Farrukh Qureshi

Samdani Qureshi Aqlaal · Pakistan

Samdani Qureshi Aqlaal

Arbitration & Corporate · Pakistan

Mr Qureshi has been involved in international arbitrations before the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris (ICC), International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”), Washington, the Arbitration Institute of Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and Ad Hoc Tribunals. He is one of two Pakistani lawyers with the kind of ICSID experience that he has in Pakistan.

He specialises in construction/engineering and public-private partnership contracts, project finance, securitisation, corporate, constitutional, arbitration, human resource policies, public-private partnerships, and advisory work.

Besides leading one of the premier ADR practices in Pakistan for 35 years, he has acted as counsel to the Government of Pakistan, multinational organisations, banks, diplomatic missions, and others.

Samdani Qureshi Aqlaal

Samdani Qureshi Aqlaal (SQA) is an amalgam of two boutique law firms named “Samdani and Qureshi” and “AQLAAL Advocates”.

With a combined experience of more than 50 years in niche areas of law, both firms joined hands in January 2023 to serve the clients with a diversified experience that the team brings under the firm’s name.

The firm is also an exclusive collaborating firm in Pakistan of Andersen Global, enabling us to serve our clients even better with the firm’s immediate global outreach through Andersen Global.

Samdani and Qureshi (formerly Walker Matrineu Saleem) was founded in 1989 by the late Justice K.M.A Samdani and Barrister Farrukh Qureshi.

AQLAAL Advocates was formed in 2001 by Barrister Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan (now serving as an Hon’ble Judge of the Islamabad High Court, Islamabad).

The firm carries the legacy of stellar leadership of legal minds like Justice K.M.A. Samdani, Justice MSH Quraishi, Justice Fazl-e-Karim, and Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan.

SQA’s principal office operates from the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad, and we have correspondence offices in all major cities in Pakistan and have an international outreach through our collaborating firms outside Pakistan.

Our priority is to deliver expert and efficient services without compromising on cost-effectiveness. We take pride in the confidence put in our professional handling of matters by our clients.

Arbitration

The Firm has an extensive array of expertise in Arbitration/Alternative Dispute Resolution practice, and has represented private individuals, corporate entities and both investors and states in disputes involving multimillion-dollar claims.

Our legal team has built expertise in international arbitrations and has appeared before tribunals constituted by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”), Washington DC and the Arbitration Institute of Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) and Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC).

SQA partner acted as a Member of the Annulment Committee, constituted by ICSID involving a dispute between a British investor and the government of Sri Lanka.

Corporate & Commercial

The Firm deals with general and specialised corporate and commercial matters. Our expertise, amongst others, includes corporate advisory, transaction structuring, contract negotiations & drafting, and legal & regulatory compliance issues.

The Firm advises on business development issues, foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions, setting up of business ventures, branch/liaison offices & subsidiaries, joint ventures & shareholder agreements, acquisition & disposal of businesses, corporate restructuring, insolvency & winding-up matters, corporate governance, and shareholders disputes.

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