Commercial & Corporate Law Services in Pakistan

Services in this area

  • Company incorporation & start-ups
  • SECP compliance & company investigations
  • Corporate governance
  • Commercial contracts & contract vetting
  • Mergers, acquisitions & joint ventures
  • Winding up & insolvency
  • Debt recovery, including cross-border recovery of export proceeds
  • Regulatory compliance advice
  • Shareholder & director disputes
  • Foreign investment & cross-border transactions
  • Banking, finance & capital markets
  • Import/export licensing
  • Tenders, transaction support, legal opinions & due diligence
  • Prosecution & defence in customs, tax and regulatory matters, including under the Customs Act 1969, Sales Tax Act 1990 and Income Tax Ordinance 2001
  • Representation before SECP, FBR, the Customs Department, and the civil, district, sessions and High Courts

Representative Cases & Precedents

Selected litigation highlights, appellate decisions, and regulatory outcomes handled by our practitioners in this practice area.

Commercial & Corporate Law Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (CRO Multan) SECP Order in Client's Favor

SECP Orders 5 Deceptive Campus Companies to Change Brand Names

Key Statute / Law: Section 10(A)(D) & (5), The Companies Act, 2017
Case & Context

"The Educators" is a registered brand name of The Educational Services Private Limited (Beaconhouse Group). Five unauthorized campuses were incorporated using deceptive names including Al Qadir Campuses of The Educators Pvt Ltd, Multan College of The Educators Pvt Ltd, The Mailsi School of The Educators Pvt Ltd, Sahiwal College of The Educators Pvt Ltd, and Gulgasht Campuses of The Educators Pvt Ltd.

Legal Strategy & Proceedings

As panel lawyer and legal advisor, we filed corporate complaints and interpreted the statutory criteria of "identical with", "resemble", and "similar to" before the Additional Joint Director, SECP CRO Multan, applying rigorous trademark and corporate identity tests.

Outcome & Decision

The SECP allowed our complaints in full and ordered all five respondents to change their deceptive company names within a strict deadline.

Commercial & Corporate Law Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (CRO Lahore) JIT Investigation Ordered

SECP Investigation & JIT Order into Company Affairs under S. 256

Key Statute / Law: Section 256, The Companies Act, 2017
Case & Context

In a Sialkot company with two founding directors, following the demise of one director, the surviving director unlawfully seized unilateral control of company operations and excluded the legal heirs of the deceased director.

Legal Strategy & Proceedings

We filed a formal petition under Section 256 of The Companies Act 2017 before the Company Registration Office, SECP Lahore, establishing statutory oppression and mismanagement.

Outcome & Decision

The Joint Director Supervision Division, SECP allowed our application and constituted a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to investigate the company's financial and corporate affairs.

Commercial & Corporate Law The Punjab Insurance Appellate Tribunal, Lahore Rs. 9.998M Claim Dismissed

Defense of Rs. 9.998 Million Insurance Claim in Punjab Insurance Appellate Tribunal

Key Statute / Law: Insurance Ordinance & Commercial Policy Conditions
Case & Context

A commercial bank branch in Dhandlianwala, Faisalabad filed an insurance petition claiming Rs. 9.998 million regarding alleged customer account embezzlement. We represented National Insurance Company Limited.

Legal Strategy & Proceedings

We proved that the claimant failed to produce mandatory internal and external audit books per Condition Precedent (f); failed to establish employee infidelity; failed to prove final status of the criminal FIR per General Conditions 4(c), (d) & (6); and failed to produce affirmative proof of financial loss per General Condition 5.

Outcome & Decision

Following final arguments, the Punjab Insurance Appellate Tribunal dismissed the bank's Rs. 9.998 million petition in its entirety.

Commercial & Corporate Law Lahore High Court High Court Writ Allowed

High Court Upholds School Disciplinary Authority in Beaconhouse Writ Petition

Key Statute / Law: Constitution of Pakistan (Article 199) & Punjab Private Educational Institutions Ordinance, 1984
Case & Context

The District Education Authority / CEO Mandi Bahauddin directed Beaconhouse School to readmit an expelled student who had been removed following formal disciplinary proceedings for abusive conduct toward teachers and peers.

Legal Strategy & Proceedings

We filed a Constitutional Writ Petition under Article 199 of the Constitution before the Lahore High Court, demonstrating that the District Education Authority lacked jurisdiction under the Punjab Private Educational Institutions Ordinance 1984 to order readmission, and establishing that the school adhered strictly to fair hearing and due process before expulsion.

Outcome & Decision

The Lahore High Court accepted our writ petition in full and set aside the regulatory directive.

Commercial & Corporate Law Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) Whitelisted & Rs. 190.3M Demand Overturned

PPRA Review Overturns MEPCO Blacklisting & Rs. 190.3 Million Recovery

Key Statute / Law: Public Procurement Rules, 2004 (Rule 19(3)) & General Clauses Act, 1897 (Section 24-A)
Case & Context

MEPCO blacklisted a manufacturing company for 3 years and imposed a Risk & Cost recovery penalty of Rs. 190.301 million over alleged delivery delays of 1,200 50-KVA distribution transformers during periods of severe macroeconomic disruption and currency devaluation.

Legal Strategy & Proceedings

We filed a Review Petition under Rule 19(3) of the Public Procurement Rules 2004, establishing that WAPDA was the sole competent registration authority under Rule 6(4); commercial force majeure arose due to price escalations, PKR devaluation, and a catastrophic factory fire; and blacklisting violated Section 24-A of the General Clauses Act and Supreme Court precedents (2014 SCMR 1748 & 2015 CLD 72).

Outcome & Decision

The Review Petition was allowed by the PPRA, MEPCO's blacklisting order was set aside, and the client company was fully whitelisted.


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