Comprising a large specialist M&A team, Liaquat Merchant Associates offers a full-service corporate and commercial offering from incorporations and financing to winding-up and liquidation. The team regularly acts for government entities, multinationals, and leading banks, and has particular expertise in the areas of privatisation and the pharmaceutical sector. The team is led by Karachi-based Faresa Jafarey Ahsan. Ahsan is supported by Shayan Ahmed, who advises on regulatory matters across a range of industries and on corporate, competition, employment, and investment matters and Mustafa Mumtaz , who handles complex transactions and sales.
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- 'A very vibrant team, always receptive. Integrated, well-read and informed, they provide quick responses and detailed legal opinion with well-founded precedents and international references as well.'
- 'The relationship management is immaculate with a corporate touch. Faresa Jafarey Ahsan and Syed Shayan Ahmed are supremely informed with national and international legal developments.'
Key clients
- Gamalux Oleochemicals Limited
- DLA Piper
- Karachi Hydrocarbon Terminal Limited
- Dow University of Health Sciences
- Wemsol (Private) Limited
- State Life Insurance Corporation
- Addleshaw Goddard (Middle East) LLP
- Schneider Solutions and Services (Private) Limited
- Exim Bank of Pakistan
- Sui Southern Gas Company Alternate Energy
- Alere Medical Pakistan Private Limited
- Sui Southern Gas Company Limited
- FINCA Microfinance Bank Limited
- K & L Gates, Australia
- Citco Mercator
Work highlights
- Acting on behalf of SNA Equity SDN BHD on its acquisition and subscription of approximately 88m equity shares of Gamalux Oleochemicals.
- Advised Dow University of Health Sciences on establishing and setting up of a not-for-profit company whereby the client aims to establish a sero-biology facility with a project value of PKR 250m.
- Successfully rendered all incorporation services for Sui Southern Gas Company Limited in respect of incorporation of its subsidiary.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Faresa Jafarey Ahsan