Associate Malik Asfandyar Khan is an associate at RIAA Barker Gillette’s Islamabad office. He assists the Firm’s partners on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, with a particular focus on, transactional advisory, commercial contracts, mergers and acquisitions, corporate litigation, and international trade law. Asfandyar brings cross-jurisdictional experience across Pakistan, the United States, and […]
The Gulf conflict has triggered force majeure declarations and disrupted supply chains critical to Pakistan. With no codified force majeure doctrine, Pakistani businesses face a strict impossibility threshold under the Contract Act, 1872 — and must also navigate demanding requirements of causation, notice, and mitigation.
The KSA office of a Big Four professional services firm engaged RIAA Barker Gillette to develop a comprehensive airline regulatory compliance framework for a major international airline preparing to enter the Pakistan market. The advisory spanned customs, civil aviation, foreign exchange, carbon tax, and strategic compliance architecture across 19 areas of regulation.
RIAA Barker Gillette authored the Pakistan chapter of the Lexology Panoramic Mining Guide 2025, offering a comprehensive overview of the legal and regulatory landscape governing Pakistan’s mining sector.
RIAA Barker Gillette advised Nippon Express as Pakistan law counsel on its strategic minority investment in TCS Logistics, one of Pakistan’s largest logistics companies. The firm worked alongside Japan’s Nishimura & Asahi on this cross-border transaction.
Trainee Associate Thareem Rehman joined the firm’s Islamabad office in 2026. She assists the firm’s partners and senior associates in a range of corporate matters, with a particular interest in international law, dispute resolution, and commercial practice.
Trainee Associate Manaal Sabzwari joined the firm’s Karachi office in 2025. She assists the firm’s partners and trainee associates in a range of corporate matters.
RIAA Barker Gillette represented Pharaon Investment Group Limited as sole legal counsel on the Attock Cement sale to Fauji Cement and KAPCO. The firm managed end-to-end sell-side advisory for this landmark cross-border M&A transaction in Pakistan’s cement sector.
RIAA Barker Gillette advised WPP on its full acquisition of three media and advertising businesses in Pakistan. The WPP Pakistan acquisition ends longstanding local partnership arrangements.
The Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (Karachi Bench) ruled in favour of a leading pharmaceutical multinational, clarifying the scope of sales tax exemptions for therapeutic products. This landmark pharmaceutical tax exemption judgment annulled demands for sales tax, default surcharges, and penalties.
