Ahmed & Qazi is delighted to have acted as exclusive Pakistan legal counsel in connection with the US$250 million debut Panda Bond issuance by the Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan in the Chinese onshore capital markets.As Pakistanโs first-ever entry into Chinaโs capital markets, the RMB 1.75 billion issuance...
Ahmed & Qazi is pleased to announce that it has successfully acted as legal counsel in the establishment of the Pakistan REIT Association, the first and only association to represent the REIT industry in Pakistan.A&Q represented over half of all RMCs in Pakistan in this engagement.After over a year...
Ahmed & Qazi advised the lead arranger, the initial sukuk investors, the investment agent and the guarantor on the successful closing of the Infralectric Green Sukuk Programme.The team advising the lead arranger, the sukuk investors and the investment agent was led by Altan Ahmed, while the guarantor,
We advised the participating Islamic banks on Pakistanโs first Sovereign Hybrid Sukuk, raising PKR 109 billion, and establishing a new benchmark for scale and structuring sophistication in the domestic Islamic capital markets.In contrast to routine, short-tenor issuances, the transaction introduces a hybrid sovereign sukuk framework designed to accommodate greater flexibility...
Ahmed & Qazi acted as legal counsel for the lenders in a PKR 8.5 billion syndicated musharaka facility to the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited.This deal has been awarded the global Musharakah Deal of the Year 2025 by Islamic Finance News.This transaction further highlights Pakistan's emerging position in...
Ahmed & Qazi is pleased to announce that, after several months of effort and in collaboration with KPMGใธใฃใใณ๏ผKPMG Japan and KPMG In Pakistan, we have successfully acted as lead counsel to Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Japan and Yamaha Motor Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd. in the discontinuation...
Ahmed & Qazi is pleased to announce that it is acting as legal counsel in the initial public offering of Signature Residency REIT on the Pakistan Stock Exchange.Signature Residency REIT is a shariah compliant, developmental REIT scheme launched by Arif Habib Dolmen REIT Management Limited, with the...
Ahmed & Qazi is pleased to announce that the ๐ญ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of Pakistanโs REIT and real estate investment landscape.A&Q now holds over 40% market share of all registered REITs (as per the SECPโs...
Ahmed & Qazi is pleased to announce that it is acting as transaction legal counsel to the arrangers, guarantor, agents and sukuk-investors in Pakistan's ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ค๐ฎ๐ค, being issued by Infralectric (Private) Limited and guaranteed by InfraZamin Pakistan.This groundbreaking sukuk is designed to finance the roll-out of...
Ahmed & Qazi has successfully developed Pakistan's first ever legally compliant asset fractionalization programme, which has now been launched by Arif Habib Dolmen REIT Management Limited under the name of "PropertyShare".The legal structure for this asset fractionalization was created by A&Q over a period of six months. The...