Strategic advocacy for high-stakes disputes — litigation and arbitration where the financial, regulatory, and reputational consequences are material.
Sachwani | Ahmed is a litigation-focused law firm based in Karachi, Pakistan. We represent corporations, financial institutions, state-owned enterprises, and private clients in complex disputes before the courts and tribunals of Pakistan — matters that require disciplined preparation, sound judgment, and advocacy that is both measured and effective.Our work spans the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the High Courts, the Intellectual Property Tribunal, the Customs Appellate Tribunal, Banking Courts, Labour Courts, and accountability jurisdictions. We are instructed when the dispute is consequential, the record is dense, the law is contested, and the outcome matters.
OUR APPROACH
Sachwani | Ahmed operates as a partner-led practice. Matters are handled with direct involvement of senior advocates, close control of strategy, and a deliberate focus on what drives outcomes: the record, the law, the forum, and the client’s commercial objectives.We are trusted with sensitive matters because we deliver clear advice, maintain discretion, and prepare cases to the standard the court — and the client — expects.
Trusted legal counsel. Quietly delivered.
Sachwani | Ahmed is a litigation-focused law firm based in Clifton, Karachi. We act for corporations, financial institutions, state-owned enterprises, and private clients in complex disputes before the courts and tribunals of Pakistan.Our practice is built around high-value, high-stakes matters — where strategy, speed, and precision determine outcomes. We appear before the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the High Courts, the Intellectual Property Tribunal, the Customs Appellate Tribunal, Banking Courts, Labour Courts, and accountability jurisdictions, often in proceedings involving layered facts, difficult law, and meaningful commercial and reputational exposure.
Clients instruct us when they need more than competent representation. They instruct us when they need counsel that understands how disputes actually unfold — across interim relief, evidence, expert issues, parallel proceedings, enforcement risk, regulatory pressure, and settlement dynamics. Get in touch!
Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
The firm represents clients in domestic and international arbitration, and in arbitration-related court proceedings including interim measures, jurisdictional challenges, enforcement, and set-aside litigation.Our arbitration work includes high-value commercial disputes, infrastructure and construction claims, regulatory matters, and cross-border contractual disputes. We also act as Pakistani counsel alongside international law firms in matters involving Pakistani parties, assets, or governing law.We are routinely instructed in disputes involving nine-figure and ten-figure claims, where case theory, document architecture, and procedural strategy are decisive.
Intellectual Property Litigation
Sachwani | Ahmed advises and represents rights-holders in trademark, patent, and copyright disputes, including infringement actions, enforcement, border measures, passing off and unfair competition claims, and tribunal proceedings.Our lawyers have carried IP disputes through every level of the judicial hierarchy, including reported decisions that have addressed core procedural issues in Pakistani intellectual property litigation. We protect commercial identity and market position with the seriousness these assets demand.
Family Law and Private Client Disputes
Sachwani | Ahmed advises and represents clients in sensitive family law matters before the Family Courts of Pakistan, including khula proceedings, child custody and guardianship disputes, maintenance claims, and related matrimonial litigation.Family disputes frequently involve issues that extend beyond the immediate legal proceedings — including financial arrangements, property rights, and the long-term welfare of minor children. Our approach combines careful legal strategy with an appreciation of the personal, reputational, and financial considerations that often accompany such matters.We regularly assist clients in proceedings concerning custody and guardianship of minors, visitation arrangements, maintenance obligations, and matrimonial dissolution, as well as in negotiated settlements designed to achieve durable outcomes without unnecessary escalation.Where disputes cannot be resolved through agreement, we represent clients in contested proceedings before the Family Courts and appellate forums, ensuring that their rights — and where relevant, the welfare of the minor — are properly protected.Clients often instruct the firm in matters that require discretion, clarity of advice, and firm representation in emotionally charged proceedings. Our objective is to secure legally sound outcomes while managing the broader personal and practical realities that accompany family litigation.
Corporate, Regulatory and Strategic Advisory
Beyond disputes, we advise on corporate governance, regulatory strategy, compliance matters, banking and finance documentation, capital markets-related issues, and complex commercial agreements — with a focus on identifying and managing dispute risk early, before it crystallises into litigation.Clients use the firm as retained counsel and as an extension of their legal function when matters require senior input, responsiveness, and commercial clarity.
