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RIAA Barker Gillette Pakistan

At RIAA Barker Gillette Pakistan, we believe every client is unique and tailor our services to meet your needs. Simply stated, our objective is to look after your best interests in the most efficient manner. While working with you, we shoulder the burden, taking a step back to take stock of the bigger picture and the effect it might have, freeing you to focus on what is truly important.

Easily accessible and based in the heart of Pakistan’s major cities: Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, we specialise in corporate, commercial and dispute resolution law. We provide clients with a broad spectrum of premium legal advisory services, including private and public corporations, financial institutions and family business groups.

With substantial on-the-ground capability and over 35 years of history globally, RIAA Barker Gillette has become an alliance of law firms you can rely on with total confidence. Our team of professionals is well-versed in advising domestic and multinational clients and has extensive experience in complex, cross-border work.

We have benefited from global expansion, allowing us to improve and increase our client services. We have fought hard to retain our approachable and collegiate feel and pride ourselves on the expertise, accessibility and flair of our partners, all of which make us who we are today. We are committed to providing the highest standards of legal services and offering a commercial perspective designed to help our clients reach their business goals.

Recognition and awards

RIAA Barker Gillette is an alliance of leading international, industry-focused law firms. Major international legal directories consistently recognise us as a Band 1 and Tier 1 law firm.

Pakistan offices

Karachi
    • RIAA Barker Gillette Karachi Office

    • RIAA Barker Gillette Chambers
    • D-67/1, Block 4, Clifton
    • Karachi 75600
    • Pakistan

Tel: +92 (21) 35836308

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Islamabad
  • RIAA Barker Gillette Islamabad Office

  • RIAA Barker Gillette Chambers
  • 3rd Floor, 65-W, Executive Heights
  • Block-H, Fazal-e-Haq Road
  • Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Tel: +92 (51) 2806321-2

Email

Lahore
  • RIAA Barker Gillette Lahore Office

  • RIAA Barker Gillette Chambers
  • Office # 2, 8th Floor
  • Askari Corporate Tower
  • Main Boulevard, Gulberg
  • Lahore, Pakistan
  • Tel: +92 (42) 37881402-4

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News/Insight

  • RIAA Wins Pharmaceutical Tax Exemption Case

    The Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (Karachi Bench) recently issued a significant judgment in favour of our client, a leading pharmaceutical multinational, concerning the applicability of a pharmaceutical tax exemption under SRO 551(I)/2008. The dispute centred on whether medicated shampoos and c...


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  • RIAA Barker Gillette Achieves Top Legal 500 Pakistan Rankings

    RIAA Barker Gillette has secured leading rankings in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026, reinforcing its position as Pakistan's premier full-service law firm. The firm achieved Band 1 rankings across four core practice areas, with multiple partners recognised as leading practitioners.


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  • RIAA Advises Global Explosives Firm on Mining Sector in Pakistan

    RIAA Barker Gillette has advised a global leader in commercial explosives and blasting technology on its potential entry into the mining sector in Pakistan. The client, a publicly listed multinational with operations spanning multiple continents, is assessing opportunities to manufacture emulsion explosives, supply products including ammonium nitrate, boosters and detonators, an...


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  • Top rankings in Chambers Asia Pacific 2026

    We are delighted to once again be recognised as a leading law firm in Pakistan in the Chambers Asia Pacific Guide 2026, published by Chambers and Partners.

    The Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide is widely respected for its thorough evaluation and identification of the leading law firms and lawyers in the Asia-Pacific legal market. Chambe...


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  • RIAA Secures DAAB Decision in Major Dispute on Key Indus River Project

    RIAA Barker Gillette has secured a significant victory before a Dispute Avoidance/Adjudication Board (DAAB) in a complex dispute concerning FIDIC price adjustment mechanisms under Sub-Clause 13.7 of the General Conditions in FIDIC’s 2017 Red Book. The decision awards almost USD 4 million in recovera...


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What clients say...

  • Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025

    "RIAA Barker Gillette has always had the most apt ability to handle, manage and steer complex and difficult matters in the right legal direction."

  • Legal 500 2025

    "We have worked with RIAA on a number of complex multi-jurisdictional matters. Throughout, they provided not only exceptional local advice but proved excellent at collaborating with firms across the world. They were instrumental in developing and implementing a comprehensive strategy."

  • Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025

    "Our operation is complex and has many nuances, and they have helped us navigate all of them promptly and professionally."

  • Legal 500 2024

    "Very professional firm, able to provide clear, concise and constructive advice. Proven very astute in formulating overall strategies of engagement."

  • Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024

    "RIAA is highly professional, meeting tight deadlines with the utmost proficiency. They have always come up with out-of-the-box solutions."

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