Shabbir Harianawala
Haidermota & Co AdvocatesWith offices in Karachi and Islamabad, Haidermota & Co Advocates is the go-to firm for complex restructuring and re-organisations, and has been at the helm of landmark transactions in Pakistan in the areas of M&A, private equity, creative equity structures, and shareholder arrangements. The firm regularly acts for major clients across a range of industries including oil & gas, telecoms, and e-commerce. The team is co-led by Khozem Haidermota, a practitioner with broad expertise who spearheads many big-ticket transactions, M&A specialist Shabbir Harianawala, and Ali Vasi who is an expert in takeover and competition. Fellow practice co-head Owais Aziz heads the firm’s Islamabad practice. Zahra Abid and Mohammad Anwer are other key names to note.
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Testimonials
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- 'Haidermota & Co is one of the best law firms in Pakistan with an office in Dubai as well. They are the best advisors in all corporate matters at most the competitive fee.'
- 'They are extremely knowledgeable with great understanding of the law and industry. Moreover, they are highly accessible even during their business travel.'
- 'High quality and experienced practice.'
- ''The team at Haidermota is very diverse, which brings a holistic level of competencies to their services. My experiences with the firm illustrate its solid ability to evaluate legal topics with a keen focus on business impact. The team is able to meet tight deadlines when called on.'
- 'Shabbir Harianawala is smart, commercial and great to work with.'
- 'Shabbir Harianawala is very focused on client service and is very well-versed in corporate law and M&A topics, even with challenging timelines.'
- 'Attention to detail, out of box solutions.'
Key clients
- Pakistan Petroleum Limited, Government Holdings (Private) Limited, and Oil and Gas Development Company Limited.
- His Excellency Nasser Abdulla Hussain Lootah
- Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan
- Packages Limited
- CopilotProviderSupportServices, LLC (USA)
- Saudi National Bank
- Fullerton Financial Holdings Pte. Ltd
- JS Investments Limited
- Metro Wind Power Limited, part of Metro Wind Group
- Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation Ltd
- Muller & Phipps Pakistan Limited
- Cargill Pakistan Holdings Limited
- Dalda Foods (Private) Limited
- Cloudways Limited
- FFC Energy Limited
- Siemens Pakistan Engineering Company Limited
- Mashreq Bank
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
- Dawood Group
- Mastercard
- Pak-Arab Pipeline Company Limited
- Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited and VEON Ltd.
- Martin Dow
- Alif Capital Holdings Limited
- Vitol Dubai Limited
- Kuda Technologies Limited, City School (Pvt.) Ltd. and Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited
- MCB Bank Limited, EY Ford Rhodes, Elixir Securities
- Amazon Mall (Private) Limited
- EFU Services (Pvt.) Ltd. and other shareholders in Allianz EFU Health Insurance Limited
- Allied Bank Limited
- Salaam Takaful Limited
- Li & Fung Limited
- Ontex BV
- Unifrutti Group
- Tufail Group
- Karandaaz Pakistan
- Epic Games
- Acsertia Limited
- Matrix Analytics, Inc.
- The Sponsors of Swat Ceramics (Pvt.) Ltd
- Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc.
- Humayun Baigmohamed Trust and Beneficiaries
- NayaPay Pvt. Ltd.
- Shareholders of Autosoft Dynamics (Private) Limited
- DXN Holdings Bhd
- Ideal Standard International
Work highlights
- Advised a consortium of large energy sector players in Pakistan on their participation in the reconstituted Reko Diq mining project, to be established alongside the Government of Balochistan and Barrick Gold.
- Advised Nasser Abdulla Hussain Lootah, who intends to increase his consolidated shareholding in Summit Bank.
- Engaged as the legal counsel as part of a consortium with Ernst & Young for drafting a first of its kind asset fractionalization framework for the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan.
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Khozem Haidermota, Shabbir Harianawala, Ali Akber Vasi, Owais Aziz