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BriefingBranch vs Subsidiary: How Foreign Companies Enter PakistanThree doors into Pakistan — liaison office, branch, subsidiary — and the permissions, tax treatment and exit mechanics behind each, compared side by side.12 July 2026 · 6 min read
BriefingNDAs in Pakistan: What They Can and Cannot DoPakistan has no trade-secrets statute, so the NDA is the whole game — here is what a well-drafted one actually delivers, and where it runs out.12 July 2026 · 7 min read
BriefingNegotiating MSAs: A Guide for Pakistani Service CompaniesThe master services agreement your foreign customer sends you was written for their law, not yours — here is how to negotiate the clauses that actually bite.12 July 2026 · 7 min read
BriefingPenalty Clauses: Why Yours Is a Ceiling, Not a HammerSection 74 of the Contract Act turns every stipulated damages figure into a maximum, not an entitlement — here is how to draft one that a court will actually award.12 July 2026 · 8 min read
Client AlertSECP circulars: second-quarter 2026 digestThe second quarter is annual-meeting season, and the SECP's output tracked it: meeting formats, electronic dividends and annual filings; this alert flags the compliance calendar that follows.5 July 2026 · 3 min read
Client AlertArbitration law reform: status of the new arbitration billA Model Law-based bill to replace the Arbitration Act 1940 is before Parliament — draft today's clauses to work under both the old law and the new.25 June 2026 · 3 min read
BriefingInjunctions in commercial disputes: the real law of interim reliefPrima facie case, balance of convenience, irreparable loss — what each limb actually requires, and the transactions Pakistani courts will not stop.25 June 2026 · 5 min read
BriefingRelated-party transactions under the Companies Act 2017: the compliance architectureSection 208 turns every deal with a director, sponsor or group company into a governance event: who must approve it, what must be recorded, and where the personal liability sits.21 June 2026 · 5 min read
PerspectiveSettlement is a verdict you write yourselfA judgment is a verdict written by a stranger, years from now. A settlement is one you draft today — if you draft it like a decree.16 June 2026 · 5 min read
BriefingEmployee stock options under Pakistani law: making ESOPs actually workMost Pakistani ESOPs are US documents with the names changed — here is the corporate, tax and exchange-control work that turns an option plan into something an employee can enforce and an investor can diligence.12 June 2026 · 6 min read
BriefingDoing the deal in Pakistan: a foreign investor's map of approvalsWhich consents a foreign acquirer of a Pakistani business actually needs, in what order, and which ones decide whether the money can ever come back out.4 June 2026 · 5 min read
The First ReadingThe First Reading — No. 2Budget month opens with a Finance Bill days away; also merger filings, privatization diligence, AML supervision, and a reminder on enforcing foreign awards.2 June 2026 · 4 min read
PerspectiveThe general counsel's loneliest decisionsEscalate or absorb, disclose or wait, report or resign: the calls that define a general counsel arrive without company.19 May 2026 · 5 min read
PerspectiveArbitration's promise and Pakistan's opportunityPakistan enforces foreign awards under a statute from 2011 and domestic ones under a statute from 1940. Closing that gap is the opportunity.18 May 2026 · 5 min read
BriefingThe white-collar board briefing: what every director should know before the letter arrivesA call-up notice, a freezing order, a name on the Exit Control List: the decisions that determine a director's exposure are usually taken before any letter arrives.12 May 2026 · 5 min read
BriefingMerger control before the CCP: thresholds, timelines, and tactical filingPakistan's merger regime is suspensory: if your transaction crosses the thresholds, you may not close before clearance, and the filing strategy belongs in the term sheet.30 April 2026 · 5 min read
Client AlertForeign company registration under Part XII: an updateA foreign company with a place of business in Pakistan has thirty days to register — the filings are digital now, but the deadline, the permissions, and the annual obligations are not softer.22 April 2026 · 3 min read
Client AlertSECP circulars: first-quarter 2026 digestThe SECP's first-quarter output pressed on beneficial-ownership records, electronic filing and routine penalty enforcement; this alert flags what company secretaries should action now.8 April 2026 · 3 min read
BriefingShareholders' agreements that survive Pakistani courts: five clauses that fail, five that holdMost Pakistani shareholders' agreements are drafted for the signing dinner, not the dispute; here is what actually holds up when a joint venture turns hostile.2 April 2026 · 5 min read
Client AlertCompany incorporation: changes to the SECP regimeIncorporation now runs end-to-end through SECP's eZfile portal, with tax registration attached — the speed is real, and the compliance questions have moved downstream.25 March 2026 · 3 min read
PerspectiveWhy we pair corporate and criminal practiceA board minute and a charge sheet often describe the same afternoon. That is why our deal lawyers and defense lawyers share one corridor.5 March 2026 · 4 min read
BriefingEnforcing foreign arbitral awards in Pakistan: the 2011 Act in practiceThe 2011 Act gives award creditors a narrow, fast lane through the High Courts. Here is how the lane runs — and where it slows.24 February 2026 · 5 min read
BriefingThe director's liability map: every hat, every exposure, one chartA director of a Pakistani company wears at least six hats — each with its own statute, regulator and penalty. Here is the full map.10 February 2026 · 5 min read
PerspectiveEvery contract is a future lawsuitYour counterparty reads the contract once, on a good day. A judge may read it for ten years. Draft for the second reader.20 January 2026 · 5 min read

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