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The busy team at Liaquat Merchant Associates regularly advises on issues relating to the acquisition of software applications and software license agreements. The group receives a steady flow of work concerning outsourcing agreements, Islamic software agreements, as well as software and hardware maintenance agreements. It often advises on service-level contracts and escrow agreements. Practice head Faresa Jafarey Ahsan has a varied practice and has advised on numerous IT contracts for tech services. Ahsan continues to represent telecoms companies on a range of issues. Hira Ahmad is another key figure who frequently advises on IT-related matters.
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Key clients
- DLA Piper
- MasterCard
- Wemsol (Private) Limited
- Allied Bank Limited
- Covalent (Private) Limited
- Pi Pakistan
- Archiving Data Solutions (Private) Limited
- Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP
- Zapp One Systems (Private) Limited
- Careem Pakistan
- Bank AL Habib Limited
- Habib Metropolitan Bank
- Avanza Premier Payment Services (Private) Limited
- EXIM Bank of Pakistan
- Standard Chartered Bank
- Element Payments
Work highlights
- Reviewed and advised the client on a comparative assessment of data privacy laws (Schrems II) and the power of courts and regulatory authorities in Pakistan for an assessment of industry practices in Pakistan.
- Engaged by DLA Piper for Ikea to review an intra-group data transfer agreement, which catered for data transfer to and from Pakistan, and advised the client on various compliance matters.
- Advising Element Payment, a Thai fintech company, on the setting up of an Electronic Money Institution in Pakistan.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Faresa Jafarey Ahsan