The First Counsel

Services

Productized. Fixed scope. Ready to start.

Engagements with a defined deliverable and a defined process — incorporation, registrations, opinions, audits, retainers, and fractional counsel. Each page states exactly what you get and how the work runs.

Fractional General Counsel

A senior lawyer who runs your legal function on a fixed monthly cadence — contracts, compliance, board process, and the daily questions — without the cost of a full-time hire. Built for startups and SMEs that have outgrown ad-hoc lawyering but cannot yet justify an in-house team.

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Legal Retainers

Ongoing access to the firm for a fixed monthly fee, with defined response times and a defined scope. For businesses that generate steady legal questions and want them answered by lawyers who already know the company.

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SECP Incorporation

End-to-end company incorporation before the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan — name reservation, drafting, e-filing, and the registers and first filings after the certificate. One fixed-scope mandate from decision to operating company.

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Private Limited Company Registration

Registration of a private limited company or single member company under the Companies Act, 2017 — structure decided properly, filing done end to end, tax number and bank account dealt with after. For founders and SMEs choosing Pakistan's default business vehicle.

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LLP Registration

Registration of limited liability partnerships under the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2017 — the entity that gives professional firms and joint ventures limited liability without company formalities. We advise on whether an LLP is the right vehicle before we register one.

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Foreign Company Registration

We register foreign companies with the SECP under Part XII of the Companies Act, 2017 — branch and liaison offices, Board of Investment permissions, and the banking and repatriation groundwork that follows. Fixed scope, one point of contact, honest timelines.

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Trademark Registration

We register trademarks under the Trade Marks Ordinance, 2001 — clearance search, filing, examination responses, opposition handling, and the certificate at the end. You get a straight answer on registrability before you spend a rupee on filing.

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Legal Audits

A structured legal health check for your business: we examine the company's filings, contracts, employment, licences, and IP, and hand you a red-flag report with a remediation plan. You learn what a buyer's or investor's lawyers would find — before they find it.

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Legal Opinions

Formal written opinions of counsel — on capacity, authority, enforceability, and questions of Pakistani law — for banks, investors, boards, and foreign counsel who need a signed answer they can rely on. We explain the assumptions and qualifications before you ask.

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Corporate Secretarial Services

We keep your company's statutory record in order: registers, SECP filings, board and AGM support, and share transfers — run on a calendar, not on memory. The unglamorous work that decides whether your next due diligence takes a week or a quarter.

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Beyond Fixed Scope

When the matter doesn’t fit a package.

Most legal work isn’t a product — it’s a practice. For transactions, disputes, and advisory work that need shaping before they can be scoped, start with the practice areas or speak to a lawyer directly.

Every matter begins with a first conversation.

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