Faiza Muzaffar

Experience

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  Zafar Kalanauri & Associates

  Sept 2003 - Sept 2004

  Associate Lawyer
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  Ali Sibtain Fazli & Associates

  Sept 2004 - Sept 2005

  Associate Lawyer
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  RIAA Barker Gillette Global Alliance

  Jan 2006 - Dec 2008

  Associate Lawyer

  • Provided litigation support in all judicial & qusai-judicial forums included but not limited to Lahore High Court, Labor Courts, District Courts, Custom & Tax Tribunals, Banking Courts, SECP, NEPRA, State Bank.• Handled high profile matters of Mergers and Acquisitions of Financial & non-financial institutions• Prepared due diligence reports and worked personally in conducting due diligence of Shakarganj Group, Beaconhouse etc• Handled work of foreign companies and their incorporation in Pakistan. Appeared regularly before SECP and BOI, Pakistan for opening of their branch office• Extensive work of legal opinion writing, memo of advice, drafting of commercial agreements for multi-national companies.• Handled corporate litigation and IP Litigation. Show less

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  University of South Asia

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2010

  Lecturer

  Visiting Lecturer LLB Program

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  Legis Inn (Attorneys, Corporate & Management Consultants)

  Dec 2008 - Oct 2015

  Senior Partner

  Corporate & Commercial practice • Providing corporate and commercial counselling to local and foreign clients on a wide range of legal issues.• Advised on corporate & commercial, banking & finance, corporate compliance, labour, employment, agreements, dispute claims, civil, arbitration and day to day legal advice concerning complex issues involving commercial, intellectual property, international trade, contract, consumer protection, environmental, drugs and other laws etc.• Drafting incorporation documents and proceeded to register legal entities such as limited companies and societies before the relevant regulating authorities. • I have also advised and assisted foreign entities in establishing their liaison/branch office(s) in Pakistan by representing them before the Board of Investment. Agreements & Contracts • Drafting complex legal documents including the acquisition of companies, business sales agreement, Service Agreements, distribution agreements, bank financing and security agreements, transfer of technology agreements, investment agreements, joint venture agreements, partnership deeds, shareholding agreements, sale and lease deeds of immovable properties, hotels byelaws etc.Litigation • Managing extensive litigation before the civil court, banking court, special tribunals and High Court. I have conducted numerous civil, corporate, commercial, banking and revenue litigation including (a) recovery suits, declaratory suits, suits for damages, suits for permanent and mandatory injunctions, suits involving trademark/patent infringements, eviction petitions, suits for recovery and possession of the immovable property before the subordinate courts; (b) suits for recovery of bank finance in banking courts; (c) criminal prosecution (d) other miscellaneous litigation before Labor Courts, Registrar Cooperative Societies, Board of Revenue and Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan. Show less

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  Superior University Lahore

  Sept 2010 - Sept 2015

  Visiting Lecturer

  Visiting Lecturer LLB Program

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  University of Management and Technology - UMT

  Aug 2012 - Aug 2013

  Visiting Lecturer
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  Punjab Health Initiative Management Company

  Nov 2015 - now

  Company Secretary