitration Association, and a BA-LL.B. (Hons.) from the Lahore University of Management Sciences, where he was President of the student body.

He regularly appears in constitutional; commercial; and taxation matters before the High Courts, and has also been appointed amicus curiae by the Islamabad High Court. In addition to representing private persons, Salaar has also represented authorities such as the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, the Frequency Allocation Board, and the National Commission for Human Rights.

Salaar joined AJURIS’s Islamabad office in 2020. Previously, he worked as an Associate to the Attorney-General for Pakistan where he assisted the Attorney-General in significant constitutional matters before the Supreme Court, as well as disputes before various international forums.

In addition to his litigation practice Salaar provides advisory and consultancy services to organisations such as the World Bank and the UNFPA, and has assisted with the drafting of laws and regulations for organisations such as the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority. He is also a part of the Legal Advisory Committee of the Public Interest Law Association of Pakistan, a mentor for the US-based Revive Labs, and a member of the Government of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa’s Youth Development Commission.

He has also been a member of faculty for the University of London’s External LLB Program, where he has taught Public International Law; a self-designed seminar on the Pakistani legal system; and supervised final year dissertations.

Salaar writes columns on law and politics for The News, and regularly appears as a legal analyst on national and international media platforms such as BBC World.