PRACTICE AREAS
Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
Representation before courts, tribunals, and arbitral bodies across Pakistan. Domestic and international arbitration support for local and foreign law firms.
Intellectual Property
Trademark registration, opposition, enforcement, copyright, and patent matters. Domestic filing and international coordination across GCC, UK, Canada, USA and EU.
Corporate & Commercial
Company formation, corporate governance, regulatory compliance with SECP, secretarial functions, and outsourced legal counsel arrangements.
Banking & Finance
Comprehensive advice to banks, financial institutions and corporates. Lending transactions, Islamic finance, project finance, restructuring and regulatory compliance.
Capital Markets
Full spectrum capital markets advisory including IPOs, debt securities, equity offerings, securitisations and regulatory compliance with SECP, PSX and SBP.
Civil Disputes
Property disputes, contractual matters, constitutional law, recovery suits and general civil litigation before the courts of Pakistan.
Family Law
Representation in family disputes including custody, guardianship, maintenance, divorce and matrimonial matters before Family Courts.
White Collar Crime
Representation in banking offences, NAB matters, fraud, and financial crime cases before special courts and tribunals.
Construction & Tenders
Legal support for construction contracts, FIDIC clauses, tender processes, claims, and dispute resolution for contractors and developers.
*Employment & Labour
HR advisory, employment contracts, industrial relations, and representation before the Sindh Labour Courts at Karachi.
Property & Conveyancing
Sale and purchase of real estate, gift deeds, relinquishment deeds, tenancy agreements and property advisory.
Customs & Regulatory
Customs compliance, import/export disputes, and regulatory advisory before the Customs Appellate Tribunal and Federal Board of Revenue.
OUR TEAM
Led by practitioners with proven track records.
Amna Z. Ahmed
ADVOCATE SUPREME COURT
Title:
Senior PartnerQualifications:
LL.M. — SOAS, University of London
LL.B. — University of the Punjab
B.A. — Kinnaird College, Lahore
Advocate — Supreme Court of Pakistan
Member — Supreme Court Bar Association
Member — Asian Patent Attorneys Association
Member — Pakistan Intellectual Property Rights AssociationBio:
Amna is one of Pakistan's most experienced IP litigators in active practice, with over 27 years of litigation and advisory experience across intellectual property, banking, aviation, customs, and regulatory law.She has appeared before the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the High Court of Sindh, Customs Appellate Tribunal, Intellectual Property Tribunal, and numerous quasi-judicial forums. She has successfully represented clients in over 400 cases before the High Court of Sindh alone, with multiple reported judgments in trademark and patent matters.Her clients have included major international pharmaceutical companies, national and foreign banks, and multinational corporations. She also teaches Business Law to MBA students at the Karachi School of Business and Leadership.
Saifullah F. Sachwani
Advocate High Court
Title:
Managing PartnerQualifications:
LL.B. (Hons.) — University of London
Arbitrator — Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC)
Member — Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)
Member — ASA Swiss Arbitration Association (below 40)
Member — Young ICCABio:
Saifullah is a versatile legal practitioner with over a decade of experience across intellectual property, dispute resolution, corporate law, and international arbitration. He leads the firm's IP practice and international arbitration mandate, and is empanelled as an Arbitrator at the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC).He has successfully filed and secured hundreds of trademark registrations in Pakistan, litigated IP matters before the Intellectual Property Tribunal and the High Court of Sindh, and coordinated multi-jurisdictional brand protection strategies across GCC markets.On the corporate side, Saifullah advises companies on governance and regulatory compliance and serves as an SECP Authorized Intermediary. He is also a member of the Board of Studies, Faculty of Law at Ziauddin University.
Contact
We welcome enquiries from individuals, businesses and international law firms seeking Pakistani counsel or arbitration support.
ADDRESS
404, 4th Floor, Marine Point
Block 9, Clifton
Karachi, Pakistan — 75600EMAIL
[email protected]WEBSITE
www.sachwaniahmed.com