Ahmed & Qazi is pleased to have advised Taseer Hadi Khalid & Co. (THK & Co.) on the Pakistan law aspects of its separation from the KPMG network and rebranding, and to continue advising on the establishment of the corporate structure supporting its planned international expansion. Our work...
Ahmed & Qazi was pleased to join the gong ceremony at the Pakistan Stock Exchange celebrating the listing of Naya Nazimabad Apartment REIT, a residential development with an estimated project value of PKR 70 billion, and a project we have advised on over many years. NNAR is now...
Ahmed & Qazi has successfully acted as transaction legal counsel in a landmark PKR 3 billion export financing deal signed between the Export Development Fund (EDF) and the EXIM Bank of Pakistan (Pak EXIM). This pioneering initiative represents a major milestone in Pakistan's export finance and insurance ecosystem. Under...
Ahmed & Qazi is pleased to announce that, in FY26, it has successfully closed a series of sukuk issuances amounting to a record PKR 3 trillion by way of public offering on the Pakistan Stock Exchange by the Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan, including the latest...
Ahmed & Qazi successfully represented its long-standing client, Geo News, in proceedings before the PEMRA Council of Complaints arising from the regulatory action relating to its Muharram transmission, securing a favourable outcome that resulted in the channel's restoration and resumption of transmission.Geo News is one of the largest channels...
Ahmed & Qazi is pleased to announce that, acting for the National Credit Guarantee Company Limited (NCGCL), we have successfully developed the country's first ever shariah compliant credit guarantee that has been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan.Under this first-of-a-kind risk-sharing product, participating institutions contribute...
In Pakistan, such a financing sits at the centre of the economy, touching food security, farmer payments, public procurement, strategic reserves and a sector that contributes more than 20% of national GDP and employs roughly one-third of the country’s workforce, with wheat alone contributing almost 2% of the GDP. Against this...
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 Pakistan’s first-ever entry into China’s 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,