Commercial Litigation
Ashtar Ali & Rahim LLP is among Pakistan’s leading law firms advising domestic and international clients across the full spectrum of commercial law. Our lawyers in Lahore and Islamabad assist businesses with transactional structuring, commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, and the resolution of disputes arising from complex commercial relationships. We regularly advise on supply and distribution agreements, joint ventures, shareholder and investment agreements, franchising, services contracts, and sector-specific regulatory regimes across Pakistan’s major industries.
Our firm is recognised for its work in commercial litigation in Pakistan, acting before tribunals, the High Courts, and appellate forums. We handle disputes involving contractual interpretation, regulatory intervention, commercial fraud, statutory obligations, and actions by governmental or quasi-governmental bodies. With deep expertise in Pakistan’s commercial and regulatory landscape, Ashtar Ali & Rahim LLP delivers business-focused, practical legal solutions to clients operating nationwide. Our offices in Lahore and Islamabad enable us to provide efficient representation across Pakistan’s principal commercial and administrative centres.
Key highlights include representing:
- Afiniti Ltd. in a dispute relating to breach of confidentiality
- Allied Bank Limited in appellate proceedings arising out of high-value recovery suits
- Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan Limited in a successful challenge to the vires of capacity tax before the Lahore High Court
- Frequency Allocation Board in a successful defence of writ proceedings brought by Zong before the Islamabad High Court regarding telecom licence renewal
- Ibrahim Holdings in a challenge to amendments withdrawing tax exemptions on inter-corporate dividends before the Lahore High Court
- Kohistan Corporation (Pvt.) Limited against the Punjab Cooperative Board for Liquidation in appellate proceedings before the Lahore High Court
- Learning Alliance (Pvt.) Limited in intra-court appellate proceedings against the Lahore Development Authority in a dispute arising out of commercialisation
- Masood Textile Mills Limited in successful writ proceedings before the Lahore High Court, upholding the principle that no coercive action can be taken against taxpayers by the Federal Board of Revenue until final determination of tax liability
- Northern Bottling Company (Pvt.) Limited in a successful challenge to amendments to the capacity tax rules before the Peshawar High Court
- Pakistan Association of Medical Institutes against the Government of Punjab’s uniform admission policy to private institutions
- Select Technologies (Pvt.) Limited in a challenge to the vires of various provisions of the Export Facilitation Scheme, 2021, relating to tax on input goods, before the Lahore High Court
- United Industries Limited in a successful defence against winding-up proceedings before the Lahore High Court, as well as related proceedings before the Islamabad High Court and the Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan
Key Lawyers
Founding Partner
Partner
Counsel
Senior Associate
Senior Associate
Senior Associate
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