S.U.Khan Associates

Ecommerce, Dispute Resolution, Data Protection, Taxation, Corporate Laws

Partner

Mr. Saeed Hasan Khan has more than twenty years of experience in rendering three tier taxation services: Advisory‐Execution‐Litigation. His work experience includes customs, sales tax, income tax, federal excise, provincial laws on sales tax on services. This includes tax planning, return preparation, risk assessment, tax audits, transaction advisory & opinions, representation before the authorities, dispute settlement (alternate means and ombudsman) and tax litigation, advising on transfer pricing and country by country reporting, advising on cross-border transactions, advising on international tax treaties and carrying out tax due diligence. He assists and represents the clients during their tax audits conducted by the tax authorities. Advising on corporate structures, shareholder agreements, contractual stipulations between the companies, compliance and representation before the Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan. Interpretation of statutes and legal drafting are his special areas of interest.

He has developed keen professional interest in emerging laws about personal data protection and have gained understanding of underlying concepts and principles governing the global data protection laws including General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union. He carried out great deal of research on personal data protection laws in various jurisdictions to have comparison of core legal principles in various jurisdictions. He has contributed professional articles about Data Protection and Cyber Security for Global Legal Group’s International Comparative Legal Guide to Data Protection and for “One Trust Data Guidance”. He has contributed professional article for MONDAQ on Data Protection and International Commercial Arbitration. He has also contributed for Global Legal Group’s International Comparative Legal Guide to Anti-Money Laundering. He has also contributed Pakistan chapter on Lexology Getting The Deal Through: Data Protection & Privacy 2022.    

He has also carried out system audits of various funded projects and their evaluation as per the grant documents. He has studied accounting & procurement processes of various entities, advised modifications therein and developed finance and procurement manuals.

He is an Advocate High Court and Member of Islamabad Bar Council, an affiliate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), Fellow Member of the Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountants (PIPFA), Member Rawalpindi-Islamabad Tax Bar Association (RITBA), Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) United Kingdom, Member International Association of Privacy Professionals USA and holds university degree in Public Administration. He has done a course from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) on “Data: Law, Policy and Regulation”.

English, Urdu

Islamabad Bar CouncilRawalpindi-Islamabad Tax Bar AssociationChartered Institute of ArbitratorsInternational Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

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