RIAA advises PIGL on Attock Cement Pakistan proposed stake sale
RIAA Barker Gillette serves as sole legal counsel to Pharaon Investment Group Limited Holding S.A.L. on its proposed sale of majority stake in Attock Cement Pakistan Limited. The firm manages complete sell-side advisory with negotiations in final stages.
RIAA Barker Gillette has been engaged by Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited as local counsel for the closing of its USD 400 million acquisition of Telenor Pakistan. Following shareholder approval in November 2025, the firm is supporting PTCL on all local closing, compliance, and regulatory aspects of Pakistan's most significant telecom consolidation in over a decade.
Pakistan anti-dumping investigation: RIAA defends Turkish soda ash exporters
RIAA Barker Gillette successfully challenges the evidentiary basis of anti-dumping proceedings against Turkish soda ash exporters. The firm argues that imposing duties without proper evidence would harm downstream industries and consumers across Pakistan.
RIAA defeats FIDIC price adjustment claim for major Karachi water infrastructure project
RIAA Barker Gillette secured a complete victory before a FIDIC Dispute Board, defeating a Joint Venture Contractor's price adjustment claim under a Red Book construction contract for the Greater Karachi Bulk Water Supply Scheme. The binding decision clarifies how change in law provisions operate in FIDIC contract disputes in the context of sales tax on services.
RIAA advises global super-app on Pakistan’s regulatory framework
RIAA Barker Gillette advised a multinational digital services company operating a super-app platform on Pakistan's complex regulatory landscape. The comprehensive advisory covered consumer protection, competition law, and advertising regulations critical to multi-vertical operations.
RIAA secures stay for tech giant against offshore digital services tax
The Islamabad High Court halted Pakistan's offshore digital services tax demand against a multinational digital platform. RIAA Barker Gillette represents the company in this precedent-setting challenge to taxation of subscription revenues under double taxation agreements.
Increasing tax revenues has proven to be a significant challenge for recent Pakistani governments. The stagnation of the tax to GDP ratio to around 10 percent has widely been attributed to a host of inter-connected factors including weak enforcement, fragmented revenue administrations, low compliance by taxpayers, generous and distortionary exemptions and concessions to entire sectors of the economy and narrow tax bases.
Memorandum on Companies Ordinance, 2016 – Salient Changes
The Companies Ordinance, 2016 (the “2016 Ordinance”) was promulgated on 11 November 2016 and repealed the Companies Ordinance, 1984 (the “1984 Ordinance”), save for the provisions appearing in Sections 282A to 282N of the 1984 Ordinance relating to Non-Banking Finance Companies. This memorandum outlines the material changes brought about by the 2016 Ordinance.
