Full-Service Law Firm in Pakistan

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Other Offices: Lahore  

Law Firm Overview

Azimuddin Law Associates is a full service law firm. Established in 1958, the firm is now leading firm in Pakistan having offices at Lahore and Karachi. The firms present strength is 10 attorneys well versed in their fields. The firm has professional strength and a track record of success in corporate law, international taxation, financial services, income taxation, commercial law, aviation law, shipping law, civil litigation, debt recovery, international customs, VAT, banking law, imports and exports law, GATT law, Law of Investment. The firm has in the past years been engaged by Fortune 500 firms like Toyota, Pepsi, British Cables, ICI, Clariant, Otsuka, Fizer, Aero Asia, PIA, etc. The firm believes in hard core professionalism and global leadership.

Areas of Law

Areas of Law Description

At Azimuddin Law Associates, our practice areas include, but not limited to the following:

- Litigation

The firm’s litigators have extensive experience representing contractors, subcontractors, building owners and architects in a wide variety of matters, including drafting of contracts and counseling on litigation avoidance. They also provide representation before courts as well as alternative dispute resolution forums in connection with litigation or claims arising out of the construction process, including breach of contract claims and demechanics lien claims.

The bankruptcy and insolvency litigation practice area represents both corporate and individual clients, including financially troubled companies in bankruptcy and corporate reorganization matters. Secured creditors, unsecured creditors, trustees, landlords and creditors' committees are also represented in bankruptcy proceedings, including claims negotiations, replevins, reclamations, foreclosures, defense and prosecution of preference and fraudulent conveyance actions and bankruptcy litigation.

- Debt Recovery

Methods of recovering your debt can often be complex. If you have a debt that is difficult to recoup, please contact us. We can assist you to recover the debt and can also assist you with the prevention of the accruing of future debts with appropriately drafted contracts.

- Debtors And Creditors

The firm provides full range of services for Debtors and Creditors. The firm’s attorneys are well aware about this complex and ticklish area of practice and provide best advice to its clients.

- International Taxation

Firm’s attorneys are well prepared in Tax Treaties, International Conventions, MNC’s Tax issues, Transfer Pricing, and Regulatory Compliance issues.

- Wealth Management

The Firm’s attorneys are well trained in 1. Mutual Funds, 2. Hedge Funds, 3. BIT’s and Multilateral Treaties, 4. W.T.O and its Dispute Settlement Process, 5. Investment Law and State Liability, 5. International Arbitration.

- Income Tax and Corporate Law

The firm’s tax attorneys have extensive experience in representing its clients before the Taxation Authorities of Pakistan and its local inspection offices. The firm covers the full range of tax conflicts. Firm represents its clients before adjudication officers and right up to Appellate Tribunals level. The firm has handled a broad range of income, sales, user’s charges and other tax issues.

- International Customs

International Customs Lawyers of Azim ud din law associate provide comprehensive and responsive Customs law counseling on GATF Valuation, Tax Fraude, Misdeclarations, TRIPS violations and other regulatory violations.

- Contract Law

The firm’s commercial lawyers specialize in contracts, agreements, terms of business and other commercial documents, to ensure that clients are able to maximize their commercial opportunities while minimizing risk. Firm’s lawyers approach to creating workable and watertight contracts is founded in their ability to really understand their clients, their businesses and the underlying commercial requirements.

- Licensing Law

The firm’s lawyers assist its clients with the exploitation of intellectual property assets and the acquisition and disposition of a project or system. The firm’s lawyers also assist clients with a variety of legal services ranging from outsourcing to the exploitation of intellectual property to the acquisition or disposition of a project or system. The firm’s clients utilize a wide array of outsourcing service contracts relating to information technology services including applications development and data processing operations, network operations and systems and business process management. The firm represents service providers in the creation of strategic alliances to provide outsourcing services and in the utilization of applications or systems developed as a result of these alliances. In addition, when outsourcing disputes arise, firm is well prepared to defend our clients' interests.

- Labor and Employment Law

The firm’s employment practice includes collective bargaining, employment counseling and litigation, wrongful discharge litigation, union avoidance and a broad variety of other labor and employment law areas, as described more fully below. Ranging across this spectrum of the law, the firm’s attorneys have broad experience in the manufacturing, construction, transportation, retail, health care, airline, food, telecommunications, to name but a few. Firm’s attorneys counsel clients on personnel policy development and sensitive individual employment decisions, with a view toward enhancing employee relations and productivity, while minimizing litigation risks. The firm is regularly called upon by clients to review employee hanoks and personnel policies and procedures for their impact on potential wrongful discharge, equal employment and other claims. The proven employment law experience of the firm thus provides depth and breadth.

- Corporate Finance

The firm’s Corporate Finance team provides practical, creative and cost-effective advice and solutions to corporate, banking and investor clients. The team matches corporate aspirations with the finance to achieve them, efficiently bringing transactions to completion to the client's best advantage. The team assists clients with: Raising development finance & venture capital; Deal origination; Debt and mezzanine finance; Refinancing; Succession planning; Banking & security work; and, Employee benefit, share option & incentive schemes.

- Banking & Finance

A major component of the Firm’s banking practice consists of advising lending institutions in financing domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures and equity investments. Azim ud Din Law Associates has extensive experience in hostile takeovers as well as in negotiated public and private acquisitions and recapitalizations. The firm’s services include assistance to clients with all aspects of the deal structure, negotiation, and documentation, including issues of fraudulent conveyance, collateral, compliance with margin and other regulations, the relationships between senior and subordinated lenders, and all other issues particular to the syndicated loan market.

Lawyers

Mr. Azim Uddin Choudhary Lawyer Administrative Law, Agricultural Law, Civil Rights, Contracts, Family Law

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