KTrade Securities, Pakistan's fastest-growing stock brokerage and corporate advisory firm, and Ahmed & Qazi Advocates and Legal Consultants, a leading commercial law firm offering high-quality personalized legal services to large corporates and banks in Pakistan, sign an MOU for professional collaboration to help Pakistani businesses deal with current macroeconomic challenges. KTrade and...
A&Q has been engaged yesterday by one of the leading media groups to advise upon and to prepare documentation regarding the sale of three television broadcasting channels. The sale was to be subject to all the relevant provisions of PEMRA Ordinance, the terms of each license, and also the permission of PEMRA. A&Q...
Representing MG Motors, A&Q had challenged the Final Assessment Order of Collector of Customs (Appraisal), Lahore through which the Customs Department had demanded from MG almost PKR 1 Billion as unpaid duty. On behalf of MG Motors, Bahzad Haider, Advocate Supreme Court, argued the matter before Collector of Customs (Appeals), Lahore. After...
A&Q has been engaged by JS Bank Limited, PCF Holdings Private Limited and Mauritius-based Pakistan Catalyst Fund I LLC to advise on two joint ventures. The joint ventures are the leading players in the transport sector in Punjab. A&Q Managing Partner Nadeem Ahmed is advising on the matter along with Nazif Ahmed (Head —...
A&Q has advised Dawn Media Group on a serious legal dispute, represented them in various criminal courts and, within a period of four months, brought the entire matter to a successful resolution, thus making it possible for Dawn Media Group to achieve its commercial target. A&Q Managing Partner Nadeem Ahmed advised Dawn Group,...
A&Q is representing a consortium of banks and financial institutions in the restructuring of the following finance facilities extended to Power Cement Limited: (1) Syndicated shariah compliant project finance facility of PKR 12.1 billion extended for the purpose of funding the construction and installation of a cement production project with an...
Today, A&Q's 6 member team has begun conducting due diligence of the corporate and retail (South Region) loan portfolio of about 1,000 customers of HMBL. The DD will entail a review of all the documents pertaining to each facility including sanction advice, finance agreement, promissory note, letter of hypothecation, letter of...
We are pleased to announce that we are acting as project legal counsel in Sky Garden, a multibillion rupee developmental REIT being set up through the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) structure. This REIT is set to be the first SPV REIT to be established under the REIT Regulations 2022, marking...
A new era of private-to-private business in Pakistan's gas sector has begun with the first Business-to-Business (BtB) deal under the Third Party Access rules. Universal Gas Distribution Company (UDGCL), a private company, will purchase gas from MOL Pakistan Oil & Gas Co. B.V., Pakistan Petroleum Limited, Government Holdings Private Limited and Oil...
We are proud to announce that we have represented the lenders in long term finance facilities of PKR 5 Billion extended to a major Pakistani airline in relation to its fleet of airplanes. Due to the urgency of the deal, the relevant teams worked overnight and were able to successfully close...